Deed from Biscoe and Sarah Jane ADAMS to Mary RIDGELL (1870); St. Mary's Co., MD

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UNITED STATES STAMP FIFTY CENTS
THIS DEED MADE THIS 9TH DAY OF JUNE IN THE YEAR EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY BY 
US BISCOE ADAMS AND SARAH JANE ADAMS HIS WIFE. WITNESSETH THAT IN CONSIDERATION 
OF THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR WHICH SUM WE SOLD ON THE 25TH DAY OF 
NOVEMBER 1865, A CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND LYING IN THE FACTORY DISTRICT 
OF ST MARY’S CO. NEAR POPLAR HILL CHURCH COMMONLY CALLED AND KNOWN AND BY THE 
NAME OF BENNETT’S DELIGHT CONTAINING FIFTY ACRES MORE OR LESS. SAID BISCOE ADAMS 
AND SARAH JANE ADAMS HIS WIFE OF ST. MARY’S CO. GRANT UNTO MARY RIDGELL ALL OF 
THE SAID COUNTY ALL THE ABOVE TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND DESCRIBED AS AFORESAID.

WITNESS OUR HANDS AND SEALS THIS 9TH DAY OF JUNE IN THE YEAR OUR LORD ONE 
THOUSAND EIGHTEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY.
TEST. BISCOE (x) ADAMS {SEAL}
J.W. HEBB SARAH J. ADAMS {SEAL}

STATE OF MARYLAND, ST. MARY’S CO., TO WIT
I HEREBY CERTIFY, THAT ON THIS 9TH DAY OF JUNE 1870 BEFORE THE SUBSCRIBER A 
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND IN AND FOR ST MARY’S CO. 
PERSONALLY APPEARED BISCOE ADAMS AND SARAH JANE ADAMS HIS WIFE AND EACH 
ACKNOWLEDGED THE AFOREGOING DEED TO BE THEIR RESPECTIVE ACT.

WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL

J.W. HEBB J.P. {SEAL}
RECEIVED THIS 14TH DAY OF JULY 1870 AT 9 O’CLK A.M. FOR RECORD AND SAME DAY 
RECORDED AND EXAMINED BY ME.
PAID DEED TO MARY A. RIDGELL JNO. A. CAMALIER, CLERK