"An Old Deed.
Recorder Maxwell was the recipient of a relic Thursday in the shape of an old deed for record.
The instrument is given by the state of Ohio, Robert Lucas, governor, the first governor of the state,
to Jesse Donnelly, conveying the NE 1/2 of NE 1/4
of section 24, Washington twp. It is dated Jan. 9, 1834.
The consideration was $50. The deed had never been recorded and showed the faded and dilapidated effect of time's relentless hand. The same property was transferred May 22, 1896, for a consideration of $1920. The title continues in the Donnelly family."
According to the current plat map, the land is now divided between the Mack and Jesse families.
Defiance Democrat - February 11, 1897
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