"Cornell Property Deeds: Historical Land Records" by Franklin County Recorder, Merriss Cornell et al.
 

The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera

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Date Range

1915-1950

Materials/Description of item

This bound volume assembles legal and financial documents surrounding the ownership of 201 S. State Street, Westerville, Ohio. (Recorded as a property on Lot Number One (1) in GLENWOOD ADDITION of Westerville.) The documents within date from c. 1916 to c. 1949 as the property passes through several hands, including:

  • Purchased and owned by Lillie M. and William E. Johnson, husband and wife, circa 1920.
  • Later owned by William E. Johnson, dower to the deceased Lillie M. Johnson (d. 1927), and his later wife May Stanley Johnson.
  • Purchased by Nellie and J. Earl Anderson, wife and husband, circa 1935.
  • Purchased by Merriss Cornell and Carol K. Cornell circa 1949.

The documents associated with the Cornell’s purchase and ownership of the property include two Mortgage Deeds, two Mortgage Notes, a Closing Statement, a Warranty Deed, a Loan Closing Statement, and a Purchase Sale and Exchange Contract. There are also various Abstract of Title and Continuation of Abstract of Title.

Keywords

Historical Land Records, Land Acquisition, Cornell Family

Disciplines

Cultural History | History | United States History

Notes on the item

This assemblage of documents was bound with two-pronged metal paper fasters. The scan was taken with the volume unbound and disassembled.

Cornell Property Deeds: Historical Land Records

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