Land: John McVICKER to Lawrence JAMISON, 1845: Bedford, Bedford County, PA

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DEED TRANSCRIPTION JOHN MCVICKER ESQ. TO LAWRENCE JAMISON

Dated:  June 10, 1845

Sold To:  Lawrence Jamison

Bought From: Sheriff John McVicker

Previous Owner: Elijah Adams

Price: $ 775.00

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To all people to whom these Presents shall come.

I, John Mcvicker esquire, High Sheriff of the of the county of Bedford, in the 
commonwealth of Pennsylvania, send Greeting:
Wheras Joseph L Morrison
[lately] in the county court of common pleas, holden at Bedford, for the county 
of Bedford, before the judges of the same court, to wit: of November term, in 
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four by the judgment 
of the same court, did recover against Elijah Adams  as well as a certain debt 
of Six hundred and ninety three dollars and sixty four cents lawful money of the 
United States, as also one dollar and twelve cents which to the said Joseph L 
Morrison were adjudged in the same court, for the debt and costs aforesaid. AND 
WHEREAS, afterwards by a writ of the Commonwelth aforesaid of feri facias, 
issued out of the court of common pleas aforesaid, tested the twenty ninth day 
of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty four and 
to me~~~~~~~~~~~~ directed, It was commanded, that of the goods and chattels, 
lands, and tenements of the said Elijah Adams ~~~~~~~~~ in my bailiwick, I 
should cause to be made and levied the debt & costs aforesaid, which the said 
Joseph L Morrison ~~~~~~~~~~~~ had recovered against the said Elijah Adams 
~~~~~~~~ as aforesaid, ant that I should have that money before the judges of 
the county court of common pleas aforesaid, the Second Monday of November [then] 
next, to render to the said Joseph L Morrison  ~~~~~~~~ in the said writ named, 
and the said writ. By virtue of which the said writ of fieri  facias of the 
lands and tenements of the said Elijah Adams [ he having no goods and chattels 
in my bailiwick wherewith to satisfy execution] I seized and took in execution 
one lot of ground situate in the Borough of Bedford with a double two story Log 
& weatherboard house with two kitchens attached, a stable and a well of water 
thereon erected adjoining lots of Heydens heirs & others ~~~~~~~~~

AND WHEREAS, by an inquisition indented, and to the said writ of fieri facias 
annexed taken at the Sheriffs Office on the first day of February in the year of 
our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty five by the oaths and 
affirmations of twelve good and lawful men of my bailiwick it was found that the 
rents, issues and profits of the above mentioned Lot seized and taken in 
execution by virtue of a writ aforesaid, were not of a clear yearly value, 
beyond all reprises, sufficient within the terms of seven years, to satisfy, the 
debt & costs in said writ mentioned, the execution of which writ, at the day and 
place therein mentioned together with the inquisition made thereon, and to the 
said writ annexed, as aforesaid, returned to the judges aforesaid, and that the 
said premises remain in my hands unsold for want of buyers. And Whereas 
(afterwards) by  a writ of venditioni exponas of the said commonwealth; issued 
out of the court of common pleas aforesaid, tested the fifth day of February in 
the year of your Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty five and to me 
directed, I was commanded that the lands and tenements aforesaid, so taken in 
execution as aforesaid, I shall expose to sale, and that I should have the money 
thereof, before the judges aforesaid, at Bedford aforesaid the fourth Monday of 
April (then) next, to render to the said Joseph L Morrison ~~~~~~~~ for the debt 
and costs in the said writ mentioned, and the said writ.  And whereas, I the 
said sheriff, having given due and public notice of the time and place of sale, 
did on the twenty eighth day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 
hundred and forty five expose the lands, tenements and premises to sale, by 
public venue or outcry, and sold the same to Lawrence Jamison of Bedford county 
for the sum of seven  hundred and twenty five dollars
Bidden for same

NOW KNOW YE,  that I John McVicker Esquire, Sheriff of the said county, for and 
in consideration of the aforesaid sum of Seven hundred and Twenty five dollars 
lawful money of the United States, to me in hand paid, by the said Lawrence 
Jamison at or before the ensealing and delivery hereof, the receipt whereof is 
hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargained and sold, and by these presents, 
according to the directions, and by force and virtue of the said recited writs, 
of the laws of Pennsylvania , in such cases made and provided, do grant, 
bargain, and sell, unto the said Lawrence Jamison ~~~~~~~  his heirs and 
assigns, all that the said above mentioned and described Lot ~~~~~~~~~~~~

Together with all and singular the buildings, barns, stables, gardens, orchards, 
improvements, rights, liberties, privileges, hereditaments and appurtenances 
whatsoever thereunto belonging , or in any wise appertaining, and the reversion 
and remainders, and the rents, issues, and profits thereof.  To HAVE AND TO HOLD  
to the said described Lot ~~~~~~~~ and premises hereby granted or mentioned, and 
intended so to be, with the appurtenances, to the said Lawrence Jamison his 
heirs and assigns, to the only proper use, benefit, and behoof of him the 
Lawrence Jamison ~~~
 Had and held the same, at the time of the judgment aforesaid, according to the 
form and effect of the said recited writ, and of the acts of assembly of 
Pennsylvania, in such case made and provided.  IN WITNESS whereof, I the said 
John McVicker Esquire Sheriff of the said county of Bedford, have hereunto set 
my hand and seal, this tenth day of June ~~ in the year of our Lord, one 
thousand eight hundred and forty five         John Mcvicker  Shff  {SEAL}
                                              (his signature)  

(BOTTOM 1/4 OF FRONT PAGE, LEFT 1/2  CONTAINS):

Sealed and delivered in the Presence of
Jos B Noble     
                   
Received on the day last mentioned, of the Before mentioned Lawrence Jamison the 
sum of Seven Hundred & twenty five dollars lawful money of the United States, 
the full consideration before mentioned. - John McVicker Shff (his signature)

Test.
Jos B Noble (his signature)

(BOTTOM 1/4 OF FRONT PAGE, RIGHT 1/2  CONTAINS):

Bedford County, ss
ACKNOWLEDGED in the county court of common pleas, for the county of Bedford, 
before the judges of the said court, by the said John McVicker Esquire, Sheriff 
of the said county the tenth day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand 
eight hundred and forty five.
In TESTIMONY whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed this seal of the 
same court, the same day and year.
                                                       
                                                         Jas B Noble
                                                         (his signature)  Prob

(REVERSE OF THE FRONT PAGE, LEFT SIDE COLUMN 2):

Deed
John McVicker Shff
To
Lawrence Jamison
For a Lot in the Borough of Bedford Consideration $ 725:
Deeds $ 2.00
Fees     .50

Writ of Venditioni exponas                                                  
When the officer taking property under execution shall die before the sale 
thereof, a writ of venditioni exponas shall issue, directed to the proper 
officer of the county in which the property was taken, and such officer shall, 
under the writ of venditioni exponas, receive the property from the 
representatives of the former sheriff, or other officer, who are required to 
deliver the same to the officer having the venditioni exponas, on his producing 
the same and executing a receipt for the property, and the officer shall proceed 
to sell the same as in other cases.

Writ of Fieri Facias

fieri facias 
Law - A writ of execution authorizing a sheriff to lay a claim to and seize the 
goods and chattels of a debtor to fulfill a judgment against the debtor.


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