Meigs County OhArchives Deed.....Glasgow Ohio Company - Nahum Ward June 29 1823 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sara Kelly Edward.F.Kelly@verizon.net February 24, 2004, 1:26 pm Written: June 29 1823 Know all members there present that Harvey Strong Esquire American Consul for Scotland, Alexander Johnston Merchant, James Miller Stationer, John Fisher Bookbinder and George Balbirnie Dyer all in the City of Glasgow in the part of Great Britain called Scotland, Considering that by minute of agreement dated at Glasgow the thirtieth day of June eighteen hundred and twenty three entered into between us and George Richardson late Merchant William McKay teacher Daniel Nicol shoemaker and George Duncan Farmer We agreed to enter into an association to be stylese the Glasgow Ohio Company for the purposes of purchasing from Nahum Ward Esquire a certain tract of land in the County of Meigs in the State of Ohio and of cultivating the same and establishing a town thereon. That the parties last named proceeded last summer to said State and purchased said tract of Land consisting of two thousand seven hundred and sixty one acres at the price of fourteen hundred pounds payable by two instalments of seven hundred pounds each. And seeing that we approve of the purchase and that it is necessary to invest the said members of our association who have gone to reside on or near the lands with full powers to carry the objects of the association into effect. Therefore we the parties first above named for ourselves and the other members of the said association resident in Scotland Do hereby satisfy and approve of the purchase of the said tract of land on the terms above mentioned. And we have named as we do hereby name constitute and appoint the said George Richardson, William McKay, George Duncan and also Archibald Fisher, son of the said John Fisher all of the said County of Meigs State of Ohio and resident on or near the said lands our true and lawful Attorneys for us and in our names and to and for the use and behoof of the said Association and whole members thereof to make and complete the purchase of the said tract of land in the terms above mentioned to preserve legal titles there to and obtain the association seized therein and either to grant bills for the price on or to execute a deed of Mortgage over the said lands in favor of Mr. Ward for the balance of the price and all other writings necessary for that purpose And we authorize and appoint our said Attornies to take possession of said lands and proceed to the clearing and cultivating the same agreeably to the said minute of agreement and instructions therein referred to and such further instructions as they may receive for time to time. And as the members of the Association have agreed by their contract to furnish a sum of one thousand pounds for the purposes of the Association over and above paying the price of the lands, so our said Attornies are hereby authorized to draw bills in separate sums and as need may require on the Company to the extent of said sum. But they are hereby expressly discharged from drawing or granting bills and contracting debts to any greater extent, And also from burdening or affecting the said lands in any manner of way except to the said Nahum Ward for the balance of the price as before provided for and excepting also in the case of any emergency to the extent of three hundred pounds but which sum of three hundred pounds shall be held to less part of the said sum of one thousand pounds for which sum only the members of the association are liable or shall be responsible. Declaring that all bills drawn or granted debts contracted or burdens imposed upon the said lands by our said Attornies to any great extent that the sums above specified or for any other than they just uses of the Association shall not be obligatory on the said Association or members thereof but null and void to all intents and purposes. And as it is understood that other members of the Association intend to go out to the lands we hereby declare that such member shall on their arrival there become joint Attorneys in this power as fully and actually as if herein specially named, And we hereby revoke and recall all former powers which are or may have been granted or implied that exceed or are inconsistent with these now given preserving to ourselves the liberty to recall or vary these letters of Attorney at pleasure. And in general we do hereby authorize our said Attorneys to do perform and execute all and every such farther and other lawful act and deed matter and thing whatsoever for completing the said purchase executing the said Mortgage affecting the said Burden clearing and cultivating the said land establishing the said Town and for all the just true and necessary purposes of the Association contract of agreement and of these presents as fully as to all intent and purposes as we could do ourselves. Ratifying and hereby promising to ratify all our said Attornies shall lawfully do in the presence in virtue of these presents. In witness whereof the said parties first above named have set their hands and seals to these presents which are written by Peter Miller writer in the city of Glasgow aforesaid the thirteenth day of February eighteen hundred twenty four years. Sealed and Delivered (duly stamped) in the presence of Peter Miller writer in Glasgow and George Johnston, clerk there Peter Miller witness Geo Johnston witness Signed Alex Johnston George Balbirnie John Fisher James Millar Harvey Strong Consulate of the United States of America, Glasgow Harvey Strong, Counsel of the United States of America for Scotland do hereby make known and certify to all to whom these presents shall come that Alexander Johnston, George Balbirnie, John Fisher, James Millar (cannot read microfilm)...their names to the annexed document. Seal Given under my hand and Official seal in Glasgow aforesaid this 13th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty four and of the Independence of the United States the forty eight. July 14th AD 1824 I certify that the foregoing is a true record of the original. Robt Barton Recorder Additional Comments: Meigs County Ohio Deeds Vol. 1 p. 515-516 Glasgow Ohio Company individuals Alexander Johnston James Miller John Fisher George Balbirnie William McKay Daniel Nicol George Duncan Archibald Fisher Harvey Strong This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 6.8 Kb