First Mortgage, 1854, Wallingford to Gilmore

Submitted by Alice Warner; Source is 1881 History of Montgomery County.

Written: 1854

FIRST MORTGAGE

For the consideration of three hundred and fifty dollars, I, Andrew J.
Wallingford, convey to John Gilmore the following tract of land, to-wit: Ne. 1/4
of SW quarter of section 33, in township 72 north, of range No. 36 west,
containing forty acres; also, the SW 1/4 of the SW quarter of section 33, in
township No. 72 north, of range No. 36 west, forty acres; also the S. 1/2 and nw
quarter of the se. quarter of section No. 33, in township No. 72 north, of range
36 west, containing one hundred and twenty acres; also the north 1/2 of the nw
quarter of section 4, in township 71 north, of rance No. 36 west, containing
sixty-four acres and 58-100, in the county of Montgomery, and State of Iowa,
[and] warrant the title against all persons whomsoever.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 21st day of December,
A.D. 1854.

Andrew Wallingford.

To be void upon the following conditions: That if the said Andrew J. Wallingford
shall well and truly pay to John Gilmore, or cause to be paid, the sum of three
hundred and fifty dollars, to be paid in the following payments: one hundred and
fifty dollars one year from this date, without interest; two hundred two years
after date, at the rate of ten per cent interest from the first of March 1855.
Now if the said Andrew J. Wallingford shall well and truly pay the above sums as
they come due, together with the interest on the last two hundred dollars, then
the above deed is void and of no effect, other it will remain in force and
virtue in law.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name this 21st day of December,
A.D. 1854.

State of Iowa, Montgomery County, ss:
Before me, the undersigned, a justice of the peace of said county, personally
appeared Andrew J. Wallingford, who is personally known to me to be the
identical person whose name is affixed to the above deed as grantor, and
acknowledges the same to be his voluntary act and deed, this 21st day of
December, A.D. 1854.

R.M.G. Patterson, Justice of the Peace.

State of Iowa, Montgomery County, ss.:
I, John Gilmore, recorder within and for the county aforesaid, do hereby certify
that the foregoing mortgage, together with the certificate of acknowledgement
thereon, was recorded by me on the 21st day of December, A.D. 1854, in book No.
1, pages 16 and 17, of recording conveyances.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my private seal, there being no
seal provided for said county this the 21st day of December, A.D. 1854.

John Gilmore,
Recorder Montgomery County, Iowa.