Land Records

One Rod = 16.5 feet or 198 inches
One Chain = 66 feet or 100 links or 792 inches
One link = 7.92 inches 
(Courtesy of Peter Rice)

1 perch = 1 sq. rod (16.5 feet by 16.5 feet)
160 sq. rods = 1 acre

LOCUS SIGILLI  1. The place of the seal.  2. In many of the states, instead of sealing deeds, writs, and other papers or documents requiring it, a scroll is made in which the letters L. S. are printed or written, which is an abbreviation of Locus Sigilli.  This in some of the states has all the efficacy of a seal, but in others it has no such effect.
On many deeds beside the signature you will find L.S. which is defined above. Definition from the Bouviers Law Dictionary, 1856 edition and submitted courtesy Steve Henry.

Miscellaneous

• Land sold for Arrears in Quit Rents 1822 

Mortgages

• Mortgagor/Mortgagee Indices

• Briggs Mortgages

  • Mortgage Benjamin and Eunice Briggs and John Clough  1840  

  • Mortgage - Benjamin Briggs and Isaac Van Schaack   1845  

  • Mortgage - Caltern Briggs and Conradt Houghtaling  1848 

  • Discharge of Mortgage between Nathan Clark and Benjamin Briggs  1839   

  • Mortgage - Moses Briggs and Charles Bartlett 1839   

  • Mortgage - Alexander Brown and Caltern Briggs 1842  

  • Discharge of Mortgage between Henry Stranahan and Henry W. and Mary J. Briggs 1859 

• Mortgage -Reuben and Lucinda Towner and Ineus and Jonathan Bailey  1851   

• Mortgage - Thomas Howard and Moses Andrews  1804  

• Mortgage - Thomas Howard and John Livingston  1804    

Deeds

• Grantor/Grantee Indices 

• Deed - Bateman Wasson and Peter and Elizabeth Dumond, 1873  

• Deed - Mary Scott and Benjamin F. Hallenbeck  1895

• Deeds from the Hues, Searing Tyler families  

• Deed - Johan William Brandow and his sons Johannis and Godfrey 1748 

• Deeds - Dutcher and Chamberlain   1832

• Deed - Samuel Wolcott and Ransom Wolcott  1823  

• Deed for the establishment of Lottania, Greene Co   

• Towner Deeds  

  • Deed -  Elijah Towner and Loammi Towner    1832    

  • Deed -  James Bailey and Reuben Towner        1851     

  • Deed - Reuben Towner and Luranda Towner   1833    

  • Deed - Reuben E. Towner and Christopher Deo   1856    

  • Deed - Loammi Towner and Luman Squire   1833    

• Deed - Henry Howard and Horatio Lockwood and John Ingersoll   1855     

• Warranty Deed - Nelson and Mary Abrams  1899

• Deed - Peter and Abraham Onderdonk and Samuel Jones  1820 

• Briggs Deeds

  • Deed - Thomas Alcott and Benjamin Briggs  1835  

  • Deed - William Masuris and Benjamin Briggs  1835  

  • Deed - Benjamin Briggs and John Wentworth 1835 

  • Deed - William P. Allcot and Joshua Briggs  1836 

  • Deed - Caltern Briggs and Hiram Gates  1848 

  • Deed - Caltern Briggs and George Worden  1846  

  • Deed - Sarah Briggs and Samuel Cunningham   1839 

  • Deed - Joshua Briggs and Sarah Briggs  1839  

  • Deed - Ethan and Sarah Fox and Benjamin Briggs   1851 

  • Deed - Samuel and Maria Miller and Benjamin Briggs and Levi Waggoner   1837 

  • Deed - Burroughs, Reed and Briggs   1836  

  • Deed - Conradt and Mary Anne Houghtaling and Caltern Briggs 1848   

  • Deed - Levi Waggoner and Benjamin Briggs   1838    

  • Deed - Benjamin Briggs and Henry Stranahan   1852

  • Deed - Benjamin Briggs and Isaac Van Loan   1841  

  • Deed - Benjamin Briggs and Henry Briggs  1851    

  • Deed - Benjamin Briggs and Nathan Clark  1839   

  • Deed - Henry W. Briggs and Olive Briggs 1855  

  • Deed - Ashley Rowell and Caltern Briggs  1839  

  • Deed - William French and Caltern Briggs    1843  

  • Deed - Mary J. Briggs and Henry W. Briggs and Isaac Van Hoesen   1866 

  • Deed - Alexander and Rosannah Brown and Caltern Briggs   1842

  • Deed - Henry and Sally Briggs and Polly Turney  1831 

  • Deed - Henry W. and Mary J. Briggs and George Thompson  1860 

  • Deed - Henry W. and Mary J. Briggs and Henry Stranahan  (4 Deeds) 1854, 1858  

  • Deed - William and Hannah Smith and Benjamin Briggs 1839  

  • Deed - Clough, Wells, Briggs (heirs of Joseph Wells) and George Houghtaling 1868 

  • Deed - Joshua Briggs and John Patterson 1837  

• Deed - Charles Abrams and Rosella Abrams  1903

• Dexter Deeds

  • Deed - Bester Dexter and Amos Cornwall Jr  1833 

  • Deed - Zadock Dexter and David A. Abeel  1847  

  • Deed - Zadock Dexter and John G. Prout  1853  

  • Deed - Julia Ann Dexter and Russel Webster  1853  

  • Deed - Bester Dexter and Horace Martin and Benedict Hazard 1836 

• Deed - Martha Venus and Frank Gallt  1893 

• Deed - Heir to Henry Abrams and George and Augusta Steihl  1922

• Barlow Deeds

  • Deed - John and Charity Barlow and Philip Slawson  1828 

  • Deed - John and Charity Barlow and John and Lerah Jenkins  1827 

  • Deed - Benjamin Barlow and Abraham Dedrick   1826

• Van Etten Deeds

  • Deed - James and Rebekah Van Etten and Abraham Dedrick 1826 

  • Deed - Abraham van Etten and Sturns Jones 1826 

• Keller Deeds

  • Deed - Jacob Keller and John Couse and Jeremiah and Lydia Kellerhouse  1821 

  • Deed  - John P. and Abigail Sherwood and Jacob Keller  1816  

  • Deed - Cornelius and Huldah Lee and Jacob Keller  1819  

  • Deed - Jacob Keller and Amos Cornwall and James Winans   1836 

  • Deed - Executors of the Estate of Jacob Keller and Charles McWilliams  1858  

• Deed - Arch Stone and William Cockburn  1800

• Deed - David Calhoun to Augustine Prevost 1794 
  

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