Deed by John R. RICARD Jr. to Philip A & Eliza RICARD (1871), Cecil Co., MD Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Doug Arbuckle Copyright. All Rights Reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/mdfiles.htm ********************************************************* Cecil County Land Record Book, Liber DS, Number 5, Folio 138 This Deed made this Eighteenth day of August, in the year Eighteen hundred and seventy by one John R Ricard Jr of the City of Baltimore and state of Maryland. Whereas a certain Philip A Ricard and Eliza Ricard his wife of Cecil County and state aforesaid, for the purpose of securing the payment of the sum of Three thousand eight hundred and thirty one dollars and sixty four cents, due from the said Philip A Ricard to the said John R Ricard Jr did by their deed of Mortgage dated on the sixth day of December in the year Eighteen hundred and Fifty six and recorded in Liber HHM No 8 folio 188 etc one of the Land record Books of Cecil County aforesaid, convey unto Thomas A Ricard in trust for the use and benefit of the said John R Ricard Jr certain real estate particularly described in said deed: And Whereas the said sum of Three Thousand eight hundred and thirty one dollars and sixty four cents has been paid to one the said John R Ricard Jr by the said Eliza Ricard, for the purpose of releasing and discharging the said Real Estate from the lien created by the said Mortgage this instrument of writing is executed. Now This Deed Witnesseth that in consideration of the premises and of the payment of the said sum of Three Thousand eight hundred and thirty one dollars and sixty four cents, I, the said John R Ricard Jr, do grant unto the said Eliza Ricard, all that Real Estate mentioned and described in said deed so far as may __ necessary to Release said Real Estate from the Mortgage thereby created Witness my hand and seal. Jno R Ricard Jr Test. The words, “In trust” being interlined W H Walsh JP State of Maryland City of Baltimore to wit I hereby certify that on this 18th day of August in the year Eighteen hundred and seventy Before me the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland, in and for the City of Baltimore, personally appeared John R Ricard Jr and acknowledged the aforegoing deed to be his act. Acknowledged before and certified by W H Walsh JP State of Maryland Cecil County Sct I hereby certify that William H Walsh Esquire before whom the annexed acknowledgment was made who has thereto subscribed his name, was at the time of so doing a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for the City of Baltimore duly commissioned and sworn. In testimony whereof I hereto set my hand and affix the seal of the superior Court of Baltimore City this 18th day of August AD 1870. George Robinson Clerk of the Superior Court of Baltimore City Recorded August 19th 1870 and examined Per Clk