DEED: Samuel & Lovina KOON to Elizabeth KOON, 1854, Duncansville, Blair County, PA

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Lot in Duncansville, Blair Co., PA
Written: September 18, 1854
Recorded: October 23, 1854

Blair County PA Deed Book E Page 562
Samuel Koon and wife to Elizabeth Koon

  This Indenture made the eighteenth day of September in the year of 
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four between Samuel Koon 
of Logan township in the county of Blair and state of Pennsylvania and 
Lovina his wife of the first part and Elizabeth Koon of Allegheny 
County [sic] and state aforesaid (widow) of the second part. Witnesseth 
that the said parties of the first part for and in consideration of the 
sum of three hundred dollars lawful money of the United States of 
America, unto them well and truly paid by the said parties of the 
second part at or before the sealing and delivery of these presents the 
receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged.  Have granted bargained, sold, 
aliened, enfeoffed released, and confirmed, and by  these presents do 
grant, bargain, sell, alien, enfeoff, release and confirm, unto the 
said parties of the second part their heirs and assigns, all that lot 
of ground in the town of Duncansville in the county of Blair aforesaid, 
situate on the south side of the turnpike road or Main street of the 
said town and fronting on said street fifty feet and extending back at 
right angles one hundred feet to the Allegheny Portage Rail Road as 
laid out on the ground and marked in the plan of said town number one 
being the same lot of ground that Jacob Walter proprietor of the said 
town on the Fourth day of December AD 1829 did grant and convey to 
Jacob Weaver, who with Margaret his wife on the 12th day of February AD 
1834 did on the back of the said assign and transfer the same lot of 
ground to David Koon who with Margaret his wife on the 13th day of 
January AD 1840 did grant and convey the said described lot of ground 
to Samuel Koon party hereto, reference thereunto being had will more 
fully appear together with all and singular the buildings improvements 
ways waters, watercourses, rights, liberties, privileges, hereditaments 
and appurtenances, whatsoever thereunto belonging or in anywise 
appertaining and the reversions and remainders, rents, issues and 
profits thereof, and all the estate, right, title, interest, property, 
claim and demand whatsoever of them, the said parties of the first part 
in law equity or otherwise, howsoever, of in and to the same and every 
part and parcel thereof to have and to hold the said described lot 
together with the buildings hereditaments and premises hereby granted 
or mentioned and intended so to be with all the appurtenances unto the 
said parties of the second part their heirs and assigns to and for the 
only proper use and behoof of the said parties of the second part their 
heirs and assigns forever.  And the said parties of the first part 
their heirs and executors and administrators, do by these presents 
covenant grant and agree to and with the said parties of the second 
part their heirs and assigns, that they the said parties of the first 
part their heirs all and singular the hereditaments and premises herein 
above described and granted or mentioned and extended so to be with the 
appurtenances, unto the said parties of the second part  their heirs 
and assigns against them the said parties of the first part their heirs 
and against all and every other person or persons, whomsoever lawfully 
claiming or to claim the same or any part thereof, shall and will 
warrant and forever defend.  In witness whereof the said parties of the 
first part have hereunto set their hands and seals, dated the day and 
year first above written.                                                                       
    Samuel Koon (seal)
    Lovina Koon (seal)
Sealed and delivered in presence of us
George Koon (no other signature)

  Received the day of the date of the above indenture, of the above 
named Elizabeth Koon, three hundred dollars in full of the 
consideration money.      Samuel Koon
Attest: George Koon

  The eighteenth day of September Anno Domino one thousand eight 
hundred and fifty four, before me one of the Justices of the Peace in 
and for said county personally appeared the above named Samuel Koon and 
Lovina his wife and in due form of law acknowledged the above indenture 
to be their act and deed and desired the same might be recorded as 
such.  And the said Lovina being of full age and separate and apart 
from her said husband by me thereon privately examined and the full 
contents of the above deed being by me first made known to her did 
thereupon declare and say that she did voluntarily and of her own free 
will and accord sign and seal and as her act and deed deliver the above 
indenture without any coercion or compulsion of her said husband. 
Recorded the 23rd day of October AD 1854 by George Koon (seal)

Additional Comments:
Elizabeth Koon lived in Allegheny Township, not Allegheny County

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