Jackson County IA Archives Deed.....Miller, David - Cannell, T. E. February 2, 1878 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ken Wright kenneth565@aol.com December 4, 2009, 8:47 pm NW 1/4 Sec.12, Twp. 85N, R 3, E 5 P.M. Written: February 2, 1878 Recorded: February 4, 1878 Referee’s Deed Dated February 2, 1878 Filed February 4, 1878 Book 41, Page 160, Office of the Jackson County Recorder Consideration-$4,000.00 T. E. Cannell, H. B. Griffen and Sam Perin, Referees To David Miller The Northwest Quarter of Section 12, Township 85 North, Range 3 East of the 5th P. M. and other premises in the Southwest Quarter, containing 240 acres. Recites that the conyeyance is made pursuant to a sale of said premises held on December 11, 1877, by virtue of an order of the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Iowa, dated October 13, 1877, in an action brought by Adaline Miller for admeasurement of dower in said lands. Black’s Law Dictionary: Admeasurement of dower is a proceeding enabling a widow to compel assignment of dower, one-third of value of real estate.. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/jackson/deeds/cannell6ndd.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/iafiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb