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RURAL FRANKLIN COUNTY CHURCHES Land deeds of some of the rural churches in Franklin County, as taken from the
Register of Deeds records, Franklin County Courthouse. Deed Book 74, page 104 (10 Jan 1883/ 26 Mar 1894) Thos. N. Baker & wife Frances to Methodist Episcopal Church consideration: erection of a church building on the grounds. 13 rods south of the northeast corner of the southeast quarter of section 13, township
16, range 20; thence west 13 rods; thence south 12 rods; thence east 13 rods; thence north
12 rods to place of beginning, totalling 1 acre. Deed Book 38, page 172 (10 May 1880/ 17 May 1880) consideration: $1.00 Grantor: Martin William Wilson & wife Elizabeth Grantee: Trustees of Center Chapel M.E. Church; Jno. W. Gibson, J. M. Cramer, Saml H. Cramer, J. M. Beal, L. Lancaster, Henry Hawkins, A. G. Supernaw, H. L. Coe, James Wickersham. One square acre in the northeast corner of section 27, township 16, range 20. Deed Book 42, Page 17 (13 Jan 1882/ 01 Feb 1882) consideration: building stone, fence and $30. Grantor: Florence M. Johnson, & Alfred her husband Grantee: Trustees of the Union Methodist Episcopal Church; Elisha Walker, Joseph Guy, James Riley, John Harrison, and Thomas Harrison. Commencing at the southeast corner of southeast quarter of section 19, township 17,
range 20; thence north 8 rods, thence west 7 rods, thence south 8 rods, thence east 7 rods
to place of beginning. Deed Book 42, Page 328 (24 Feb 1881/ 01 Jul 1882) Grantor: Mary Spencer, a single person Grantee: Deacons of the Associate Congregation of Bethel Kansas; W. S. Atchison and T. M. Fischer. Beginning at the southwest corner of section 10, township 19, range 20; thence east 12
rods; thences north 16 2/3 rods; thence west 12 rods; thence south 16 2/3 rods to place of
beginning; containing 1 1/4 acres. Deed Book 77, Page 33 [also Deed Book S, Page 611] (25 Dec 1871/ 05 Feb 1896) Grantor: Elizabeth Sibert of Peoria, KS Grantee: Trustees of the First Baptist church of Mount Vernon in Franklin County; Chauncey Curtiss, Eli Perkins, Solomon A. Hester, A. S. Blackstone, and S. D. Francis. Beginning at the northwest corner of the northwest quarter of section 31, township 17, range 21; thence east 12 rods; thence south 8 rods; thence west 12 rods; thence north 8 rods; to place of beginning; containing 1 acre, for a church. Also 20 acres in a square form in northeast corner of northwest quarter of section 31,
township 17, range 21, for a cemetery. Deed Book 45, Page 509 (12 Mar 1884/ ) Consideration $1.00 Grantor: Edgar Durnbaugh, single Grantee: Trustees of Wesley Chapel M.E. Church; Geo. W. Burge, Geo. Kappy, J. M. Davis, Owen Storms, D. A. Riddle, T. A. Smith, Wm. Wyckoff. Beginning at the northwest corner of south half of northwest quarter of section 16,
township 17, range 19; thence east 9 rods; thence south 9 rods; thence west 9 rods; thence
north 9 rods; to place of beginning. The seller to erect a 300 ft. Substantial hitching
rack except a space equal to width of said church to be built. Deed Book 54, Page 607 (05 Oct 1885/ 22 Oct 1885) Consideration: $2.00 Grantor: John Reh & Gertrude his wife Grantee: Louis M. Frank, donated for a Catholic Church and cemetery. Beginning at the northwest corner of northwest quarter of section 7, township 17, range
19; thence south 209 feet; thence east 418 feet; thence north 209 feet; thence west 418
feet; to place of beginning; containing 2 acres.. Deed Book 37, Page 108 (26 Mar 1879/ 08 May 1880) Grantor: W. H. Snyder & Anna his wife of Centropolis Grantee: David Barnhart of Centropolis Beginning at the northwest corner of east half of northeast quarter of section 27,
township 15, range 18; thence south 40 rods; thence east 9 feet; thence north 40 rods;
thence west to place of beginning; containing 1/10 of an acres. Deed Book 34, Page 535 (16 Aug 1879/ 26 Nov 1879) Consideration: $1.00 Grantor: John Davenport & Ira Davenport of Steuben Co., NY Grantee: Trustees of Sac Valley Baptist Church Commencing at the northeast corner of north east quarter of section 36, township 18,
range 18, containing 1 acre. Deed Book 28, Page 323 Transacted: 28 May 1874/ Recorded: 24 Jan 1877 Consideration: $1.00 Grantor: J. W. Horn & M. S. His wife Grantee: Trustees of Central Methodist Episcopal Church; A. J. M. Miller, Wm. Church, Albert Kinsey, C. A. Broughton, and J. P. Lindsey. Beginning at northwest corner of section 32, township 17, range 18; thence east 20
rods; thence south 40 rods; thence west 20 rods; thence north 40 rods; to place of
beginning; containing 2 acres. Deed Book 37, Page 6 Transacted: / Recorded: Grantor: Harrison Reed & Eliza his wife Grantee: Trustees of Greenwood Baptist Church; Isaac Pruett, Fred Miller, and Harrison
Reed.. Deed Book 30, Page 319 Transacted: 19 Jun 1877/ Recorded: 01 Apr 1879 Consideration $1.00 Grantor: John McClellan of Sangamon Co., IL Grantee: Trustees of the Regular Baptist Church of Appanoose; Phillip Cantrell, Marsena St John, Clark Tefft, D. L. Montgomery, Perry M. Warner Beginning at the point in Sac & Fox reserve line 40 rods east of the west line of
northeast quarter of section 36, township 15, range 17; thence south 10 rods; thence east
16 rods; thence north 10 rods; thence west 16 rods; to place of beginning; containing 1
acre. Deed Book 59, Page 505 Transacted: 11 Oct 1886/ Recorded: 05 Nov 1886 Consideration: $1.00 Grantor: L. B. Garst & Virginia his wife, of Marion township, Douglas county, KS. Grantee: Deacons of the German Baptist Church of Appanoose; David Miller, Jonah Barnhart. Beginning 22 rods south of northeast corner of northeast quarter of section 24, township 15, range 17; thence west 20 rods; thence south 24 rods; thence east 20 rods; thence 24 rods. |
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