JAMES E. HILL, DEEP RUN N.C. TO STRICKLIN & BUCHAN FILED FOR REGISTRATION A 9 O'CLOCK A.M. ON THE 20 DAY OF FEB, 1918, AND REGISTERED ON THE 20 DAY OF FEB, 1918, IN THE REGISTER OF DEEDS OF LENOIR COUNTY IN BOOK A13 ON PAGE 352 C.W. PRIDGEN(REGISTER OF DEEDS)
CHATTEL MORTGAGE--- WITH NOTE AND PROBATES ATTACHED
I JAMES E. HILL OF THE COUNTY OF LENOIR IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AM INDEBTED TO STRICKLIN & BUCHAN OF LENOIR COUNTY, IN THE SAID STATE, IN THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS, FOR WHICH THEY HOLD MY NOTE, DUE TO BE ON THE 1 DAY OF OCT A.D., 1918 AND TO SECURE THE PAYMENT OF THE SAME I DO HEREBY CONVEY TO THESE ARTICLES OF PERSONAL PROPERTY. TOWIT: ONE SMALL DARK BAY MARE ABOUT 6 YEARS OLD. THE ONE I BOUGHT TODAY OF STRICKLIN & BUCHAN ALLOW ONE DARK BAY MARE MULE ABOUT 11 YEARS OLD. THIS IS ALL THE MULES I OWN & MY INTIRE CROPS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION TO BE RAISED DURING THE YEAR 1918 ON THE LAND OF J.H. WALLER IN TRENT TOWNSHIP LENOIR COUNTY ARE ANY OTHER LAND I MAY CULTIVATE NO RECUMBERANCES ON PROPERTY EXCEPT MY TO L. HARVEY& SON CO. FOR $600.00 THIS IS ON CROP.
BUT ON THIS SPECIAL TRUST, THAT IF I FAIL TO PAY SAID DEBT AND INTEREST ON OR BEFORE THE 1 DAY OF OCT A.D., 1918 THEN THEY MAY SELL SAID PROPERTY, OR SO MUCH THEREOF AS MAY BE NECESSARY BY PUBLIC AUCTION FOR CASH, FIRST GIVING TWENTY DAYS NOTICE AT THREE PUBLIC PLACES, AND APPLY THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH SALE TO THE DISCHARGE OF SAID DEBT AND INTEREST ON THE SAME, AND PAY ANY SURPLUS TO ME.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL THIS 31 DAY OF JAN A.D., 1918
WITNESS: C.L. STRICKLINJAMES E. HILL (SEAL)
$200.00
ON THE 1 DAY OF OCT, 1918, I PROMISE TO PAY TO STRICKLIN & BUCHAN OR ORDER, THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS, WITH INTEREST FROM DATE AT THE RATE OF 6 PER CENT, PER ANNUM UNTIL PAID, FOR VALUE RECEIVED. THE INTEREST TO BE DUE AND PAYABLE ANNUALLY.
THIS BOND IS SECURED BT CHATTEL MTG. & CROP LEIN
WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL THIS 31 DAY OF JAN 1918
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