I am posting information gleaned from land records in the areas where our family’s ancestors resided. You can read more about this project in the overview. You may also check my deed record listing, which I will update with each post.
| Date: | 5 Nov 1878 |
| Liber: | 8 |
| Page: | 168 |
| Location: | Cedar Creek, now Manton |
| Grantor: | John P. Fenton and Susie M. Fenton his wife |
| Grantee: | Mary J. Burdick |
| Witnesses: | George Fenton, Salina Fenton |
| Type of deed: | Warranty |
| Rec’d and recording: | 23 Nov 1878 |
| Clerk/registrar: | C. J. Manktelow |
| Location of land: | Wexford Co mi |
| Consideration: | $75 |
| Notes: | Susie is Mary J. Burdick’s daughter |
| Description: | Lots 8, 9, & 10 block B Seamons & Maqueston’s village plat in the N 1/4 Sec 10 T23N R9W |
I have been scratching my head over this deed, and the previous two. Although John Fenton was listed on the 1880 census as a horse trader, more than one person appears to be doing a little horse trading. I needed a visual to understand, so here goes:
| Recorded in | 8-167 | 8-168 | 8-174 |
| Date signed | 5 Nov 1878 | 5 Nov 1878 | 18 Nov 1878 |
| Date recorded | 23 Nov 1878 | 23 Nov 1878 | 19 Nov 1878 |
| Grantor | Geo & Mary Burdick | John & Susie Fenton | Geo & Mary Burdick |
| Grantee | John Fenton | Mary J. Burdick | Susie Fenton |
| Land | Block B lots 8, 9, 10 | Block B Lots 8, 9, 10 | Block B Lot 3 |
For reasons I do not understand, George W. Burdick wanted lots 8,9 and 10 in his wife’s name, and could not, or would not transfer them directly to her. I guess Lot 3 is where Susie and John were living in Manton in 1880, when George and Mary J. were out in Colfax township.
