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From: "Whetsel" <>
Subject: [PaCambri] Re: Deed transfers
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 17:43:19 -0500
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Keep in mind also that business was frequently done on a handshake,
especially among family, friends and good neighbors and the paperwork might
be done when someone got around to it.

The property was sold/transferred in some manner in 1828. There may have
been an unsigned deed or no deed at all, perhaps a handshake or bill of
sale. The 1830 date is when the deed was signed by the seller. Witnesses are
only witnessing the signature of the seller on a given date. Whether the
deed was written and unsigned in 1828 or written in 1830 and backdated is
unknown, but the seller signed in 1830.

As Sharon said, there may have been any number of reasons for the deed not
getting to the courthouse in a timely manner. However, what I have
"frequently" found is that the buyer/current owner wanted to sell the
property and there was no deed filed to prove he owned it! So in 1837, he
wanted to sell/transfer the property and had to file the 1828/1830 deed.
...Or, he may have died and the family wanted to dispose of the property and
they had to file the deed in order to do so. Something was probably going on
in 1837, check the next few deeds in the deed book and see if the property
wasn't immediately sold or transferred.

"May your ancestors know you are looking for them and find you when they are
ready."

Marc


| Many times when a property was sold, the deed was not recorded
right
| away. It may have taken days, weeks, months and sometimes years before
the
| deed was written and recorded. Keep in mind that people had to travel to
| their county seat to notify them of births, deaths, property sales etc.
Due
| to weather conditions, planting seasons, and harvesting seasons, people
did
| not always get to the county seat right away. They would go when they had
| time or when they had other business to take care of. Sometimes one
person
| in a community would take all the information to the county seat.
|
| It is my opinion that this property was sold in 1828 but the deed
was
| not recorded until 1837. This is not unusual. I have seen this happen
many
| times in my 9 years of deed research. Why the witnessed date is 1830, I
do
| not know. It would be my guess that it was a wrong date entered, which
was
| not unusual.
|
| Sharon
|



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