1763 Land Grant, John Pickerd

Land Grant – John Pickerd

To all Christian People to whom these present Writings shall come or whom it may in anywise concern, Greetings in our Lord God Everlasting, Know ye that George Klock and Conrad Matthys both of Conajohary in the County of Albany and Province of New York Yoemen for divers and good Causes and Considerations but more and especially for the sum of five shillings have remised released and forever quitclaimed and by these Presents for themselves and their heirs, do fully, freely, clearly and absolutely remise, release and forever quitclaim unto John Pickerd of the same place, yeoman, in his full and peaceable possession and seizin and to his heirs and Asigns forever all such Right, Estate, Title, Interest and Demand whatsoever, as they the said George Klock and Conrad Matthys, or either of them had or ought to have of, in, or to the aftermentioned four hundred Acres of Wood Land lying and being, in the County of Albany aforesaid on the south side of the Mohawks River by a certain Lake, called by the Indians Otseege within the Province of New York….

via 1763 Land Grant, John Pickerd.

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Beverwyck

Beverwyck

The Eendracht at Beverwyck – 1656Beverwyck is the popular and mythical name given to the community of fur traders that first emerged along the river to the north of Fort Orange during the 1640s. The name came into official use in 1652 when the Dutch West India Company established a judicial jurisdiction for the land north of the trading post/fort. That act began a legacy of home rule for Albany that was primarily responsible for its development into a pre-urban center. Immediately following, the first houselots were parcelled out. By the end of the decade, a log palisade had enclosed the settlement.

via Beverwyck.

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Became Albany, New York.

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Schenectady, New York – City Map 1750

citymap1750_250.jpg (JPEG Image, 1204×917 pixels) – Scaled (58%).

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Detailed map from 1750

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Ransom Meadows descendants – Dick – Family History & Genealogy Message Board – Ancestry.com

Ransom Meadows descendants

susanaldridge2000 (View posts) Posted: 9 Mar 2007 2:58PM

Classification: Query

Surnames: Hardy Dick Ogletree Farris Meadows Bankston

A newspaper announcement referring to the below transcribed court paper from 1873 is attached. After Ransom meadow´s widow´s death, the remaining property was sold.

A Petition was filed in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, 18 January 1873, by Gilbert Meadows. To the Hon. Allen D. Sturdevant, Judge of the Probate for said county: Gilbert Meadows, a resident citizen of said county over age twenty-one years. He stated that Ransom Meadows, late of said county, decd., died owning 352 acres off the west side of Section 20, Township 22, Range 21, in said county, with other lands. After the death of Ransom Meadows, the said lands above were set apart as the dower of the widow of Ransom, Sarah Meadows, who has since departed this life 3 November 1872 leaving real estate unadministered. Petition further states that the following named persons are the children and heirs at law of Ransom Meadows: (1) Mary Dick over 21 years old and resides in Pickens(?) County, Alabama; (2) William Meadows over 21 years old and resides in Lowndes County, Alabama; (3) adix Elias Meadows over 21 years old and resides in Pike [Polk] County, Texas; (4) Moses Meadows of lawful age and resides in Coosa County, Alabama; (5) adix Elizabeth Bankston over 21 years of age and resides somewhere in the State of Georgia, but petitioner is not informed as to her county; (6) Milas Meadows over 21 years residing in Coosa County, Alabama; (7) Stephen Meadows who is now decd., leaving surviving him Mary Konley/Nonley(?) who is of lawful age and resides in Coosa County, Alabama; (8) Martha Farris who is also decd., leaving surviving her June Boss(?) and Francis Farris all of whom are of lawful age and reside in Coosa County, Alabama; (9) Sarah Ogletree who died leaving surviving her John & Thomas Ogletree over the age of 21 years – John resides in said county and state, Thomas having died last resided in Coosa County, Alabama leaving surviving him Daniel, Sidney, and Elizabeth Ogletree all under fourteen years of age; (10) Petitioner Gilbert Meadows who is of lawful age and residing in said county and state. Petitioner shows that all the above mentioned heirs at law & children of Ransom Meadows are joint owners and tenants in common in said lands above described and have each a one tenth interest in said lands. Lands cannot be equitably & fairly divided without a sale of same. Henry A. Garrett is guardian ad litem for the minors in this petition.

Transcribed by Russell Henderson from the original.

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via Ransom Meadows descendants – Dick – Family History & Genealogy Message Board – Ancestry.com.

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A bit more detail about Ransom Meadows’ descendants

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Hardy John Plantation Sale1.jpg (JPEG Image, 1664×2244 pixels)

Hardy John Plantation Sale1.jpg (JPEG Image, 1664×2244 pixels).

Plantation Sale – Deed  Between Robert Hardy and
John Day – 1828, Edgefield County, South Carolina