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Photographer: Kevin W.
Taken: September 26, 2007
Caption: Period Era Advertisement on front door of Court House
Additional Description: TRUSTEE’S SALE!!!

I shall on the 7th day of August, before the front door of the Prince William Court House, offer for sale to the highest bidder, for ready money, all the Estate, real and personal, conveyed to me by said deeds, containing of said Alexander’s interest under his father’s will in a Tract of Land, called Effingham, lying upon Cedar Run in said County and in 31 valuable Slaves, his share, estimated to contain 3,000 acres, of certain Lands in the State of Kentucky, a tract of land of about 160 acres adjacent to Effingham and four Slaves now in his possession. As I shall sell merely as Trustee, I shall convey to the purchasers of said Estate such title only as is vested in me by the said deeds.
-John Macrae
Trustee
Submitted: October 4, 2007, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p7857
File Size: 2.044 Megabytes

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