Quit Claim William and Elizabeth Johnston to John Johnston
Signed 8 Feb. 1850, recorded 10 April 1850
Know all men by these presents that we William Johnston and Elizabeth Johnston wife of said William Johnston in consideration of the sum of twenty three dollars in hand paid by John Johnston do hereby remise release and forever quit claim unto the said John Johnston his heirs and assigns forever all our title interest and estate legal and equitable in the following premises with the appurtenances situate in the County of Wood and State of Ohio and bounded and described as follows the west half of the south east quarter and the south half of the south west quarter of section two in township four north of range eleven containing one hundred and sixty acres. In testimony whereof we have set our hands and seals this 5th day of March A.D. 1850.
William Johnston Elizabeth Johnston
Executed in presence of Nathan Minard James Johnston
The State of Ohio Wood County ss. Before me Nathan Minard a justice of the peace in and for said County Personally appeared William Johnston and Elizabeth Johnston wife of the said William Johnston and acknowledged the signing and sealing of the above conveyance to be their voluntary act and deed. She the said Elizabeth being by me examined separate and apart from her said husband and the contents being my me made known to her she then and there acknowledged the same to be her free act and deed for the purposes therein ex___ed and is still satisfied with the same this 5th day of March A.D. 1850
Nathan Minard Justice of the Peace
Recd. March 25th and recorded April 10th 1850 John Webb Recorder
From Wood Co. Ohio Will Records vol. J, p. 199. Transcribed by Barbara Shroyer 9 July 2003 from FHL microfilm 0409625.