Grundy County IL Archives News.....Old Jacob Claypool's Eccentricities August 25, 1876
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Chicago Inter-Ocean August 25, 1876
Morris, Ill., Aug. 23, 1876.

To the Editor of The Inter-Ocean

In a notice in the Inter Ocean a few days since of the death of Jacob 
Claypool, of Grundy County, it was stated that he was a very eccentric 
individual. As a speciman of his eccentricity I send you the following, which 
appears of record at this place and was drawn up and recorded by the deceased 
himself:

Jacob Claypool - Deed

The People of the World.

To All Whom These Presents Shall Come Greeting: Now, know ye that I, Jacob 
Claypool, citizen of the United States, by birth a Virginian, and now resident 
of Grundy County, and State of Illinois, have given, granted, donated, convey, 
and quit-claim unto the people of whatso-ever clime or county, faith or creed, 
religious or political, the following-described piece of parcel of land for, 
or as, a burying-ground or place of interment of the deceased of the human 
race, to be used as such, together with appropriate inclosures, head, foot, or 
tomb stones to perpetuate the memory of the deceased therein interred, 
agreeable to the liking or will of the surviving relatives or friends, and for 
no other purpose, forever, without money and without price.

Here follows a description of the lot, which contains a little over an acre. 
Then appears the following:

The said Jacob Claypool to and with the people aforesaid stipulates and agrees 
that they may henceforth and forever occupy said described lot, piece, or 
parcel of ground as above bounded for the uses and purposes herein mentioned 
and named. In testimony whereof I, Jacob Claypool, have hereunto set my hand 
and seal this 5th day of July, in the year of our Lord 1847, and in the year 
of the world, according to the Hebrew text of the Scripture, 5851.

Jacob Claypool. [Seal]

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