Deed to land for school Hendon Hill (Bel Air), 2 Feb. 1869

Title

Deed to land for school Hendon Hill (Bel Air), 2 Feb. 1869

Date

02-08-1869

Description

Deed to property for the school at Hendon Hill, near Bel Air. For the sum of $50, Benjamin Hendon transfers the rights to approximately 1/2 acre of land to school trustees George Daugherty, Edward Hall, William A. Ruff, William Morgan, and Lee Preston, "for the use, benefit and education of the colored people of Harford County, forever." Describes the property as touching on those of Benjamin Hendon, Joshua Hooker, and "Bealls Camp."

References

Benjamin Hendon

Joshua Hooker

George Dougherty

Edward Hall

William A. Ruff

William Morgan

Lee Preston

School

Bel Air aka Hendon Hill

Source

Smithsonian, National Museum of African American History and Culture

Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Transcript

This deed made this Eighth day of February in the year Eighteen hundred and Sixty-nine, by Benjamin Hendon of Harford County, in the State of Maryland. Witnesseth that in consideration of the sum of Fifty dollars current money, the said Benjamin Hendon doth grant bargain and sell unto George Daugherty, Edward Hall, William A. Ruff, William Morgan, and Lee Preston, in trust, for the purpose of erecting or allowing to be erected thereon a School House, for the use, benefit and Education of the colored people of Harford County, forever, All that Lot or parcel of ground lying in Harford County, aforesaid, which is described as follows. Beginning at a point in the line of "Bealls Camp", twelve feet from a corner stone between Joshua Hooker and the said Benjamin Hendon, North Sixty degrees West, Sixteen perches and four tenths of a perch to a stone, North Seventeen and a half degrees East five perches to a stone, thence South Sixty degrees East, sixteen perches and four tenths of a perch to the aforesaid line of "Bealls Camp", then with said line South Sixteen and a half degrees [[underlined]] West, five perches [[/underlined]] to the place of Beginning, containing one half acre of land more or less.

Witness my hand and seal
[[signature]] Benjamin Hendon [[/signature]] [[seal]]

Test
John T. Spicer

State of Maryland, Harford County, to wit:
I hereby certify that on this Eighth day of February in the year Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-nine before me the Subscriber a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland in and for Harford County aforesaid, personally appeared Benjamin Hendon, Grantor in the foregoing deed and acknowledged the same to be his act.

[[signature]] John T. Spicer [[signature]]

IIIF Manifests

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