| Elijah Iles & wife | } | |
| To | Deed | |
| Abraham Lincoln |
This Indenture, Made and Entered into this Second day of June, in the year of our
Lord one thousand Eight hundred and thirty Eight By and between Elijah Iles and Malinda Iles his wife of the County of Sangamon and State of Illinois of the first part, and Abraham Lincoln of the County of Sangamon and State of Illinois
of the second part. Witnesseth that the said party of the first part for and in consideration of the Sum of Three
Hundred Dollars of Lawful Money of the united States to them in hand paid by the said
party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have given,
granted, bargained, sold, aliened assigned Enfeoffed1 and conveyed, and by these presents, do, give, grant, bargain, sell, alien assign,
Enfeoff and convey unto the said Party of the second part His heirs and assigns, certain
Lots or pieces of ground, lying and being Situate in the County of Sangamon and State
of Illinois, Known and described as follows, viz— Lots Twelve (12) and Thirteen (13)
in Block Seven, in E. Iles, addition to Springfield, Designated on the Plot of said Addition, as Recorded in the Recorders office for
Sangamon County will by Refference more fully appear—2
” To have and to hold the above Described Lots or parcels of ground, together with
all and Singular the privileges or appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in anywise
appertaining, to him the said party of the Second part, his heirs and assigns to and
for their own Proper use, behoof and benefit forever, And the said Party of the first
part, for themselves, their heirs, Executors, and administrators, do hereby covenant
and agree to send with the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns forever
to warrant and Defend the title to the above described premises, against the claim
or claims of any and all persons claiming by through, or under them the said party
of the first part, and against the claim or claims of any and all persons whatsoever:
and that they the said party of the first Part, are the only true and Lawful owners
of the said premises, and that the same are free from all and all manner of Incumbrances—
In Testimony whereof the said party of the first part have hereunto Set their hands
and Seals the day and year first above written—
In presence of
Elijah Iles seal Malinda Iles seal <Page 2>
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06/02/1838
06/02/1838
| State of Illinois— | } | SS |
| Sangamon County |
Be it Remembered that on the day of the date hereof came personally before the undersigned
a Justice of the peace in & for said county Elijah Iles & Malinda Iles his wife who are Known by said Justice to be the Identical
persons by whom and in whose Names the foregoing Deed is Subscribed and by whom and
in whose names the same is proposed to be acknowledged who then Severally Acknowledged
that they Executed the same freely for the purposes in said Deed Expressed— And the
said Malinda Iles wife of the Said Elijah Iles after having been made acquainted with
the contents of said Deed and being by said Justice Examined Separate from her said
husband acknowledged that she Executed said Deed freely & without any threats or coercion
of her said husband—
”Given under my hand & Seal, this 2nd day of June A.D. 1838—
Thomas Moffett J. P.[Justice of the Peace] seal 2These lots were in the center of the block across the street from the property Abraham
Lincoln purchased in 1844 on which he built his house. On March 30, 1850, he sold
the south half of lot twelve to Frederick S. and Harriet W. Dean for $125, and on March 2, 1853, he sold north half of lot twelve and lot thirteen
to Alexander Graham for $375.
Deed of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Lincoln to Frederick S. Dean and Harriet W. Dean; Deed of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Lincoln to Alexander Graham; Harry E. Pratt, The Personal Finances of Abraham Lincoln (Springfield, IL: Abraham Lincoln Association, 1943), 60.
Handwritten Transcription, 1 page(s), Sangamon County Deed Record, Book O, pp. 93-94, Illinois State Archives (Springfield, IL).