DEED: Brice and Rebecca BLAIR to Elijah PERDEW, 1835, 1845, Southampton Township, Bedford County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Margaret Gagliardi Copyright 2004. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/bedford/ ________________________________________________ Bedford County, PA Deed Book W, Page 201-202 Dated 13 Nov 1835, Recorded 24 Feb 1845 BRICE BLAIR to ELIJAH PERDEW This Indenture made this 13th day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty five between BRICE BLAIR and REBECCA his wife of the State of Ohio of the one part and ELIJAH PERDEW of Bedford County and State of Pennsylvania of the other part witnesseth that BRICE BLAIR and REBECCA his wife for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred and eighteen dollars to them in hand paid by the said ELIJAH PERDEW at and before the ensealing and delivery hereof the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged have granted bargained sold and confirm unto ELIJAH PERDEW all our right title interest or otherwise in two certain tracts of land situate in Southampton Township Bedford County and state aforesaid adjoining land of JONATHAN DICKEN on the South and WILLIAM RUBY on the North one tract containing two hundred and eight acres more or less the other containing sixty nine acres more or less it being the same tract of land formerly belonging to BRICE BLAIR dec'd to have and to hold all our share of into or out of the tracts of land aforesaid with all the improvement thereunto belonging to the said ELIJAH PERDEW his heirs and assigns forever and we hereby agree to warrant and defend our share of the said tracts of land to the said ELIJAH PERDEW against us our heirs or any other person claiming under us or our heirs. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals the day and date above written. BRICE BLAIR, REBECCA (x - her mark) BLAIR. Sealed & delivered in presence of JACOB ADAMS, JONATHAN STUART. Rec'd of ELIJAH PERDEW one hundred and eighteen dollars in full consideration in the above deed. BRICE BLAIR. Test JONATHAN STUART. Bedford County ss: Personally appeared before me the subscriber one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County BRICE BLAIR and REBECCA his wife the grantors in the within Indenture the said BRICE being one of the son and legal representatives of BRICE BLAIR dec'd and acknowledged the same to be their act and deed the said REBECCA being of full age and by me examined separate and apart from her said husband and the contents of said Indenture by me fully made known to her did declare that she executed the same freely and voluntarily without any compulsion of her said husband. Witness my hand and seal Nov 13th 1835. JACOB ADAMS