Warren County records on the Lambert family, Part 3

Continuing with the series of transcriptions from records provided by the Warren County Genealogical Society (see Part 1, Part 2):

Land Record, 4 November 1816

This indenture made the fourth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixteen between James Miranda of the County of Warren and State of Ohio of the first part and Josias Lambert of the County of Warren and the State of Ohio of the second part -

Witnesseth that the said James Miranda for and in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars to him in hand by the said Josias Lambert the receipt whereof the said James Miranda doth hereby acknowledge and thereof and therefore doth clearly acquit exonerate and discharge the said Josias Lambert his heirs executors and administrators hath given granted bargained sold aliened enfeassed released conveyed and confirmed and by these presents doth give grant bargain sell alien enfeass release convey and confirm unto the said Josias Lambert his heirs and assigns forever all that tract or parcel of land situate lying and being in the township of Union being part of fractional section number one in the fifth township and the third or Military Range. Beginning at a stone on the [canch or land] of the Little Miami a hackberry tree 12 inches in diameter bearing N 23 1/2 W 11 links a sycamore 42 inches N 62 E 23 1/2 links and running thence up the River with it meanders N 82 E 10 poles N 51 E 10 5/10 poles N 32 E 14 poles to the lower corner of a part of said fraction conveyed to Josias Lambert by Benjamin Stites thence with his west boundary line N 50 W 188 5/10 poles to the north boundary line of the whole fraction. Thence with said line S 89 10 degrees W 30 8/10 poles to a stone a sugar tree 4 inches diameter bearing N 87 1/2 W 13 1/2 links beech 10 inches N 59 E 19 1/2 links thence S 50 E 2/3 poles to the beginning containing 40 acres the same more or less - together with the said Josias Lambert his heirs and assigns forever to the only proper use benefit and behoof of the said Josias Lambert his heirs and assigns that he the said James Miranda is lawfully seized of the same  and that he hath good right and full power to sell and convey the same in manner aforesaid, and the said James Miranda his heirs and assigns that the said tract of land unto the said Josias Lambert his heirs and assigns against all lawful claims and demands whatsoever will and truly warrant and forever defend by these presents. In witness whereof the said James Miranda together with Phebe his wife who hereby relinquishes her right of dower hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals the day and year above written.

Signed in the presence of George Miranda , Samuel Hicks

James Miranda {seal}
Phebe Miranda {seal}

Received 10 December 1816, recorded 21 January 1817

Land Record, 26 October 1818

This indenture made and concluded this 26th day of October one thousand eight hundred and eighteen by and between Benjamin Dye of the County of Miami and State of Ohio of the one part and Josiah Lambert of the County of Warren and State of Ohio of the other part -

Witnesseth that the said Benjamin Dye for and in consideration of the sum of four hundred dollars to him in hand well and truly paid by the said Josiah Lambert before the ensealing and delivery of these presents the receipt and payment whereof is hereby acknowledged and the said Josiah Lambert his heirs and assigns thereof and therefrom released and forever discharged by these presents. Have and do hereby grant bargain sell alien enfeass release convey and confirm unto the said Josiah Lambert his heirs and assigns forever. All and singular that certain tract or parcel of land as follows. Viz. Beginning on the north boundary line of fraction no. 1 township 5 third or military range 37 poles from the north east corner of said fraction running north 53 west until striking Andrew Gutterys land. Thence south until striking the above mentioned boundary line thence east to the place of beginning it being a corner of a small tract of land which said Josiah Lambert deeded to said Benjamin Dye being in Judge Symmes purchase agreeably to his surveys. To have and to hold said premises with all and singular the appurtenances thereunto in any wise belonging to the only proper use benefit and behoof of him the said Josiah Lambert his heirs and assigns forever. And the said Benjamin Dye for himself his executors and administrators do covenant to and with the said Josiah Lambert his heirs and assigns, that he the said Benjamin Dye now is lawfully and rightly seized of the said premises and every part and parcel thereof by purchase from Levi Jennings as will more fully appear by the Records of Warren County, and also that him the said Benjamin Dye now hath good right full power and lawful authority in his own name to grant bargain sell and convey all and singular the said premises, and the said Benjamin Dye for himself and his heirs executors and administrators do further covenant and grant to and with the said Josiah Lambert his heirs executors and administrators and assigns that all and singular the appurtenances and premises aforesaid and every part and parcel thereof or in any wise appertaining thereunto to the said Josiah Lambert his heirs and assigns to the only proper use benefit and behoof of the said Josiah Lambert his heirs and assigns against him the said Benjamin Dye his heirs executors and administrators and against all and every other person or persons whatsoever shall and will warrant and forever defend by these presents. In witness whereof the said Benjamin Dye together with his wife who relinquishes her right of dower of in and to the said premises and every part and parcel thereof have hereunto set their hands and seals this day and year first above written.

Signed sealed and delivered in presence of us
James Sayers
Thomas Sayers

Benjamin Dye {seal}
Priscilla Dye {seal}

The State of Ohio Miami County

Received 19th May 1819 & recorded 20th May 1819

Mappy Monday - A Corner of Ohio

As I take a close look at the land records for the Lambert and Lee families in Hamilton & Warren County, Ohio, I thought it would be useful to put this corner of the state in context with a map. This part of Ohio is also relevant to my Oyler family research. The map images are courtesy of the David Rumsey Map Collection.

Source: David Rumsey Map Collection, 1872 Atlas of Ohio

Hamilton County

Butler and Warren Counties

Warren County records on the Lambert family, Part 2

Continuing with the series from last week on Josiah (also spelled Josias) Lambert, my 5th-great-grandfather, below is another land record from Warren County, Ohio.

Transfer for a meeting house for the Regular Baptist Society
5 November 1810

This indenture made this fifth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten between Benjamin Rue of the County of Warren and State of Ohio of the one part, and Josias Lambert and John Lee, trustees appointed by the Regular Baptist Society for the purpose of building a meeting house, of the County and State aforesaid of the other part. Witnesseth, that the said Benjamin Rue as well for and in consideration of the natural love affection and regard which the said Benjamin Rue hath and beareth unto the Regular Baptist Society and for other good causes hath given granted aliened enfeassed and confirmed, and by these presents doth give grant alien enfeass and confirm unto the said Lambert and Lee and their assigns forever, all that tract or parcel of land, for the purpose of building a meeting house on, and no other purpose, situate lying and being in the said county of Warren in the third entire range of townships and fifth township and fractional section number four, beginning on the north side of the State Road opposite the corner of the said Rues field on Henry Lee's line and running north thirteen poles, thence east twelve and an half poles, thence south thirteen poles thence west to the place of beginning containing one acre two and an half poles.

To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land and every part and parcel thereof with all and singular the appurtenances thereunto belonging or in any way appurtaining to the only proper use benefit and [unclear] of the said Lambert and Lee trustees of the said Society or their successors forever and the said Benjamin Rue doth for himself his heirs and assigns covenant and agree to and with the said Lambert and Lee and their successors that the said Benjamin Rue will warrant and by these presents forever defend the said tract or parcel of land from the claim or claims of himself his heirs executors administrators or assigns to the said Lambert and Lee and their successors forever. In testimony whereof the said Benjamin Rue together with Mary his wife who hereby relinquishes her right of dower to the premises aforesaid have and hereunto severally set their hands and affixed their seals the day and year above written.

Signed sealed & delivered in the presence of James Witherson and Henry Lee

Benjamin Rue {Seal}
Mary Rue {Seal}

Notes: Henry Lee, the witness on the land transfer above, was also my 5th-great-grandfather. He was the father of Rhoda Lee, wife of Clayton Lambert. Henry Lee lived next to the land that was donated by Rue for the meeting house. John Lee, the other trustee in the transfer, was Henry's brother.

Friday Photo - Mr. Bones Pumpkin Patch

The photo below is from 10 October 2009, at the Mr. Bones celebrity pumpkin patch in West Hollywood, California. We took the kids there many times during our years in LA, and never failed to see some interesting people.

Photo by Patrick Jones - West Hollywood, 2009

Warren County records on the Lambert family, Part 1

In August I wrote about Clayton Lambert, my 4th-great-grandfather, and a land transfer in Fayette County, Indiana from his parents, Josiah and Lucy Lambert. That document, and the entry in the History of Fayette County, pointed to Clayton's beginnings in Warren County, Ohio. I sent a request to the Warren County Genealogical Society and recently received a stack of land & probate records related to the Lambert and Lee families. This wasn't free, but I'm happy to share the transcriptions here on the blog for other researchers of these lines. This post is the first in a series.

Land Patent, 6 February 1817
James Madison, President of the United States of America

To all to whom these presents shall come greeting, know ye, that Josias Lambert of Warren County having deposited in the General Land office a certificate of the Register of the Land office at Cincinnati whereby it appears that full payment has been made for the North East quarter of Section Seventeen of Township Seventeen in Range thirteen East of the second principal Meridian of the lands directed to be sold at Cincinnati by the act of Congress "Entitled an act providing for the sale of the lands of the United States in the Territory Northwest of the Ohio and above the mouth of Kentucky River" and of the acts amendatory of the same. There is granted by the United States unto the said Josias Lambert the quarter lot on Section of land with the appurtenances unto the said Josias Lambert his heirs and assigns forever.

In testimony whereof I have caused these letters to be made patent and the seal of the General Land office to be hereunto affixed. Given under my hand at the City of Washington the sixth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen and of the Independence of the United States of America the forty first.

By the President, James Madison

Josiah Meigs, Commissioner of the General Land Office
(Received the 5th of June 1817, recorded 3 July 1817)

The land patent above relates to the land in Fayette County, Indiana later assigned to Clayton Lambert in 1826.

Land Record No. 1, Warren County, 29 September 1800

Josiah (also spelled Josias) Lambert arrived in the territory of Warren County when it was part of Hamilton County, Ohio. He appears on the 1806 early census index for Warren County. Even earlier, he appears in Land Record No.1 for Warren County:

This indenture made the twenty ninth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred between Benjamin Stites of the County of Hamilton Territory of the United States Northwest of the River Ohio of the first part and Josias Lambert of the County and Territory aforesaid of the second part. Witnesseth that the said Benjamin Stites for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred dollars to him in hand paid by the said Josias Lambert the receipt whereof the said Benjamin Stites doth hereby acknowledge and thereof and therefrom doth clearly acquit exonerate and discharge the said Josias Lambert his heirs executors and administrators hath given granted bargained sold aliened enfeased released conveyed and confirmed and by these presents doth give grant bargain sell alien and enfeass release convey and confirm unto the said Josias Lambert his heirs and assigns forever all that tract or parcel of land situate lying and being in the Township of Deerfield.

Being a part of a fractional Section number one in the fifth township and the third or Military Range, beginning at the north east corner of the said fractional section thence west one hundred and eighty poles thence south one hundred and twenty two poles to the upper part of an Island thence up the Miamee [Miami River] seventy two east twenty poles N. Sixty two east thirty eight poles N. Seventy two east eight poles north seventy six East Twenty poles north eighty east thirty six poles north fifty east thirty four poles north twenty four east twenty poles north fifteen east twenty eighty poles north fourteen east twenty four east twenty poles north fifteen east twenty eighty poles north fourteen east twenty poles to the beginning containing one hundred acres strict measure.

Together with all and singular the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging to have and to hold the said tract of land with the privileges thereunto belong unto the said Josias Lambert his heirs and assigns forever to the only for himself his heirs executors and administrators covenant and agree to and with the said Josias Lambert his heirs and assigns that he the said Benjamin Stites is lawfully seized of the same by purchase of the Honorable Jonathan Dayton and that he hath Good Right and full power to sell and convey the same in manner aforesaid and the said Benjamin Stites doth further to the said Josias Lambert his heirs and assigns that the said tract of land unto the said Josias Lambert his heirs and assigns against all lawful claims and demands whatsoever will well and truly warrant and forever by these presents defend in witness whereof of the said Benjamin Stites together with Hannah his wife who hereby relinquishes her right of dower have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals the day and year first above written.

Sealed and delivered in presence of
Jacob Frazee
John Armstrong

Benjamin Stites {Seal}
Hannah Stites {Seal}

N.B. The word (the) in the eighteenth line from the top underlined before signing.

Received the above deed for record on the 4th day of February 1804 No. 37. Was recorded on the 18th day of said month year aforesaid certified by me.
M.H. Johnson, R. W. County