From Oneida Co. courthouse, Book 5, pg 92-94:
To all whom these presents shall come, I Peter Smith of the Town of Frankfort in the County of Herkimer, Esquire, send greetings. Know ye that I the said Peter Smith as well for the consideration of one dollar of lawful money of the State of New York in hand paid by
Simeon Williams
Francis Toll
Jedediah Stanley
Alexander Holmes
Oliver Bartholomew
Abraham Woodruff
John Porter
Samuel Porter
Calvin Spafford
John Smiley
Eleazer Flag
Joseph Gregg
Ezra Seaton
Phineas Hathaway
Philip Bond
John Prior
Abel Prior
David Allen
Zera Pond
Jesse Pond
Ichabod Stafford
Isaac Allen
Benjamin Allen
James Brownson
Edward Thompson
Stephen Crosby
Isaac Allen
Aaron Ingersoll
Amos Parker
Charles Putman
Moses Hinman
William Stafford
Stephen Keys
Charles Putman
Tilley Greenleaf
Benjamin Gregg
Nathan Fairbank
John Warren
Salmon Morton
Caleb B. Herrol
Asael A Hurd
Abraham Holmes
Tilley Greenleaf (listed twice)
Daniel Perkins
Benajah House
Elijah Kellogg
Jonathan Snow
Alford Edson
Benjamin Warren
Thomas Morton
John Alden
Seth Roberts
Daniel Pratt
James Cosety
Thomas Reed
Thomas Stebens
Lemuel S. Hart
Daniel Hart
Ozias Hart
James Gregg Junior
Joseph Gregg
John Edson
Nathan Edson
John Lincklaen
Allen Bills
Levy Brown
Sylvanus Taylor
John Taft
Jacob Cropsey
Elijah Trumbull
Oliver Trumbull
Asa Andrews
Amos Dodge
Jonathan Rhoads
Jeremiah Powell
James Munger
Luther Betts
Nathaniel Betts
George Richmond
Aaron Wallis
Amasa Roberts
Eliakim Roberts
Roger Brooks
Elijah Risley
Thomas Everton
Benjamin Willigee
Joseph Thrasher
Elijah Hartshorn
Richard Abbe
Adonijah Schuyler
Elijah Risley
all of Whitestown in the County aforesaid as in pursuance of and in compliance with an Act of the Legislature of the said State entitled - An Act for the Relief of the Tenants of Peter Smith and others - passed the first day of April one thousand seventeen and ninety seven, have exonerated released and discharged and do by here present exonerate release and discharge the said
Simeon Williams
(etc., same list of names)
their heirs executors administrators and obligees forever of and from all Rents and Services that have become due since the fifteenth day of January last or may hereafter become due to me the said Peter Smith my heirs executors administrators or assigns for the several lots and parcels of land which they or either of them in anywise hold occupy or enjoy as Tenants under
me, situate in the said Town of Whitestown and County of Herkimer within the bounds of a tract of land commonly called The Oneida Reservation and more particularly distinguished by the names of lots numbers two, four, five, six, seven, eight, the west half of number nine, ten eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty one, twenty three, twenty five, twenty six, twenty seven, twenty nine, thirty, thirty one, thirty five, thirty six, thirty seven, thirty eight, thirty nine, forty, forty one, forty two, forty three, fifty, fifty one, fifty two, fifty three, fifty six, fifty seven, fifty eight, fifty nine, sixty, sixty two, sixty three, sixty four, sixty five, fifty acres of the East end of sixty six, sixty seven
and sixty eight in the first allotment of the said tract lots numbers seven,eleven, twenty one, thirty one, the North half and the West half of the south half of lot number thirty three and also the east half of the south half of said thirty three in the second allotment of said tract lots number four north half of number eleven, sixteen, nineteen, thirty two, forty eight, forty nine,
fifty, fifty one and fifty two in the third allotment of the said tract lots number one, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, nineteen, twenty _____ and _____ in the fourth allotment of the said tract of land. In witness whereof I the said Peter Smith have hereunto set my hand and seal this nineteenth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety seven.
Peter Smith (seal)
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