Land: Mortgage by Sarah L. Peterson to Mollie D. Arbuckle (1893), Elkton, Cecil County, MD Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Doug Arbuckle ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. 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 JTG, Number 4, Folio 291 This Mortgage, made this fourteenth day of July AD eighteen hundred and ninety- three by and between Sarah L Peterson, widow, of Cecil County, in the State of Maryland, party Mortgagor hereto and Mollie D Arbuckle wife of Paul T Arbuckle, party Mortgagee hereto: Witnesseth that in consideration of the sum of Thirteen hundred Dollars now owing from the said Mortgagor to the said Mortgagee upon her certain convenants 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, I the said Mortgagor to hereby grant unto the said Mortgagee his heirs and assigns all that farm or tract of land whereon James Polk Scott lately resided, situate, lying and being in the fourth Election District of Cecil County aforesaid on the road leading from Elkton to Fair Hill adjoining land late of Lewis T Roberts, the Arbuckle farm and sitieds(?) and which contains fifty and one half acres and thirty one perches of land, be the same more or less, and being the same farm or tract of land and premises conveyed to the said Sarah L Peterson by James Polk Scott and Mary E Scott, his wife, by deed dated the seventeenth day of March AD eighteen hundred and ninety one and recorded in Liber JAD No 21, folio 586, one of the Land Record Books of Cecil County aforesaid, to which said deed reference is hereby made for a more particular description of said property. Provided, However,that if the said Mortgagor her heirs executors or administrators shall pay to the said Mortgagee his executors administrators or assigns, the said Mortgage debt, or sum of Thirteen hundred dollars on or before the Fourteenth day of July AD eighteen hundred and ninety five 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 convenants 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 her heirs executors or administrators, shall make the payment when due, of said Mortgage debt, or in the payment, when due, of any Installment interest thereon to accrue, or in any performance of any convenant or agreement hereinafter on the part of the said Mortgagor Contained, that then in either case it shall be lawful for the said Mortgagee his executors administrators or assigns, or for Henry M McCullough his or their Attorney of Cecil County to sell the property hereby Mortgaged by public auction to the highest bidder for Cash, or upon such terms of Credit as the Mortgagee hereto his representatives or assigns may decree but after giving at least three weeks previous public notice by advertisement inserted in some newspaper printed and 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 counsel fee of forty dollars to be paid to the Attorney making said sale together with the Costs of suit then to the payment of all sources serving under the provisions of this Mortgage whether the same shall have then matured then or not, and the residue, if any, to pay to the said Mortgagor Sarah L Peterson or two 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 said Mortgagor her heirs executors, administrators or assigns, the party so advertising shall be entitled to receive one-half of said commission. And the said Mortgagor for herself her heirs, executors, and administrators hereby covenants grants and agrees to and with the said Mortgagee his executors, administrators and assigns, that she will pay the said sum of Thirteen hundred Dollars on or before the fourteenth day of July AD eighteen hundred and ninety five; that she will pay the interest on said sum of money semi annually from the date hereof; that she will pay as they fall due all taxes, assessments, public dues and charges which may be levied by law either upon the property freely Mortgaged or upon the debt hereby secured, that she 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 she will assign the policy or policies of insurance to the said Mortgagee as collateral security for the payment of said Mortgage debt and interest and that should default be made in the payment when due of any installment of taxes, assessments public dues and charges 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 Mortgagor has hereunto set his hand and seal. Sarah L Peterson (made mark) Attest The words “may deem best” being first interlined Jno Partridge State of Maryland Cecil County, to wit: I hereby certify that on this Fourteenth day of July AD eighteen hundred and ninety three before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace, of the said State, in and for said County personally appeared the above named Sarah L Peterson and did acknowledge the aforegoing Mortgage to be his act and deed. Jno Partridge JP State of Maryland Cecil County SS: I hereby certify that on this Fourteenth day of July in the year eighteen hundred and ninety three before me, the subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the said State, in and for said County, personally appeared Paul T Arbuckle, Agent for the party Mortgagee to the aforegoing Mortgage, and made oath in due form of law that the consideration of the said aforegoing Mortgage is true and bona fide as therein set forth. And he is the Agent of the said Mollie D Arbuckle, Mortgagee and is duly authorized to make this affidavit. Jno Partridge JP Recorded July 14th 1893 and Examined Del’d to Hy M McCullough Sept 1st 1893 Per James T Graham, Clk October 25, 1897 Original Mortgage Returned to the office with the following Release thereon: We hereby release the within and aforegoing Mortgage. Witness our hands and seals this 23rd day of October 1897 Paul T Arbuckle Mollie D Arbuckle Witness Present R C Thackery See the following Web site for more info on Paul T & Mollie D ARBUCKLE and relatives http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~pda/wc_toc.htm