Record: Mortgage
Date: 22 December 1857
Party 1: John and Margaret Keyser
Party 2: Jonathan Irwin
Location: Kent Co, MI
This indenture, made the 22 day of December in the year of our Lord 1857, between John Keyser of the first part and Jonathan Irwin of the second part, all of the town of Byron, Kent County, State of Michigan. Witnesseth, that the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of $100 it being a part of the purchase money to him in hand paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby confessed and acknowledged, do by these presents grant, sell, remise, release, alien and confirm, unto the said party of the second part and to his heirs and assigns, forever, all that peace and parcel of land lying and situated in the town of Byron, Kent County, State of Michigan, as falons? to ? the south west one fourth of the north west quarter of section thirty town fine north range … west containing forty acres the same more or less. Together ……… (continues)
(back side) For and in consideration of the sum one hundred dollars to me in hand payed by George S. Thomas the except whereof is: hereby acknowledge and confessed I hereby sell transfer sign over to the said Thomas the within mortgages it being a mortgage recorded on page 6’97 and office of the county of Kent, State of Michigan. Witness my hand and seal this .. day of April A.D. 1858. Signed sealed in Presence of S. S. Scranton, Go…, Edwin Coye?
State of Michigan, Kent County, on this 5th day of April A.D. 1858 personally appeared before me a Notary Public for said county Jonathan Irwin known to me to be the person who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledge the same to be his free act and deed. S.S. Scranton, Notary Public, Kent Co. Mich.