Articles of Agreement between Adam Fisher and His Son John George, commonly called "George"
Articles of agreement made and concluded upon by and between Adam Fisher of Penns Township, Northumberland County, State of Pennsylvania of the one part, and George Fisher, son of the said Adam Fisher, for and in the consideration of the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds lawfull money of the estate aforesaid, to him, in hand paid by the said George Fisher, as well as a further. consideration of eight hundred and fifty pounds of like money, aforesaid, to him the said Adam yet to be paid by the said George, his son, executor or administrator, as follows, to wit; the sum of seventy-five pounds yearly, successively, on the First day of June, until the said consideration is fully paid and satisfied, the first installment is to be due on the First of June 1812. He the said Adam Fisher, has agreed to grant and convey unto the said George, his son, the one half of his tract of land situate on the Isle of Que, the upper part thereof, so as to make an equal division of the said tract of land between his two sons George and Christian, by a straight line to run from the river to Back Creek, which convayances shall be executed within two months from this date. He the said Adam, nevertheless, reserves for himself during his natural life, the little field near the said Back Creek, which has always been in the possession of the said Adam. He the said George Fisher for himself, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns; covenants, promises and agrees to and with the said Adam that he the said George, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns of the said plantation, yearly and every year, in proper season, shall deliver unto the said Adam and his wife, fifteen bushels of good merchantable wheat, fifteen bushels of buckwheat, fifteen bushels of corn, fifteen bushels of oats, one tun (ton) of first crop hay, one tun second crop hay, two barrels of cider, one barrel of cider oil, seven pounds of good wool, but if the said Adam shall at any time chuse (choose) to relinquish the receiving of the buckwheat and corn, aforesaid, then the said George shall deliver to the said Adam and his wife, one fat hog to weigh at least two hundred pounds, to be cleaned in a butcherlike manner, also one hundred pounds of good beef of a hind quarter with the tallow, but at the death of the said Adam or his wife, the one-half of the articles, aforesaid, or dower, shall only be delivered to the survivor. He the said George shall also yearly give the said Adam and his wife, one quarter of flax ground and one quarter of an acre of potato ground, but if the said Adam and wife shall at any time chuse to relinquish their right to the flax and potato ground, then the said George is to deliver unto the said Adam and his wife in lieu thereof, fifteen pounds of good clean flax, fifteen pounds of tow, and as many potatoes as they shall have occasion for; but at the death of either, the one half only shall be delivered to the survivor of them, they or the survivor of them, shall have the liberty of taking as many apples as they may have occasion for house use. The said George is also to haul all the produce that the said Adam shall from time to time raise on the little reserved field near the Back Creek, to the house of the said Adam, or to his barn, clear of any charges. He the said Adam, for himself and his wife, shall have free ingress and egress of all the roads, lanes, alleys or pathways on, or which may be on the said plantation, so as to give free access to the said reserved field. He the said George shall also keep in pasture, along with his cattle, during the summer season, one cow and one calf, free of expense, and shall also deliver into the yard of the said Adam, the one-half of the firewood which he and his wife, or the survivor, shall have occasion for, and as much at each time as shall be demanded and required, cut small for stove and kitchen use, and for the true performance of all and singular, the covenants and agreements aforesaid, both parties bind themselves, each unto the other, in the sum of Two thousand pounds of the lawful currency of Pennsylvania. In witness whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals this tenth day, of June one thousand eight hundred and eleven.
Adam Fisher (seal)
Georg Fisher (seal)
WITNESSES PRESENT:
J. C. Weiser
Jacob Lechner
Submitted by: Harrison.
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