Document K.100 · deed · transcription: partial
Wyandot Co., Ohio, deed register vol. 5 p. 189 — Israel Cooper of Wyandot Co. to Philip Dewitt, NW¼ NE¼ Sec. 32 T1S R14E (Certificate No. 14923), 40 acres, $120, 26 May 1847 (FamilySearch DGS 7209594 image 469)
- repository
- Wyandot County (Ohio) Recorder, 'Deed records, 1826-1886; index, 1826-1946' (FamilySearch DGS 7209594)
- identifier
- vol. 5 p. 189 (per the Cott grantor index); DGS 7209594 image 469 of 709 (image ark 3:1:3QS7-8947-JXP)
- date
- 1847-05-26
What is transcribed: Page 189 from the caption to the start of the acknowledgment. The acknowledgment's close and recording note (image 470) are not transcribed.
People named
| As written | Role | Identified as | What this document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel Cooper | grantor | Israel Cooper 1799 candidate | residence: 26 May 1847, Wyandot Co., Ohio |
| Philip Dewitt | grantee | ||
| Jefferson S. Lowmaster[?] | witness | ||
| Michael Brackley | witness |
What this document records
✅✅ register control this wyandot register distinguishes mark from signature
CONTROL RUN 2026-09-27 — AND THIS OPENING CARRIES ITS OWN. The question: Israel Cooper and Samuel Cooper rest a two-Israels identity argument on the fact that the New Jersey Israel signs ([K.84], 23 Jan 1835) while the Ohio Israel marks ([K.105], 8 Jun 1835; here, 26 May 1847). Every one of those subscriptions is a register copy in a clerk's hand, so if a register normalised all grantors to marks, the marks would be worth nothing. It does not normalise. On the FACING deed of this same opening — Elijah W. Berry and Polly his wife to John Freet, 27 Nov 1849 — the subscriptions read Elijah W Berry (Seal), the name written out, and beneath it Polly + with mark written above, Berry (Seal). Crop-verified at 3×. ⇒ One opening, one clerk: a signature rendered as a name and a mark rendered as a mark — plus this deed's own Israel his X mark Cooper. The Wyandot register preserves the distinction. This is the third of three registers to pass the same control; see _ALL_THREE_REGISTERS_PASS at [K.105] for the set, and [K.87] for the Warren County, New Jersey leg.
Index rows
Cott Grantor Index to Deeds, Wyandot, p. 39 (DGS 7209574 img 511), Cooper rows 1834-1851: 8/20/1834 John → Alfred McCauley B/292; 3/28/1845 Israel etal → Robert Gier 1/93, S½ W½ SE¼ 12-1-14, 40 [and] Samuel etal → do; 4/10/1845 Israel → Samuel Cooper 1/36, N½ W½ SE¼ 12-1-14, 40; 1/24/1846 John → Nicholas M McCullough 1/206 lot 7 Mexico; 5/26/1847 Israel → Philip Dewitt 5/189, NW¼ NE¼ 32-1-14, 40; 10/22/1849 Lewis S → Peter Jones 3/536; 10/27/1851 Samuel → Moses A Quinn 5/564, N½ W½ SE¼ 12-1-14, 40. No later Israel Cooper grantor row on the page.
Transcription and notes
Margin: "Israel Cooper Deed to Philip Dewitt"
Know all Men, That Israel Cooper of the county of Wyandott and State of Ohio in consideration of the sum of one hundred and Twenty Dollars in hand paid by Philip Dewitt of the same place have Bargained and sold and do hereby grant, bargain, sell and convey unto the said Philip Dewitt his heirs and assigns forever, the following premises situate in the County of Wyandott in the State of Ohio and bounded and described as follows in in Certificate No 14923 and being the North West quarter of the North East quarter of Sec number thirty two in Township No one South of Range No fourteen East of the Wyandot Reservation Ohio Containing forty acres be the same more or less. To Have and to Hold said premises with the appurtenances, unto the said Philip Dewitt his heirs and assigns forever. And the said Israel Cooper for himself and heirs does hereby covenant with the said Philip Dewitt his heirs and assigns, that he is lawfully seized of the premises aforesaid; and that the premises are free and clear from all encumbrances whatever; and that he will forever Warrant and defend the same, with the appurtenances, unto the said Philip Dewitt his heirs and assigns against the lawful claims of all persons whomsoever In Testimony whereof, the said Israel Cooper has hereunto set his hand and seal, this 26th day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand eight Hundred and forty seven Signed sealed and acknowledged in presence of Jefferson S Lowmaster[?] · Michael Brackley — Israel his X mark Cooper [L.S.] The State of Ohio County of Wyandot ss. Before me the subscriber a Justice of the peace in and for said county personally appeared the above named Israel Cooper and acknowledged the signing and sealing of the above conveyance … (continues on image 470)
(No wife joins the deed and no dower is released.)