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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** Cecil County Land Record Book, Liber CK, Number 9, Folio 498 THIS MORTGAGE, Made this seventeenth day of May, AD, nineteen hundred and Fifteen, by and between Daniel T Arbuckle and Mary C Arbuckle, his wife, both of Cecil County, in the State of Maryland, parties Mortgagors hereto and John Lungren, of Cecil County aforesaid, party Mortgagee hereto: WITNESSETH, That in consideration of the sum of Fourteen Hundred Dollars, ($1400.00) now owing from the said Mortgagor Daniel T Arbuckle to said Mortgagee upon his certain covenants and agreements hereinafter contained and for the purpose of better securing the payment thereof, with the interest thereon according to the provisions, covenants and agreements hereinafter contained We, the said Mortgagors do hereby grant unto the said Mortgagee, his heirs and assigns, All that Tract or Parcel of land located in Cecil County aforesaid, near the village of Andora, on the East side of the public road from Fair Hill to Elkton, and particularly described as follows: BEGINNING at a stone heap on the line of Scott’s land, and running thence South eighty and one quarter degrees West ninety six and five tenths perches, to middle of road, thence with said road by two courses to a stone, a corner of Valentine’s land, South seventy seven degrees East forty four perches, thence North seventy nine degrees East one hundred and sixteen perches with same and Drummond’s land, to East side of a stream, thence South sixty five degrees East sixteen perches with Blackiston’s land, thence South twelve degrees East, twenty-three perches with Blackiston’s land, thence South twenty five degrees East fourteen perches with Blackiston’s land, thence South thirty nine and one half degrees East, twenty four perches with Blackiston’s land, thence South forty eight degrees East sixteen perches, thence South forty five degrees West twenty five perches, thence South sixty four degrees West, twenty and one half perches, thence South eighty nine degrees West one hundred and twenty two perches with Scott’s land, to beginning, containing one hundred and forty two acres of land more or less, (The courses and distances hereby given are taken from a plat, a survey made by Alfred B McVey, Surveyor, and filed with the papers of said Estate in the Orphans’ Court of Cecil County)., being the same land conveyed to Daniel T Arbuckle by Samuel J Arbuckle, Paul T Arbuckle, and Philip R Arbuckle, Executors of Mary S Arbuckle, by deed dated November 24th, 1906, and recorded in Liber MD, No 6, folio 44 etc, one of the land Record Books of Cecil County aforesaid, and the same land conveyed to the said Daniel T Arbuckle by the Executors aforesaid, by deed dated the 12th day of May, 1915, and recorded among the land records of Cecil County aforesaid. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the said Mortgagor, Daniel T Arbuckle, his heirs, executors or administrators shall pay to the said Mortgagee his executors, administrators or assigns, the said mortgage debt or sum of Fourteen Hundred ($1400.00) Dollars on the seventeenth day of May AD, nineteen hundred and sixteen and shall in the meantime pay the interest on said sum of money semi- annually from the date hereof, and shall do and perform all and singular the covenants and agreements hereinafter on the part of the said Mortgagor contained, then this mortgage shall be void. AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That if the said Mortgagor, his heirs, executors or administrators, shall make default in the payment, when due, of said mortgage debt, or in the payment, when due, of any semi-annual installment of interest thereon, or in the performance of any covenant or agreement hereinafter on the part of the said Mortgagor contained, that in either case it shall be lawful for the said Mortgagee his executors, administrators or assigns, or for Henry M McCullough, of Cecil County h__ or their attorney to sell the property hereby mortgaged by public auction to the highest bidder for cash, or upon such terms of credit as may be agreed upon by the parties hereto, their representatives or assigns, after giving at least three weeks’ previous public notice by advertisement inserted in some newspaper printed or published in Cecil County aforesaid, and such other notice as to him, her or them, may seem proper, if any, of the time, place, manner and terms of sale; and to apply the proceeds of said sale in the first place to the payment of all expenses attending said sale, including the same commissions to the party making said sale as would be allowed in case said property should be sold, instead, by a trustee appointed by a decree of the Circuit Court for Cecil County, in Equity, upon a bill filed in said Court to compel payment of said mortgage debt, together with a solicitor’s fee of ten dollars and a counsel fee of Twenty dollars, then to the payment of all sums owing under the provisions of this mortgage whether the same shall have then matured or not; and the residue, if any, to pay to the said mortgagor, Daniel T Arbuckle, or to whoever may be legally entitled to receive the same; provided that should said property be lawfully advertised for sale under the above power and a bond be filed as required by law by the party authorized to make said sale, and the said property should not be sold because of the request of the said mortgagor, his heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, or because of payment of the mortgage debt, the party so advertising shall be entitled to receive but one-half of said commissions. And the said mortgager Daniel T Arbuckle, for himself, his heirs, executors and administrators, hereby covenant_grant_and agree_to and with the said mortgagee, his executors, administrators and assigns, that he will pay the said sum of Fourteen Hundred ($1400.00) Dollars on the seventeenth day of May AD, nineteen hundred and Sixteen, as above provided; that he will pay the interest on said sum of money semi-annually from the date hereof, at the rate of Six per cent per annum; that he will pay as they fall due all taxes, assessments, public dues and charges which may be levied by law upon the property hereby mortgaged; that he will during the continuance of this mortgage keep the buildings and improvements upon the property hereby mortgaged insured against loss by fire in some insurance company or companies to be approved by said mortgagee for a sum not less than the debt hereby secured that he will assign the policy or policies of insurance to the said mortgagee as collateral security for the payment of said mortgage debt and that should default be made in the payment when due of any installment of taxes assessments & dues aforesaid, or in the payment when due of any premium or assessment on said policy or policies of insurance and the said mortgagee his executors, administrators or assigns in his or their pleasure and discretion should pay the same, the sum or sums so paid with interest thereon shall be a lien on the property hereby mortgaged as fully as though included in the first instance in the mortgage debt itself. In witness whereof the said mortgagors have hereunto set their hands and seals. Danl T Arbuckle Mary C Arbuckle Attest: Joshua M Ash STATE OF MARYLAND, Cecil County, SS: I hereby certify that on this ___ day of May, AD, nineteen hundred and Fifteen before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace of the said state in and for said county, personally appeared the above-named Daniel T Arbuckle, and Mary C Arbuckle, his wife, and did each acknowledge the aforegoing mortgage to be their respective act and deed. Joshua M Ash, JP STATE OF MARYLAND, Cecil County, To-Wit: I HEREBY CERTIFY, That on this 18th day of May in the year nineteen hundred and fifteen before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for Cecil County aforesaid, personally appeared Henry M McCullough the agent of the aforesaid mortgagee John Lungren and made oath in due form of law that the consideration named in the aforesaid mortgage is true and bona fide as therein set forth, and that he is the agent of said mortgagee. Joshua M Ash, JP Recorded May 18th, 1915, and Examined, Per Cecil Kirk, Clerk Mailed to John Lungren, Childs, MD, RD, May 26th, 1915. I hereby release the Aforegoing Mortgage Witness my hand and seal this 16th day of March 1917 John Lungren Witness: C S Peacock, Clerk See the following Web site for more info on Daniel T Arbuckle and relatives http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~pda/wc_toc.htm