Iowa County WI Archives Deed.....Mitchell, William Jones - Iowa County, WI, Board Of Supervisors April 18, 1854 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Poquette npoq@hotmail.com January 1, 2007, 10:23 pm Assigned To: William Jones Mitchell Written: April 18, 1854 Recorded: September 1, 1857 Iowa County, WI Mortgage Books, Vol. 1_, page 477: “Received September 1st, 1857 at 2 o’clock PM. To all to whom these presents shall come greeting. Whereas WILLIAM MITCHELL has deposited in the Office of the Clerk of the County Board of Supervisors of the county of Iowa in the state of Wisconsin, a certificate of the Treasurer of said county, whereby it appears (as the fact is) that the following described piece or parcel of land, lying and being situate in the county of Iowa, to wit: “The 2/3rd of the East half of the NW quarter of Section No. 19 in Township No. 5 North of Range No. 3 East of the 4th principal meridian, was for the non-payment of taxes sold by the said Treasurer at public auction at Mineral Point in the County of Iowa on the 18th day of April in the year of our Lord, 1854 to the said County of Iowa, of whom said MITCHELL is assignee, for the sum of $2.87 in the whole, which sum was the amount of taxes assessed and due and unpaid on said tract of land, together with the costs and charges of such sale at the time of making such sale, the whole of which sum has been paid by the aforesaid purchaser. And whereas, it further appears (as the fact is) that the owner or claimant of said land has not redeemed from said sale the lands which were sold as aforesaid, and said lands are now unredeemed from such sale, whereby said described lands have become forfeited, and the said purchaser, his heirs or assigns is entitled to a conveyance thereof. No, therefore, know all men by these presents, that the county of Iowa in said state , in consideration of the said sum of money aforesaid, and of the premises and in conformity to law, hath and hereby doth give, grant, and convey the said portion of land above described together with the hereditaments and appurtenances to the said WILLIAM MITCHELL, and to his heirs and assigns, to their sole rise and benefit forever…” in the presence of Matthew Bennett, Joseph Lean, signed, John S. Comfort, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/iowa/deeds/iowacoun30gdd.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb