Deed Between Douglas & Maria E. PERCY and C.M. GRAHAM & Sarah WRIGHT (1865); Allegany Co., MD ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/mdfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Beachy Allegany County Maryland Land Record Liber 22-Folio 494, 495 - Graham and Wright from Percy's At the request of C.M. Graham and Sarah Wright this deed was recorded March 8, 1865 THIS DEED made this 1 September, 1864 by us, Douglas Percy and Mariah Percy his wife of Allegany County and State of Maryland. WITNESSETH that in consideration of $1436.00, we Douglas Percy and Maria E. Percy do grant unto C.M. Graham and Sarah Wright of Allegany County and State aforesaid and their heirs and assigns forever, as tennants in common, all their right title and interest in and to one undivided fourth part of a tract of land known and distinguished by the name of MOUNT ETNA lying and being in Allegany County, State of Maryland and contained within the following metes and bounds, to wit: BEGINNING at a bounded maple standing south 89½ perches from the end of the first line of Lot Number 684 and running thence west 200 perches to a pine marked with nine notches, south 360 perches to a spruce pine, south 57º, east 28 perches to a pine, south 65º,east 12 perches, east 30 perches to a Hickory, south 18º, west 30 perches, south 20º, east 20 perches to a maple, north 57º, east 176 perches to a white oak, north 10º, west 64 perches, north 55º, east 72 perches, north 51½º, west 40 perches, north 144 perches to Lot number 791, west 106 perches then by a straight line to the place of Beginning, containing 718 acres, In fee simple and the said Douglas Percy doth hereby covenant that he will warrant generally the property hereby conveyed and that he will execute such other and further assurances as may be requisite. WITNESS our hands and seals on the day and year above. Test: H.J. Wade STATE OF MARYLAND, ALLEGANY COUNTY - TO WIT: I hereby certify that on this first day of September 1864 before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and for said State and County personally appeared Douglas Percy and Maria E. Percy his wife and did each acknowledge the foregoing deeds to be their respective acts. H.E. Wade, JP This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/md/allegany/land/percygraham.txt