Jones, Thomas vs. Aquilla Ramsay

Jones, Thomas vs. Aquilla Ramsey

Description:	The file contains documents of two suits Thomas Jones brought against Aquilla Ramsey one to pay off a Judgment bond and the other to foreclose on a mortgage in 1809. An Indenture was made between Aquilla Ramsay and Thomas Jones on the 2nd day of June 1807 for the sum of $165. Ramsey bought a parcel of land in Knox County on the South Side of the White River containing 150 acres. It was originally two serveral grants or confirmations. Ramsay purchased the land by a sheriffs sale with Parmenas Becked being the sheriff. The date of the purchase was March 23, 1807 and included houses, out houses, edifices, buildings, garden, orchards, water course and rights. He was to pay back with interest from the first day March and the mortgage was due March 1, 1809. Henry VanderBurgh signed the Indenture. J.D. Hay, Recorder wrote, Recorded in my Office Vincennes, Knox County this first day of September Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and seven. Book E. pages 196, 197, 198, and 199. On May 9, 1809 R [Robert] Buntin, Clerk wrote out a Summons for Aquilla Ramsay to appear in the Knox County Court of Common Pleas the last Monday in July 1809 to show why the property should not be be seized and taken payment for the mortgage with Jones. This Summons was executed by John McCandless who went twenty miles. The last document, a Judgment bond, that was written on August 11, 1809. The bond bound Aquilla Ramsey to pay unto Thomas Jones $62.32 in four months and in penal sum of $124.64. It authorized any attorney to appear for him in the present term of the Knox County Court of Common Pleas. There was a stay of execution for four months. This document was signed by Aquilla Ramsey and witnessed by George Leech and Thomas Jones, Jr. According to the Minute Book of the Knox County Court of Common Pleas 18107 -1810; during the July Term 1809, on the debt on the Judgment Bond of $124.64, the Plaintiff appeared by John Rice Jones and the Defendant by John Johnson. The Defendant did not deny the action of the Plaintiff. It was ordered that the Plaintiff recover against the Defendant $124.64 to be discharged by the payment of $62.32 with related costs and charges of the suit. The execution was to be stayed for four months. On the foreclosure case, the Plaintiff appeared by John Rice Jones, the Defendant did not appear. On a motion by the Plaintiffs attorney, the property should be foreclosed. The court ordered the Plaintiff recover $165.00 on the mortgage, $23.92 1/2 interest, and any related court costs or charges.
Origin:	2018-05-31
Created By:	Indiana Territory. Court of Common Pleas (Knox County);
Contributor(s):	Johnson, James; Leech, George;
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ving/id/24042
Collection:	Early Vincennes, 1732-1835
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Copyright:	No Copyright - United States
Subjects:	Indiana Territory Accounts -- Indiana Territory Bail -- Indiana Territory Bonds -- Indiana Territory Costs (Law) -- Indiana Territory Court records -- Indiana Territory -- Knox County Farms -- Indiana Territory Houses -- Indiana Territory Foreclosure -- Indiana Territory -- Vincennes Judgments -- Indiana Territory Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Indiana Territory Lawyers -- Indiana Territory Mortgages -- Indiana Territory -- Knox County Personal debt -- Indiana Territory Summons -- Indiana Territory Verdicts -- Indiana Territory Court Records

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