Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-07-16

convey and confirm unto the said
VIM. James, Noah Coulson, C. D..
Drake, Amos Pidgeon, Hiram Dav-
| idson, George Richards, McClelland
Riley, trustees of the M. p. church,
Stockport, o., the following describ-
ed real estate, situate in the coun-
| ty of Morgan and state of Ohio, and
in the Ohio Company's Purchase,
and bounded and described as fol-
lows:
Beginning in the middle of the
road opposite the middle of Colum-
bia street, thence south II feet,
thence west 1T feet, thence north
IT feet, to the middle of Columbia
street, thence east following the
middle Of Columbia street to the
place of beginning. Being the
northeast corner Of lot decided to-
Bethsheba Miner by Mary M. Don
avan and Rose o. Donavan, July 1,
1887, and recorded Dec. 1, 1887,
Vol. "a, Page 349. To have and to
hold, the said granted premises,
with all the appurtenances and
privileges to the same belonging, or
in any wise belonging, or in any
wise appertaining to the said Beth
sheba Miner, her heirs and assigns,
forever, to their own proper use,
benefit and beloved, as good and
indefeasible estate in fee simple,
and the said Bethsheba Miner for
nd a1, in;
traitors doth covenant with the said
trustees, their successors, that be-
fore and until sealing and delivery
OF these presents, she was lawfully
seized in fee of the above-granted
premises and appHrtenances; that
she has good right, full power and
lawful authority to convey and sell
the same to said trustees; that the |
said premises are free from all in
cumbrance, whatever, and that l do
and will warrant and defend the |
same unto the said trustees, their
successors forever, against the law
full claims of all persons whomso-
ever. In witness whereof, | have
here unto set my hand and seal |
this 4th day of September, 1S89.-l
Signed, sealed and acknowledged in |
our Observation-Disclosures Miner, |
Don Walters, w. H. Broomhall
The State of Ohio,
Morgan County, SIS:
l, w. II. BrooClhall, an acting |
notary public, in and for the county |
aforesaid, do hereby certify that on
this 4th day of September, 1889, |
personally appeared Bethsheba Mil
ner, grantor in the foregoing deed, !
and acknowledged the signing and |
sealing thereof to be her voluntary |
act and deed. Given under my
hand officially on the day afore-
said.-W. H. Broomhall, Notary |
Public. Received Sept II, 1889,
9:45 a. m. Recorded Sept. 13,
1889
Allow us to say that we believe
that could anyone get tied up to |
the said church as tight as this
parcel is tied, they would have no |
chance to backslide, and if all who |
nave had part in the keeping Of |
the records was as William Broom
nall, in writing the deed, the his
tory OF the church would be easy
to gather and write. We want to |
tell you that we feel We should |
apologize to the folks of Stockport. |
We had passed through several eX-
perlenceS as that we have had in |
regard to this church history. While !
we have known and said that the |
history is here, il looked for some |
time as though it was deeply COW
cred in the right direction, or place. |
In fact we find it very interesting |
as we'll as encouraging to talk with |
folks who couldn't answer our
questions. They are all anxious to
help. We feel we should tell you
that We have talked with very few
who have not mentioned Golda |
Lane, and her father, Benton Lanes
diary.
After finding by the deed the
date when the lot on which the
church stands was decided to the
trustees of the church, We went to
Miss Lanes home and started to
penned in several ledgers. Let us
stop here to tell you that this rec
ord Of facts pertaining to Stockport
and surrounding territory is won
derful. Much of the writing is be-
coming faded. 1t seems to us that
there should be some way to raise
a fund to have these records read,
and at least the part pertaining to
many of the people he mentions,
typed. We hope to tell you of
many things he mentions before we
write the end to "Facts and Folks"
While monument has been erect
ed to his memory in the cemetery
here where he sleeps, to us his ledg-
ers are monument more valuable
than the one at his tomb. We can't
help saying we are sorry We can't
sit at his feet and hear him tell of
the events and folks of those days,
and also tell you that we are more
than proud, and thankful that Miss
Coda has been kind in turning us
loose in these records, and also the
fact that she knows much of inter-
est and is helping much in getting
the records.
Now back to the church. We
want to give you much of this in
the words used by Mr.. Lane: ''Sept.
5, 1889, Phillips working on the
church. Sent church about ready