Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) [Mortgage indenture taken on 160 acres in Menard County, Illinois by Thomas and Elizabeth Cantrall]

Sangamon, 29 November 1852
This Indenture, made and entered into, this twenty-ninth day November, in the year of Our Lord One Thousand eight Hundred and Fifty-two, between Thomas [Cantrall] and Elizabeth [Cantrall] his wife, of the County of [Menard] and State of Illinois of the first part, and Abraham Lincoln of the County of Sangamon, and State of Illinois or the second part, WITNESSETH: That the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of six hundred and sixty dollars and ______ cents, in hand paid by the said party of this second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have Granted, Bargained, and Sold, and by THESE PRESENTS, do Grant, Bargain, and Sell unto the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns a certain track of land situate, lying and being in the County of [Menard] and State of Illinois known and designated as follows, to wit: The South East quarter of Section Twenty-two, in Township Eighteen North, of Range Five West, in the district of Lands subject to sale at Springfield, Illinois, containing one hundred and sixty acres.
To Have, and to hold the aforesaid track or parcel of Land, together with all and singular the privilege and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or in any wise appertaining, to the only proper use and benefit of him the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns FOREVER. And the said party of the first part, for themselves, their heirs, executors and administrators, do covenant with the said party of the second part, that they are lawfully seized, have full right to convey, and will Forever Warrant and Defend the said track of Land from the claim of them the said party of the first part, their heirs and assigns, and against the claim, or claims, or any other person whomsoever.
Provided, always, that These Presents are upon this express and Only Condition; That, Whereas, the said Thomas Cantrall has executed his certain promissory note of even date herewith, for the sum of six hundred and sixty dollars, with interest thereon at the rate of ten per cent per annum from date until paid, [payall] one year after the date thereof, to the said Abraham Lincoln. Now if the said Thomas Cantrall shall pay [another] charge [paid/said] note, according to its tenor and effect, the alone deed is to be void; otherwise to remain in full force and effect.
In Witness Whereof, the said party of the first part, have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written,
In presence of } Thomas Cantrall
Elizabeth Cantrall
State if Illinois,
Sangamon County.}SS.
Before Me, the undersigned, [?] of the Circuit Court, within and for the County aforesaid, came Thomas Cantrall and Elizabeth Cantrall his wife who are personally known to me to be the [?] persons by whom, and in whose names the above Conveyance was executed, and by whom, and in whose names the same is proposed to be acknowledged, and who then [severally] acknowleged their signatures that [?] their free and voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein expressed; and the said Elizabeth, wife of the said Thomas Cantrall, being by [me] first examined separate and apart from her said husband, and the contents of the said Conveyance being first made known to her, acknowledged that freely and voluntarily, and without any compulsion or coercion from her said husband, she executed the same, and forever relinquishes all her right to the [?] of [Dower] in and to the lands and Tenements in said Conveyance described.
Given under my Hand and Seal of Office this Twenty-Ninth day of November
in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-Two.
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