1836-08-22 YPSILANTI M T ---BLACK CDS---JOHN GEDDES (1850,60,70,80 US CENSUS, MICHIGAN MARRIAGE RECORDS, FIND A GRAVE, B. PENN. MAR 1801, D.4 NOV 1889, FATHER, ROBERT GEDDES {FATHER, WILLIAM GEDDES, MOTHER, SARAH McCALLON GEDDES[MOTHER, ISABELLA LOCK McCALLON, FATHER, ROBERT McCALLON-1732-1800, WAS CAPTAIN OF A COMPANY OF FOOT OF THE LANCASTER ASSOCIATORS AT THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINE. HIS SWORD IS STILL IN THE FAMILY], MOTHER, JANE SAWYER GEDDES, SPOUSE, M. "FANNY" FRANCES ELIZA SAVAGE GEDDES 6 APR 1837, CHILDREN, SARAH GEDDES-B. 1840 {SPOUSE, WILLIAM T RANDALL, CHILD, SARAH GERTRUDE RANDALL}, HENRY GEDDES, JOHN GEDDES-B. 1843, RACHAEL GEDDES-B. 1845, DOMESTIC, LELIA ALEXANDER-B.1831) TO WILLIAM GEDDES---BHL---GFP--BX1--#24-----DATELINED ANN ARBOR 1836-08-18---PLANS TO BUY LAND IN INDIANA FELL THROUGH; UNITED STATES BANK NOTES WERE 2 AND 1/2 PERCENT DISCOUNT AT FORT WAYNE; THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY HAS ISSUED A CIRCULAR FORBIDDING THE RECEIPT OF ANY THING FOR LANDS BUT GOLD AND SILVER, EXCEPT THE PURCHASER IS A RESIDENT OF THE STATE IN WHICH THE LAND IS SOLD. A RESIDENT OF THE STATE CAN PURCHASE 390 ACRES WITH BANK NOTES AS USUAL, NO MORE. WITH GOLD AND SILVER, A PERSON CAN BUY AS MUCH LAND AS THEY CAN FIND MONEY FOR"---MENTIONS ROBERT, SAWYER'S LAWSUIT, SAWMILL NEWS, SAMUEL GEDDES AND FAMILY, PAUL, JAMES, JAMES GEDDES SON OF JAMES GEDDES OF LEWISBURG, UNION COUNTY PA., HIS UNCLE SAMUEL, MARIA, AND UNCLE JAMES---FINANCIAL---GENEALOGY 2---2PGS---Courtesy of Bentley Historical Library at University of Michigan - N
Year: 1836
Date: 1836-08-22
County:
Washtenaw
City:
AnnArbor
, Ypsilanti
Category:
MI Covers
, MI Genealogy
, Michigan Territorial
, Letters Containing Correspondence
, Publicly Owned
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