The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-02-10
FIRST CONVEYANCE
Of CORNV|LLE
Copy Of Deed Given By
Massachusetts,
New Hampshire Men Bought Town.
ship Na 2 In First Range North Of
the Plynouth Patent

wealth OF Massachusetts conveyed the
township now known as Cornville to
Moses Barnard, Joseph Hilton and
Peter Hanborn Of Deerfield, N. H., for
eight hundred and six pounds ten
shillings. These original proprietors
lived in New Hampshire and were
obliged to settle at least thirty famil
les ON the township within six years;
this requirement probably explains
why go many Of the early settlers of
Cornville came from New Hampshire.
Below IL q reproduction of the orig
inal conveyance:
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRES
ENTS.
That we the undersigned, appoint
ed a committee by the General Court
of the Commonwealth of Massachu-
sets, and by the resolve of the same
court authorized and empowered to
sell and dispose of the inappropriate
ed lands In the counties of York, Cum
berland and Lincoln, for and in con-
sideration OF the sum of eight hun
us In hand paid before the delivery
of these presents by Moses Barnard,
ESQ, Joseph Hilton, ESQ.,, and Peter
Sanborn. gentlemen, all Of Deerfield,
in the county of Rockingham and
state of New Hampshire, the receipt
whereof we do hereby acknowledge,
have granted, bargained, sold and
conveyed and by these presents 90
grant, bargain, sell and convey In
behalf of said Commonwealth unto
the said Moses Barnard, Joseph Hill
ton and Peter Sanborn, township
of land lying on the east side OF the
Kennebec river in the county Of Lin
coin surveyed by Samuel Weston, be-
ing numbered two In the first range
of townships north Of the Plymouth
Patent and bounded as follows, viz:
Beginning at the Northeast corner of
township Number one at an hemlock
tree, thence east six miles to a beech
tree marked, thence south six and
quarter miles to spruce tree marked
on the Plymouth companys line,
thence west on said line six miles to
stake, thence north six and
quarter miles to the bounds begun at,
containing twenty four thousand
acres, on the condition and with the
reservation following, namely, that
the said Barnard, Hilton and Sanborn
shall settle ON said lands thirty fam
lilies within six years from the date
hereof, and shall quiet all those set
tiers now on the land, and who set
tied thereon before the first day OF
February seventeen hundred and
ninety-one by granting to each to
hold in fee one hundred acres of
land to be so laid out as shall best
include the settlers improvements
and be least Injurious to the adjoin-
ing lands, each of such settlers who
settled thereon before the first day
of January 1874, paying to the said
grantees Barnard, Hilton and San
born five dollars, and those who set
tied since paying six pounds, and re-
serving also four lots of three hun
dred and twenty acres each for public
uses, viz: one for the first settled
minister, one for the use of the min
istry, one for the use of schools in
said township, and one for the future
appropriation of government, to av-
erage in soil and situation with the
other lots in the same township.
To have and to hold the said grant
ed premises with the reservations and
upon the conditions aforesaid to them
the said Moses Barnard, Joseph Hill
ton and Peter Sanborn, their heirs
and assigns forever, and we the said
committee in behalf of the common
wealth AFORESAID do covenant and
agree with the said Barnard, Hilton
and Sanborn that the said Common
wealth shall warrant and defend the
aforegranted premises with the re-
servations aforesaid to them the said
Barnard, Hilton and Sanborn, their
heirs and assigns against the lawful
claims and demands of all persons.
In testimony whereof. the said
Committee in their capacity afore-
said have hereunto set their hands
and seals this sixteenth day OF jan
uary in the year of our Lord one
thousand seven hundred and ninety
| Ave.
Signed, sealed and delivered in
presence of US,
THOMAS WALLCUT,
JOHN PECK,
NATHL. WELLS, IL. 81,
LEO JARVIS, IL. 81,
JOHN READ, Il. 81.
Suffolk, So. Boston, Jan. Is, 1895.
Personally appeared Nath'l Wells,
Leonard Jarvis and John Read.
Esqrs, and acknowledged this instru-
ment to be theif Uct and deed.
Before me,
SAMUEL COOPER,
Justice OF the Peace.