David SALISBURY
1824 Deed
The document itself
Date: June 10, 1824 (indenture drawn "the tenth day of June" 1824; acknowledged same day)
Parties:
First part: Lewis Salisbury, David Salisbury, and Mariah (Maria) Salisbury, David's wife — all "of Greenfield in the County of Saratoga"
Second part: Samuel M. Plumb of Corinth, same county
Transaction: Lewis and David Salisbury mortgaged a 10-acre parcel in Greenfield to Plumb for $250, secured by a bond, payable in three installments with interest: $100 in one year, $100 in two years, $50 in three years — all from June 1824.
The land: Part of Lot C among the smaller lots into which Lot No. 2 (subdivision of Lot No. 1, 17th allotment of the general partition) of the Kayaderosseras Patent was divided. The boundary description starts at the northeast corner of land formerly owned by the late Reuben Wood, "now owned by George Benton" — runs north along a highway, west 34 rods, south 50 rods to Benton's northwest corner, then east back to the beginning.
Acknowledgment: Taken before Salmon Child, commissioner of deeds for Saratoga County. Notably, Maria was examined separately and apart from her husband, and confirmed she signed freely and without compulsion from David — the standard dower-release procedure for a wife relinquishing her interest in mortgaged land. All three signed by mark.
What happened after: The mortgage was later assigned to James Vail, who certified it was paid off/ cancelled in full on June 25, 1828, with the discharge registered January 9, 1829.
Why this matters for your research
Confirms David + Maria as a couple in Greenfield, Saratoga County in 1824 — consistent with the 1819 marriage you've already been tracing.
Introduces Lewis Salisbury as a co-mortgagor with David — worth investigating whether he's a brother, father, or other relative. Joint mortgages like this were common between siblings or father/ son pairs holding land together.
Names two other landholders worth cross-referencing: Reuben Wood (deceased by 1824, prior owner of adjoining land) and George Benton (current owner of the adjoining parcel, also a witness to the deed). Given you're also tracking a Maria Wood, the presence of a "Reuben Wood" as a neighboring landowner in the same Greenfield neighborhood is intriguing — it may be coincidental, or it may be a lead worth checking against Wood family probate/ land records in Saratoga County.
The Kayaderosseras Patent reference is useful — it tells you exactly which survey/ allotment system to search in the Saratoga County land records for related deeds (siblings, parents, or heirs often show up in adjoining-lot transactions within the same allotment).
The 1828 discharge to James Vail gives you a clean end-date for this particular parcel — useful for building a timeline of David's landholding activity between 1819 and his later sheriff's sale entanglements you've been tracing.
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1824 Deed
The document itself
Date: June 10, 1824 (indenture drawn "the tenth day of June" 1824; acknowledged same day)
Parties:
First part: Lewis Salisbury, David Salisbury, and Mariah (Maria) Salisbury, David's wife — all "of Greenfield in the County of Saratoga"
Second part: Samuel M. Plumb of Corinth, same county
Transaction: Lewis and David Salisbury mortgaged a 10-acre parcel in Greenfield to Plumb for $250, secured by a bond, payable in three installments with interest: $100 in one year, $100 in two years, $50 in three years — all from June 1824.
The land: Part of Lot C among the smaller lots into which Lot No. 2 (subdivision of Lot No. 1, 17th allotment of the general partition) of the Kayaderosseras Patent was divided. The boundary description starts at the northeast corner of land formerly owned by the late Reuben Wood, "now owned by George Benton" — runs north along a highway, west 34 rods, south 50 rods to Benton's northwest corner, then east back to the beginning.
Acknowledgment: Taken before Salmon Child, commissioner of deeds for Saratoga County. Notably, Maria was examined separately and apart from her husband, and confirmed she signed freely and without compulsion from David — the standard dower-release procedure for a wife relinquishing her interest in mortgaged land. All three signed by mark.
What happened after: The mortgage was later assigned to James Vail, who certified it was paid off/ cancelled in full on June 25, 1828, with the discharge registered January 9, 1829.
Why this matters for your research
Confirms David + Maria as a couple in Greenfield, Saratoga County in 1824 — consistent with the 1819 marriage you've already been tracing.
Introduces Lewis Salisbury as a co-mortgagor with David — worth investigating whether he's a brother, father, or other relative. Joint mortgages like this were common between siblings or father/ son pairs holding land together.
Names two other landholders worth cross-referencing: Reuben Wood (deceased by 1824, prior owner of adjoining land) and George Benton (current owner of the adjoining parcel, also a witness to the deed). Given you're also tracking a Maria Wood, the presence of a "Reuben Wood" as a neighboring landowner in the same Greenfield neighborhood is intriguing — it may be coincidental, or it may be a lead worth checking against Wood family probate/ land records in Saratoga County.
The Kayaderosseras Patent reference is useful — it tells you exactly which survey/ allotment system to search in the Saratoga County land records for related deeds (siblings, parents, or heirs often show up in adjoining-lot transactions within the same allotment).
The 1828 discharge to James Vail gives you a clean end-date for this particular parcel — useful for building a timeline of David's landholding activity between 1819 and his later sheriff's sale entanglements you've been tracing.
familysearch.org (Mormon Genealogy Records)
Unofficial Guide to FamilySearch.org: How to Find Your Family History on the World's Largest Free Genealogy Website
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The document itself
Date: June 10, 1824 (indenture drawn "the tenth day of June" 1824; acknowledged same day)
Parties:
First part: Lewis Salisbury, David Salisbury, and Mariah (Maria) Salisbury, David's wife — all "of Greenfield in the County of Saratoga"
Second part: Samuel M. Plumb of Corinth, same county
Transaction: Lewis and David Salisbury mortgaged a 10-acre parcel in Greenfield to Plumb for $250, secured by a bond, payable in three installments with interest: $100 in one year, $100 in two years, $50 in three years — all from June 1824.
The land: Part of Lot C among the smaller lots into which Lot No. 2 (subdivision of Lot No. 1, 17th allotment of the general partition) of the Kayaderosseras Patent was divided. The boundary description starts at the northeast corner of land formerly owned by the late Reuben Wood, "now owned by George Benton" — runs north along a highway, west 34 rods, south 50 rods to Benton's northwest corner, then east back to the beginning.
Acknowledgment: Taken before Salmon Child, commissioner of deeds for Saratoga County. Notably, Maria was examined separately and apart from her husband, and confirmed she signed freely and without compulsion from David — the standard dower-release procedure for a wife relinquishing her interest in mortgaged land. All three signed by mark.
What happened after: The mortgage was later assigned to James Vail, who certified it was paid off/cancelled in full on June 25, 1828, with the discharge registered January 9, 1829.
Why this matters for your research
Confirms David + Maria as a couple in Greenfield, Saratoga County in 1824 — consistent with the 1819 marriage you've already been tracing.
Introduces Lewis Salisbury as a co-mortgagor with David — worth investigating whether he's a brother, father, or other relative. Joint mortgages like this were common between siblings or father/son pairs holding land together.
Names two other landholders worth cross-referencing: Reuben Wood (deceased by 1824, prior owner of adjoining land) and George Benton (current owner of the adjoining parcel, also a witness to the deed). Given you're also tracking a Maria Wood, the presence of a "Reuben Wood" as a neighboring landowner in the same Greenfield neighborhood is intriguing — it may be coincidental, or it may be a lead worth checking against Wood family probate/land records in Saratoga County.
The Kayaderosseras Patent reference is useful — it tells you exactly which survey/allotment system to search in the Saratoga County land records for related deeds (siblings, parents, or heirs often show up in adjoining-lot transactions within the same allotment).
The 1828 discharge to James Vail gives you a clean end-date for this particular parcel — useful for building a timeline of David's landholding activity between 1819 and his later sheriff's sale entanglements you've been tracing.){kind=small}