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Abstracts of title

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Abstracts of title--Law and legislation

Found in 58 Collections and/or Records:

Adelbert E. Shepard - Jackson County Land, 1901-1915

 File — Box 01: Series MSS014:01 [Barcode: 35138008115831], Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS014.01.06
Scope and Contents The real estate abstract documents the transfer of ownership beginning May 10, 1901. In the first transaction, Theodosia Earnest and Solon Obil Shattuck sell land to Adelbert E. and Rosa P. Shepard. Also included are documents regarding the Bank of Ashland's incorporation dating from February 1884. The initial investors of the bank are listed as Martin Laurence McCall, Edward DePeatt, William H. Atkinson, John Marshall McCall, and Henry Beach Carter. In June 1889, William H. Atkinson,...
Dates: 1901-1915

Arthur W. Ellis, 1929-1947

 File — Box 02: Series MSS014:01 [Barcode: 35138008115849], Folder: 17
Identifier: MSS014.01.29
Scope and Contents

The real estate documents show that the State of Oregon gave Col. Arthur W. Ellis, United States Marine, a mortgage through the State Land Board, acting by the World War Veteran's State Aid Commission in 1929, and it was satisfied in 1945. Included show the records for the history of mortgages granted and satisfied by Arthur W. and Richenda Ellis to 1947.

Dates: 1929-1947

Bellview School House - School District No. 73, 1888-1945

 File — Box 02: Series MSS014:01 [Barcode: 35138008115849], Folder: 14
Identifier: MSS014.01.26
Scope and Contents The real estate documents show a change of ownership beginning with a Homestead Certificate to Thomas Long in 1890 ending with the overlap of property between the Bellview School House in School District 73 and Donald F. and Mildred Korth. Also included in the documents are the will and probates for Dennis More in 1890 and James Henry Williams in 1942 listing the details of their property and how to disperse their assets. There are also records of the California Oregon Power Company...
Dates: 1888-1945

Benefit Corporation, 1866-1939

 File — Box 02: Series MSS014:01 [Barcode: 35138008115849], Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS014.01.14
Scope and Contents The real estate abstract documents shows changes in ownership of Bennett and Armildia Million's Donation Land Claims. There are two records. One deed list the last recorded owner as Henderson and Lottie Hash in 1898. The next document in this abstract shows the changes in the ownership for Able D. and Martha J. Helman's Donation Land Claim in 1865. The last recorded owner listed in this abstract is James R. and Floy Haight in 1939. Also included in these documents is an affidavit concerning...
Dates: 1866-1939

Bennett Frederick Shaffer, 1872-1922

 File — Box 01: Series MSS014:01 [Barcode: 35138008115831], Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS014.01.07
Scope and Contents The real estate abstract documents ownership of the Donation Land Claim Eber Emery received from the United States in 1872 through 1922. Records list the owners of the land during these years. Also, the document describes the exchange of property with the Oregon and California Railroad of Portland, Oregon, right of way in 1883. Included are the survey records of "The Ashland Homestead Association," which divided the property into two sections with land for homes and land designated for...
Dates: 1872-1922

Billings Agency, Henry G. Enders, 1865-1929

 File — Box 01: Series MSS014:01 [Barcode: 35138008115831], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS014.01.11
Scope and Contents The real estate abstract documents the changes in ownership of Abel D. and Martha J. Helman's Donation Land Claim. The documents list Henry George Enders as the owner in 1929. Legal actions involving Legrand J. C. Duncan, Abel D. Helman, Eli K. Anderson, and James F. Anderson were filed against the property. Additional documents of note include the will and probate of Henry B. Carter's estate, an easement for the California and Oregon Railroad, and the dedication of Ender's Addition to the...
Dates: 1865-1929

Billings Agency, Pattison, 1854-1936

 File — Box 01: Series MSS014:01 [Barcode: 35138008115831], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS014.01.12
Scope and Contents The real estate abstract documents the changes in ownership of Abel D. and Martha J. Helman's Donation Land Claim. The records list Lewis S. Trapp as the owner in 1936. After Martha's death, ownership of the north section of the claim moved to the children. Each sold their part to their father, Able D. Helman. Also included are legal documents regarding the estate of Levi H. Blakeman, and the general vote in 1908 to extend the city limits of Ashland by a one-quarter mile. There is also...
Dates: 1854-1936

Carl and Freda Marcussen - Nob Hill Addition, 1899-1945

 File — Box 02: Series MSS014:01 [Barcode: 35138008115849], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS014.01.24
Scope and Contents

The real estate documents show the ownership of Nob Hill Addition, all of lot eighteen and the north forty feet of lot seventeen, being sold to Carl and Freda Marcussen by Harry L. and Irene Harner, and Elsie B. Riveros in 1940.

Dates: 1899-1945

Church Street and High Street, 1919-1943

 File — Box 02: Series MSS014:01 [Barcode: 35138008115849], Folder: 07
Identifier: MSS014.01.19
Scope and Contents The real estate documents show an extension of a mortgage for the property of George Francis and Caroline Gillette McConnell. It was determined to be paid in full by the Banks for the State of Oregon, who released the mortgage in 1934. In 1943, George Francis McConnell gave Power of Attorney to his niece Verne Marie DeLeot to handle all aspects of legal nature. Also included in the document is City Ordinance No. 328, allowing the widening of Church Street throughout starting on Main Street...
Dates: 1919-1943

Denver Kincaid - Section 16 in Township 39 South, Range 3 East of the Willamette Meridian, 1859-1939

 File — Box 02: Series MSS014:01 [Barcode: 35138008115849], Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS014.01.16
Scope and Contents

The abstract describes the property at Section 16, Township 39 South, Range 3 East of Willamette Meridian, Jackson County. Through an Act of Congress, the United States provided the State of Oregon a State Land Grant for the use of schools. In 1903, the Governor of Oregon sold eighty acres two William Robert Kincaid. Also included in the documents are court papers detailing the division of property to his heirs in 1936, with the final property owner listed as Denver W. Kincaid.

Dates: 1859-1939