Have you checked land records for Chester Co. for that time period??? -----Original Message----- From: Dora Smith <tiggernut_48@yahoo.com> To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com <PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, September 04, 2000 1:22 AM Subject: [PACHESTE] what court was mortgage foreclosure, 1831, where records? >My ancestor, John Smith, lost his farm in London >Britain township in 1831, when the creditor >foreclosed on a mortgage. What court would the >judgement have been made in, adn wehre would I >find the record of it? > >The deed mentions a date the mortgage was taken >out, about 1804 or 1805. It is as much a mystery >as anything else about Smith finances. I want to >know what was its purpose. The way I've got it, >the Smiths came penniless from Ireland some time >between 1787 and 1797, worked for a time for a >local large farmer, bought 30 acres of land in >London Britain township in October 1797, and paid >cash for it, which must have been all the cash >that they had, since excavation of the house that >contains their original little log cabin, shows >that they spent their first winter living in the >half cellar of their unfinished log cabin, using >a temporary fireplace int eh corner, while they >were building it, though they had a newborn baby >and a one year old child. John Smith was a >weaver, and was taxed for his land, a cow, a >horse, and his loom, and principally for the >loom. > >I want to find out what was the purpose for the >mortgage in 1804/5. I want to know whether to >look for a small bequest from family back in >Ireland, or a large loom among the Smiths' >baggage on the ship from Ireland, as the >explanation of how they were able to buy that >land so quickly when they were penniless and >employed as servants. If they purchased teh loom >in 1804/5, then probably they didn't bring it >from Ireland. > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! >http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > >==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== >Visit the US GenWeb Master States Index Page >http://www.usgenweb.org > > > >