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Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale 1 hour ago
#511 
OUIT - CLAIM DEED This Indenture, Made on the third day of March A. D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty three, by and between Thomas Drysdate and Margaret Drysdale, his wife of the County of Stoddard and State of Missouri parties of the first part, and Jonathan. R. % Samam of the County of Stoddard and State of Missouri_party of the second part WITNESSETH, that the said parties of the first part, in consideration of the sum of Sixty Dollars, to them paid by the said party of the  second part, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, do by these presents Remise, Release and Foreversecond part, the following described lots, tracts or parcels of land, lying, being and situate in the County of Sloeldand and State of Missouri, to wit: The North half of the South half of Lot number One hundred (100) in the Town of Bloomfield, Said lot being the same upon which the Blacksmith shop, Wood that and paint shop erected by me and now owned by J R Barkam is situated.TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the same, with all the rights, immunities, privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging, unto the said party of the  second part, and his heirs and assigns forever; so that neither the said parties of the first part, nor Their heirs, nor any other person or persons, for them or in their share or shall shall or will hereafter claim or demand any right or title to the aforesaid premises, or any part thereof, but they and every of them shall, by these presents, bebe excluded and forever barred. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the said parties of the first part, have hereunto set their hand and seals, the day and year first above written. Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of us,
 Thomas, Drysdale, Maggie Drysdale M. S. Philan Seal STATE OF MISSOURI.) Be it remembered, That on this 3rd day of March A. D. 1889 before the undersigned of the Circuit Court Within and for the County of  and State of Missouri, personally came Thomas Drysdale and Margaret Drysdale his wife who are personally known to me to be the same persons whose names are subscribed to the foregoing instrument of writing, as parties thereto, and acknowledged the same to be their act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned. And the said Margaret Drysdale being by me first made acquainted  with the contents of said instrument, upon an examination separate and apart from her husband, acknowledged that she executed the same, and relinquishes her dower in the Real Estate therein mentioned, freely and without fear, compulsion or undue influence of her said husband Intestimony Whereof , have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal, at my office, in Bloomfield the day and year first above written. C H Barham Clerk STATE OF MISSOURI,COUNTY OF STODDARD
Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale 1 hour ago

Ronald , I have been saving these for some time [everything in this folder except the marriage record Of Thomas Drysdale to Mary Lyons] 

The quit claim I found here https://sites.rootsweb.com/~mostodd2/landrecords/qclaim1d.htm

For some reason she only photographed the upper portions of  the documents,with zero transcription capabilities, but it's legible but your copy's  clear and crisp looking. I cleaned up your transcription a bit.

 

Comment by Ronald Drysdale 16 hours ago

Seeing that Wlliam's post had an AI element in it, I thought I'd see if the Familysearch AI could do a better job:

After a few attempts, varying the search terms (took about 5 minutes) I located the document in question (+ a positive mark for the FS AI) 

In the accompanying transcription, it was about 95% accurate in what it compiled, which isn't too bad, you can see for your selves here:

A pdf of the whole document + transcription with hyperlink enclosed below.

Quit Claim Thomas & Margaret Drysdale 1883

Best regards

NB Unfortunately the Familysearch AI can't do custom jobs for us, it only works on documents already held in its own archives

 

Comment by Ronald Drysdale 20 hours ago

I asked William where this stuff came from and it seems like this was the Microsoft Copilot's AI  transcription of your document.

Note for Microsoft - I think more work is needed there!

Best regards

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale 22 hours ago

Any relevance  to this Thomas Drysdale and his second wife Margaret [Martin] Drysdale, escapes me.

Comment by William Douglas 23 hours ago

 This 1885 Quit-Claim Deed is a legal document that transfers any ownership interest Clarence and Margaret Reynolds might have had in a specific piece of land to Jeremiah R. Alexander.


QUIT-CLAIM DEED

This Indenture, made this third day of March A.D. One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-five, between Clarence Reynolds and Margaret Reynolds his wife of the County of Stoddard and State of Missouri, parties of the first part, and Jeremiah R. Alexander of the County of Stoddard and State of Missouri, party of the second part,

Witnesseth, That the said parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of One Dollar to them in hand paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do by these presents REMISE, RELEASE, and FOREVER QUIT-CLAIM unto the said party of the second part, and to his heirs and assigns forever, all the right, title, interest, claim and demand which the said parties of the first part have in and to the following described lot, tract or parcel of land, situate in the County of Stoddard and State of Missouri, to wit:

Lot Three (3) in the South half of Fort Alexander as surveyed & recorded in the office of Recorder of Deeds being the Lot upon which the Parochial School House Shop and Paint Shop erected by the said Clarence Reynolds & J.R. Alexander is situated.

To Have and to Hold the same, with all the rights, immunities, privileges and appurtenances thereto belonging unto the said party of the second part, and to his heirs and assigns forever.

In Witness Whereof, the said parties of the first part have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written.

Clarence Reynolds [Seal]
Margaret Reynolds [Seal]

Making conections

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Dates and places of births, deaths and marriages all help to place families.

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