Land Records: George Nixon, 1796: Hopewell Twp, Bedford Co, PA

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Nixon to Woods
Bedford County Courthouse
Deed book D pg 583
1796

TO ALL PEOPLE to whom these presents shall come the Commisioners of the 
county of Bedford in the Commonwealth of PA send Greeting, whereas a 
certain tract of land being in the township of Hopewell and in the
county 
aforesaid said to be the property now or late of George Nixon or as such 
returned to the board of Commisioners for said county was duly rated 
charged and assayed? with the of taxes by virtue of sundry acts of 
assembly for levying and raising the following taxes that is to say for 
the taxes due and unpaid upon the same for the year 1789 amounting to 
eight shillings state tax and four shillings county tax also thirteen 
shillings and eight pence cost and charges accrued upon the same by 
reasons of the now payment of the taxes aforesaid as in and by the 
Records of the said Commisioners Reference thereunto being had will 
more fully and at large appears and whereas no person appeared to pay 
the taxes aforesaid assayed and charged upon the said land within the 
time limited by land the said commissioners agreeable to the directions 
contained in the acts of Assembly for Raising the said taxes did on or 
about the eithteenth day of August last give public notice in some of 
the English and German newspapers and further did set up hand bills 
advertising the tract aforesaid to pay the aforesaid taxes due thereon 
and whereas the time allowed by law for the owner or owners aforesaid 
to make payment of the taxes aforesaid having fully ____ and they 
having refused or neglected to pay and Discharge the said taxes as by 
law they were required the said commisioners did on the fifth day of 
August instant by public venders expose to sale the said tract of ground 
situate on the waters of yellow Creek in the township and County
aforesaid 
bounded and described as follows to wit, Beginning at a black oak South 
nineteen degrees East one hundred and forty four perches to a white 
oak thence by land in the name of George Nixon north eighty nine 
degrees East three hundred perches to a white oak-thence by Robert 
McPhersons lands north twelve degrees West one hundred and Eighteen 
perches to a white oak, thence by Edward Elliott's land north eighty 
seven degrees West three hundred and nineteen perches to the place of 
Beginning containing two hundred and twenty eight acres and the usual 
allowance of six per cent for roads, Surveyed on an order of survey 
granted to George Nixon, dated May the first 1767 No 3563.
Know ye that for and in consideration of the sum of five pounds lawful 
money of the commonwealth aforesaid part to the said commisioners by 
George Woods, Esq of the town of Bedford the Receipt whereof is hereby 
acknowledged he being the best and highest bidder the said commisioners 
have sold granted released aligned confirmed and delivered and by these 
presents do sell grant release align confirm and deliver unto the said 
George Woods and his heirs and assigns all that the aforesaid tract to 
the said George Woods, sold at public vindue aforesaid situated bounded 
and being as the same is herein before described to go there with all
and 
singular inprovements ways waters water courses rights liberties 
priveliges and Hereditainments whatsoever ______ belonging to have 
and to hold the premises hereby granted with the appurtenances unto 
the said George Woods his heirs and assigns to the only proper use 
and behold of the said George and his heirs and assigns forever, free 
from all the Estate, Right and ___ of the aforesaid delinquent or
of any person or persons claiming under him, and witness whereof 
Anthony Nuigle and Matthew Taylor two of the present commonisioners for 
the county aforesaid have hereunto set their hands and caused the 
Common Seal of the commisioners to be affixed dated the fifteenth day 
of August in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and ninty 
one.

Sealed and Delivered in Anthony Nawgels
The Presence of us Matthew Taylor
Hugh Barclay, George Woods Jr. Commisioners
Bedford Co, PA before me one of the Justices of the
peace 
in and for the county of Bedford aforesaid personally came the
Commisioners 
within named and acknowledged the within Deed Poll to be their act and 
Deeds for the purpose therein mentioned 
Witness my hand and Seal, the seventh day of July 1796
Recorded and compared with the original the 9th day of July A. D. 1791
John Anderson, Recorder