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Philip Coons & wife
To 
William Richards
} Deed of B & Sale

This Indenture made this 17th day of July in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Five, between Philip Coons and Anne C Coons his wife of the first part, and William Richards of the second part, all of Harpers ferry in the County of Jefferson, in the State of Virginia witnesseth that the said Philip Coons and Anne C his wife in consideration of the sum of Eighteen Hundred & Thirty Dollars of lawful money of the United States to them in hand paid by the said William Richards, at or before the sending and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged have bargained & sold and by these presents do and each of them doth bargain and sell unto the said William Richards his being and assigns, a certain Lot [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] or parcel of land with a Stone House thereon situated on the West side of Shenandoah Street in Town of Harpersferry aforesaid and described as lot 46 and so designated on the Plot of Division of the real estate of John Wager Dec'd. which said lot was conveyed by Andrew Kennedy Surviving Commissioner, to the said Philip Coons and a certain James Duncanson, jointly, by deed dated 1st day of August 1843 which deed is of record among the land records of said County in deed book No 26 page 475, the said James Duncanson having by deed dated 10th January 1840 conveyed to George W Sappington, Trustee all his right title and interest in and to one moiety in said Lot, in Trust for certain purposes in said deed recited, and failing to pay the debt ye cured by said deed of Trust the said George W Sappington acting as Trustee and in pursuance of the provision thereof, did sell at public auction to the highest bidder the lot aforesaid to the said Philip Coons who was

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---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-04-13 17:29:21 ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-04-15 21:05:04 *B & Sale -> stands for "Bargained & Sold"