Samuel F. Dean married Martha Kemp the daughter of John Stephen and Josephine Kemp of Somerset County, Pennsylvania in 1797. In the custom of that era, the marriage was held at the home of the bride. Samuel's brother-in-law, James Kemp, had squatted on land that is now located in Farmington less than 18 miles from where Samuel's father-in-law John S. Kemps home was in Somerset County, just across the Youghiogheny River in Addison Township 4 miles north of the Great Crossing in Somerfield Borough. John S. Kemp sons, James and Edward, parcels were not far from each other in Wharton Township, Fayette County where they were first taxed in 1798.
Thomas and Mary Dean's son Samuel Dean was not recorded in any county census until 1810 in Wharton Township, Fayette County. Land records record him acquiring a piece of land by warrant on December 20, 1809, Surveyed on May 24, 1811, which was deeded and distributed among his children after February 18, 1832. What he paid for the land and where he lived until he purchased it will be explained after you read the deed:
Deed Wharton Township
Whereas the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by warrant dated the twentieth day of December AD 1809 did grant unto David Young then of the Township of Wharton in the County of Fayette and the above Commonwealth four hundred acres of Land including an improvement adjoining land of Dennis Springer, Moyer & others situated near the great Western Road on the waters of Beaver Creek and some of the branches of Meadow Run in Said Township. And whereas Caleb Young of the State of Indiana Executor here and proper representative of the Said David Young then deceased by his Lawful attorney John Hayhust did make over and convey the aforesaid tract by land units to Samuel Dean of Henry Clay Township in Said County as will gully appear by examination had of the Recording office at Union Town in Said County it being entered therein Book O. page 522 & 523. And whereas the Said Samuel Dean and Martha his wife did afterwards convey the same by an assignment made by them unto Stephen Dean of Said Township which assignment may be found recorded at the aforesaid office in Book O. page 523. And whereas the Said Stephen Dean and Martha his wife did afterwards sell and covey eighty seven acres & thirteen square perches of land of the aforesaid tract by an assignment unto William Dean of the Township of Henry Clay, County and State foresaid which Sale and deed May be found Recorded at aforesaid William Dean and Hannah his wife for and in consideration of the sum of four hundred dollars to them in hand paid at the unsealing and delivery of these presents the receipt where is hereby acknowledged and themselves perfectly and fully satisfied contented and paid do make over grant bargain Sell convey release and forever confirm in fee units Samuel Dean Senior of said Township and to his heirs and assigns all there the said William Dean and Hannah his wife right title clean & interest in and to the following described part of the aforesaid tract or parcel of land with all the advantages appertaining there from beginning at the chestnut clump a corner of the above track and running through the same south seven degrees West Seventy two perches to a stone on a glade South nine degrees and a half east thirty four perches to a plum tree South eleven degrees and three fourths east sixty six perches to a post and Stone South thirty one degrees east fifty nine perches and three tenths to a post. South forty-six degrees & twenty-two and a half minutes east sixty-two perches and two tents to a corner of said tract north nine degrees west one hundred and seventy-six perches to Stone a corner of Said tract of Land and Warranted in the name of Heram Grats and with Said land North eighty-nine degrees and a half west forty-six perches and nine tents to the place of beginning. Containing and now laid off for eighty-seven acres and thirteen square perches. To have and to hold the same in fee for ever against the Said William Dean his said wife and their heirs and against all manners of freeman whatever calming the Same by through or under them. In witness, whereof the granting party have hereunto set their name and affixed their seals this 17 day of May A. D. One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven.
John Henry
William Dean
Hannah Dean
Now this indenture Witnessed that the said Samuel Dean and Martha his wife for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred dollars to them in hand paid at the unsealing and delivering of these present the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and themselves perfectly and fully Satisfied controlled and paid do make over grant bargain sale convey release and forever confirm in fee unto Charles Dean of Said Township and to his heirs and assign all there the Said Samuel Dean and Martha his wife his wife right title claim & interest in and to the following described part of the aforesaid tract or parcel of land with all the advantages appertaining than units viz Beginning at a chestnut stump a corner of above tract and running through the same south seventeen degrees west seventy two perches to stone in glade. South nine degrees and half east thirty-four perches to a plum tree, south eleven degrees and three fourths east sixty-six perches to a post and stone, south thirty-one degrees east fifty-nine perches and three tents to a post. South forty-six degrees & twenty-two and a half minutes east sixty-two perches and two tents to a corner of said tract. North nine degrees west one hundred and seventy-six perches to stone a corner of said tract of land and Warranted in the name of Hiram Grats and with said land north eight nine degrees and a half west forty-six perches and nine tents to the place of beginning containing and now laid off for eighty-seven acres and thirteen square perches. To have and to hold the same in fee forever against the said Samuel Dean and Martha his wife and their heirs and against all manner of person whatever claiming the same by through or under them. In witness, thereof the granting party have hereunto set their name and affixed their seal this 24th day of July AD One thousand eight hundred and forty-one.
Signed Sealed & delivered in presence of
G. W. Miller
his
Samuel X Dean
mark
her
Martha X Dean
Mark
Recorded this day of July AD One thousand eight hundred and forty-one the Just and full some of three hundred dollars' lawful money of the United States of America it being the consideration before mentioned in full of Charles Dean.
The deed from above is confusing to some not familiar how land could be acquired and transferred in Pennsylvania in the colonial years. David Young, with the help of James Kemp, completed the required 5-year occupying ownership requirements for the parcel of land. David Young had completed the warrant for a hundred-acre parcel of land where he lived in Wharton Township. James and Edward Kemp appeared on the 1798 Tax List for Wharton Township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. James and his wife Sarah Kemp were occupying a tract of land from the reputed owner (not warranted yet) David Young, which included a log cabin measuring 20 by 22 feet and situated on a tract of land consisting of about 350 acres. A hundred acres of unoccupied land nearby was property recorded to his older brother, Edward Kemp, as the reputed owner in 1798. As stated earlier, James and Edward were the sons of Johan S. Kemp of Somerset County, Pennsylvania. John S. Kemp was also the father of Martha Kemp, wife of Samuel Dean. The warrant for the 400 + acres of land to David Young was dated December 20, 1809. Recorded on the Warrant were James Kemp and his wife Sarah. They swore and signed on November 27, 1809, there hadn't been any improvements on the land until March of 1808. Also, swore there was a family residing on the property presently. This land was deeded later to Samuel Dean and the family home for many decades. In the 1810 Census recorded James Kemp along with William his younger brother and Samuel Dean in Wharton Township, Fayette County. James's brother, Edward, had moved to Redstone, Fayette, Pennsylvania in 1810. Edward and James Kemp also acquired additional land in east Wharton Township now Henry Clay Township on the Youghiogheny River. Edward Kemp paid 50 shillings per 100 acres for a 314 ¾ parcel on the river next to John Potter, John Royse, Benjamin Chew, and his brother James. Edward warranted it on December 6, 1810, surveyed it on December 20, 1810, and patented it on March 28, 1811, before he sold it and moved to Virginia. Edward Kemp sometimes spelled Hemp or Camp was recorded by his son, Jacob, that the family: first moved to Brook County, Virginia in 1816; Jefferson County, Ohio in 1819; Vernon Township, Richland County, Ohio in 1826 and filially settled in Bryant, in Williams County Ohio in 1851. James moved about the same time as his brother Edward, but farther west to Warren County, Ohio where he died on February 8, 1824. His wife Sarah is recorded with her daughter Sarah McFadden in the 1850 census in Lawrence, Stark County, Ohio. The same location her husband's brother William Kemp settled.
Thomas and Mary Dean's son Samuel Dean was not recorded in any county census until 1810 in Wharton Township, Fayette County. Land records record him acquiring a piece of land by warrant on December 20, 1809, Surveyed on May 24, 1811, which was deeded and distributed among his children after February 18, 1832. What he paid for the land and where he lived until he purchased it will be explained after you read the deed:
Deed Wharton Township
Whereas the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by warrant dated the twentieth day of December AD 1809 did grant unto David Young then of the Township of Wharton in the County of Fayette and the above Commonwealth four hundred acres of Land including an improvement adjoining land of Dennis Springer, Moyer & others situated near the great Western Road on the waters of Beaver Creek and some of the branches of Meadow Run in Said Township. And whereas Caleb Young of the State of Indiana Executor here and proper representative of the Said David Young then deceased by his Lawful attorney John Hayhust did make over and convey the aforesaid tract by land units to Samuel Dean of Henry Clay Township in Said County as will gully appear by examination had of the Recording office at Union Town in Said County it being entered therein Book O. page 522 & 523. And whereas the Said Samuel Dean and Martha his wife did afterwards convey the same by an assignment made by them unto Stephen Dean of Said Township which assignment may be found recorded at the aforesaid office in Book O. page 523. And whereas the Said Stephen Dean and Martha his wife did afterwards sell and covey eighty seven acres & thirteen square perches of land of the aforesaid tract by an assignment unto William Dean of the Township of Henry Clay, County and State foresaid which Sale and deed May be found Recorded at aforesaid William Dean and Hannah his wife for and in consideration of the sum of four hundred dollars to them in hand paid at the unsealing and delivery of these presents the receipt where is hereby acknowledged and themselves perfectly and fully satisfied contented and paid do make over grant bargain Sell convey release and forever confirm in fee units Samuel Dean Senior of said Township and to his heirs and assigns all there the said William Dean and Hannah his wife right title clean & interest in and to the following described part of the aforesaid tract or parcel of land with all the advantages appertaining there from beginning at the chestnut clump a corner of the above track and running through the same south seven degrees West Seventy two perches to a stone on a glade South nine degrees and a half east thirty four perches to a plum tree South eleven degrees and three fourths east sixty six perches to a post and Stone South thirty one degrees east fifty nine perches and three tenths to a post. South forty-six degrees & twenty-two and a half minutes east sixty-two perches and two tents to a corner of said tract north nine degrees west one hundred and seventy-six perches to Stone a corner of Said tract of Land and Warranted in the name of Heram Grats and with Said land North eighty-nine degrees and a half west forty-six perches and nine tents to the place of beginning. Containing and now laid off for eighty-seven acres and thirteen square perches. To have and to hold the same in fee for ever against the Said William Dean his said wife and their heirs and against all manners of freeman whatever calming the Same by through or under them. In witness, whereof the granting party have hereunto set their name and affixed their seals this 17 day of May A. D. One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven.
John Henry
William Dean
Hannah Dean
Now this indenture Witnessed that the said Samuel Dean and Martha his wife for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred dollars to them in hand paid at the unsealing and delivering of these present the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and themselves perfectly and fully Satisfied controlled and paid do make over grant bargain sale convey release and forever confirm in fee unto Charles Dean of Said Township and to his heirs and assign all there the Said Samuel Dean and Martha his wife his wife right title claim & interest in and to the following described part of the aforesaid tract or parcel of land with all the advantages appertaining than units viz Beginning at a chestnut stump a corner of above tract and running through the same south seventeen degrees west seventy two perches to stone in glade. South nine degrees and half east thirty-four perches to a plum tree, south eleven degrees and three fourths east sixty-six perches to a post and stone, south thirty-one degrees east fifty-nine perches and three tents to a post. South forty-six degrees & twenty-two and a half minutes east sixty-two perches and two tents to a corner of said tract. North nine degrees west one hundred and seventy-six perches to stone a corner of said tract of land and Warranted in the name of Hiram Grats and with said land north eight nine degrees and a half west forty-six perches and nine tents to the place of beginning containing and now laid off for eighty-seven acres and thirteen square perches. To have and to hold the same in fee forever against the said Samuel Dean and Martha his wife and their heirs and against all manner of person whatever claiming the same by through or under them. In witness, thereof the granting party have hereunto set their name and affixed their seal this 24th day of July AD One thousand eight hundred and forty-one.
Signed Sealed & delivered in presence of
G. W. Miller
his
Samuel X Dean
mark
her
Martha X Dean
Mark
Recorded this day of July AD One thousand eight hundred and forty-one the Just and full some of three hundred dollars' lawful money of the United States of America it being the consideration before mentioned in full of Charles Dean.
The deed from above is confusing to some not familiar how land could be acquired and transferred in Pennsylvania in the colonial years. David Young, with the help of James Kemp, completed the required 5-year occupying ownership requirements for the parcel of land. David Young had completed the warrant for a hundred-acre parcel of land where he lived in Wharton Township. James and Edward Kemp appeared on the 1798 Tax List for Wharton Township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. James and his wife Sarah Kemp were occupying a tract of land from the reputed owner (not warranted yet) David Young, which included a log cabin measuring 20 by 22 feet and situated on a tract of land consisting of about 350 acres. A hundred acres of unoccupied land nearby was property recorded to his older brother, Edward Kemp, as the reputed owner in 1798. As stated earlier, James and Edward were the sons of Johan S. Kemp of Somerset County, Pennsylvania. John S. Kemp was also the father of Martha Kemp, wife of Samuel Dean. The warrant for the 400 + acres of land to David Young was dated December 20, 1809. Recorded on the Warrant were James Kemp and his wife Sarah. They swore and signed on November 27, 1809, there hadn't been any improvements on the land until March of 1808. Also, swore there was a family residing on the property presently. This land was deeded later to Samuel Dean and the family home for many decades. In the 1810 Census recorded James Kemp along with William his younger brother and Samuel Dean in Wharton Township, Fayette County. James's brother, Edward, had moved to Redstone, Fayette, Pennsylvania in 1810. Edward and James Kemp also acquired additional land in east Wharton Township now Henry Clay Township on the Youghiogheny River. Edward Kemp paid 50 shillings per 100 acres for a 314 ¾ parcel on the river next to John Potter, John Royse, Benjamin Chew, and his brother James. Edward warranted it on December 6, 1810, surveyed it on December 20, 1810, and patented it on March 28, 1811, before he sold it and moved to Virginia. Edward Kemp sometimes spelled Hemp or Camp was recorded by his son, Jacob, that the family: first moved to Brook County, Virginia in 1816; Jefferson County, Ohio in 1819; Vernon Township, Richland County, Ohio in 1826 and filially settled in Bryant, in Williams County Ohio in 1851. James moved about the same time as his brother Edward, but farther west to Warren County, Ohio where he died on February 8, 1824. His wife Sarah is recorded with her daughter Sarah McFadden in the 1850 census in Lawrence, Stark County, Ohio. The same location her husband's brother William Kemp settled.
Samuel F. Dean married Martha Kemp the daughter of John Stephen and Josephine Kemp of Somerset County, Pennsylvania in 1797. In the custom of that era, the marriage was held at the home of the bride. Samuel's brother-in-law, James Kemp, had squatted on land that is now located in Farmington less than 18 miles from where Samuel's father-in-law John S. Kemps home was in Somerset County, just across the Youghiogheny River in Addison Township 4 miles north of the Great Crossing in Somerfield Borough. John S. Kemp sons, James and Edward, parcels were not far from each other in Wharton Township, Fayette County where they were first taxed in 1798.
Thomas and Mary Dean's son Samuel Dean was not recorded in any county census until 1810 in Wharton Township, Fayette County. Land records record him acquiring a piece of land by warrant on December 20, 1809, Surveyed on May 24, 1811, which was deeded and distributed among his children after February 18, 1832. What he paid for the land and where he lived until he purchased it will be explained after you read the deed:
Deed Wharton Township
Whereas the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by warrant dated the twentieth day of December AD 1809 did grant unto David Young then of the Township of Wharton in the County of Fayette and the above Commonwealth four hundred acres of Land including an improvement adjoining land of Dennis Springer, Moyer & others situated near the great Western Road on the waters of Beaver Creek and some of the branches of Meadow Run in Said Township. And whereas Caleb Young of the State of Indiana Executor here and proper representative of the Said David Young then deceased by his Lawful attorney John Hayhust did make over and convey the aforesaid tract by land units to Samuel Dean of Henry Clay Township in Said County as will gully appear by examination had of the Recording office at Union Town in Said County it being entered therein Book O. page 522 & 523. And whereas the Said Samuel Dean and Martha his wife did afterwards convey the same by an assignment made by them unto Stephen Dean of Said Township which assignment may be found recorded at the aforesaid office in Book O. page 523. And whereas the Said Stephen Dean and Martha his wife did afterwards sell and covey eighty seven acres & thirteen square perches of land of the aforesaid tract by an assignment unto William Dean of the Township of Henry Clay, County and State foresaid which Sale and deed May be found Recorded at aforesaid William Dean and Hannah his wife for and in consideration of the sum of four hundred dollars to them in hand paid at the unsealing and delivery of these presents the receipt where is hereby acknowledged and themselves perfectly and fully satisfied contented and paid do make over grant bargain Sell convey release and forever confirm in fee units Samuel Dean Senior of said Township and to his heirs and assigns all there the said William Dean and Hannah his wife right title clean & interest in and to the following described part of the aforesaid tract or parcel of land with all the advantages appertaining there from beginning at the chestnut clump a corner of the above track and running through the same south seven degrees West Seventy two perches to a stone on a glade South nine degrees and a half east thirty four perches to a plum tree South eleven degrees and three fourths east sixty six perches to a post and Stone South thirty one degrees east fifty nine perches and three tenths to a post. South forty-six degrees & twenty-two and a half minutes east sixty-two perches and two tents to a corner of said tract north nine degrees west one hundred and seventy-six perches to Stone a corner of Said tract of Land and Warranted in the name of Heram Grats and with Said land North eighty-nine degrees and a half west forty-six perches and nine tents to the place of beginning. Containing and now laid off for eighty-seven acres and thirteen square perches. To have and to hold the same in fee for ever against the Said William Dean his said wife and their heirs and against all manners of freeman whatever calming the Same by through or under them. In witness, whereof the granting party have hereunto set their name and affixed their seals this 17 day of May A. D. One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven.
John Henry
William Dean
Hannah Dean
Now this indenture Witnessed that the said Samuel Dean and Martha his wife for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred dollars to them in hand paid at the unsealing and delivering of these present the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and themselves perfectly and fully Satisfied controlled and paid do make over grant bargain sale convey release and forever confirm in fee unto Charles Dean of Said Township and to his heirs and assign all there the Said Samuel Dean and Martha his wife his wife right title claim & interest in and to the following described part of the aforesaid tract or parcel of land with all the advantages appertaining than units viz Beginning at a chestnut stump a corner of above tract and running through the same south seventeen degrees west seventy two perches to stone in glade. South nine degrees and half east thirty-four perches to a plum tree, south eleven degrees and three fourths east sixty-six perches to a post and stone, south thirty-one degrees east fifty-nine perches and three tents to a post. South forty-six degrees & twenty-two and a half minutes east sixty-two perches and two tents to a corner of said tract. North nine degrees west one hundred and seventy-six perches to stone a corner of said tract of land and Warranted in the name of Hiram Grats and with said land north eight nine degrees and a half west forty-six perches and nine tents to the place of beginning containing and now laid off for eighty-seven acres and thirteen square perches. To have and to hold the same in fee forever against the said Samuel Dean and Martha his wife and their heirs and against all manner of person whatever claiming the same by through or under them. In witness, thereof the granting party have hereunto set their name and affixed their seal this 24th day of July AD One thousand eight hundred and forty-one.
Signed Sealed & delivered in presence of
G. W. Miller
his
Samuel X Dean
mark
her
Martha X Dean
Mark
Recorded this day of July AD One thousand eight hundred and forty-one the Just and full some of three hundred dollars' lawful money of the United States of America it being the consideration before mentioned in full of Charles Dean.
The deed from above is confusing to some not familiar how land could be acquired and transferred in Pennsylvania in the colonial years. David Young, with the help of James Kemp, completed the required 5-year occupying ownership requirements for the parcel of land. David Young had completed the warrant for a hundred-acre parcel of land where he lived in Wharton Township. James and Edward Kemp appeared on the 1798 Tax List for Wharton Township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. James and his wife Sarah Kemp were occupying a tract of land from the reputed owner (not warranted yet) David Young, which included a log cabin measuring 20 by 22 feet and situated on a tract of land consisting of about 350 acres. A hundred acres of unoccupied land nearby was property recorded to his older brother, Edward Kemp, as the reputed owner in 1798. As stated earlier, James and Edward were the sons of Johan S. Kemp of Somerset County, Pennsylvania. John S. Kemp was also the father of Martha Kemp, wife of Samuel Dean. The warrant for the 400 + acres of land to David Young was dated December 20, 1809. Recorded on the Warrant were James Kemp and his wife Sarah. They swore and signed on November 27, 1809, there hadn't been any improvements on the land until March of 1808. Also, swore there was a family residing on the property presently. This land was deeded later to Samuel Dean and the family home for many decades. In the 1810 Census recorded James Kemp along with William his younger brother and Samuel Dean in Wharton Township, Fayette County. James's brother, Edward, had moved to Redstone, Fayette, Pennsylvania in 1810. Edward and James Kemp also acquired additional land in east Wharton Township now Henry Clay Township on the Youghiogheny River. Edward Kemp paid 50 shillings per 100 acres for a 314 ¾ parcel on the river next to John Potter, John Royse, Benjamin Chew, and his brother James. Edward warranted it on December 6, 1810, surveyed it on December 20, 1810, and patented it on March 28, 1811, before he sold it and moved to Virginia. Edward Kemp sometimes spelled Hemp or Camp was recorded by his son, Jacob, that the family: first moved to Brook County, Virginia in 1816; Jefferson County, Ohio in 1819; Vernon Township, Richland County, Ohio in 1826 and filially settled in Bryant, in Williams County Ohio in 1851. James moved about the same time as his brother Edward, but farther west to Warren County, Ohio where he died on February 8, 1824. His wife Sarah is recorded with her daughter Sarah McFadden in the 1850 census in Lawrence, Stark County, Ohio. The same location her husband's brother William Kemp settled.
Thomas and Mary Dean's son Samuel Dean was not recorded in any county census until 1810 in Wharton Township, Fayette County. Land records record him acquiring a piece of land by warrant on December 20, 1809, Surveyed on May 24, 1811, which was deeded and distributed among his children after February 18, 1832. What he paid for the land and where he lived until he purchased it will be explained after you read the deed:
Deed Wharton Township
Whereas the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by warrant dated the twentieth day of December AD 1809 did grant unto David Young then of the Township of Wharton in the County of Fayette and the above Commonwealth four hundred acres of Land including an improvement adjoining land of Dennis Springer, Moyer & others situated near the great Western Road on the waters of Beaver Creek and some of the branches of Meadow Run in Said Township. And whereas Caleb Young of the State of Indiana Executor here and proper representative of the Said David Young then deceased by his Lawful attorney John Hayhust did make over and convey the aforesaid tract by land units to Samuel Dean of Henry Clay Township in Said County as will gully appear by examination had of the Recording office at Union Town in Said County it being entered therein Book O. page 522 & 523. And whereas the Said Samuel Dean and Martha his wife did afterwards convey the same by an assignment made by them unto Stephen Dean of Said Township which assignment may be found recorded at the aforesaid office in Book O. page 523. And whereas the Said Stephen Dean and Martha his wife did afterwards sell and covey eighty seven acres & thirteen square perches of land of the aforesaid tract by an assignment unto William Dean of the Township of Henry Clay, County and State foresaid which Sale and deed May be found Recorded at aforesaid William Dean and Hannah his wife for and in consideration of the sum of four hundred dollars to them in hand paid at the unsealing and delivery of these presents the receipt where is hereby acknowledged and themselves perfectly and fully satisfied contented and paid do make over grant bargain Sell convey release and forever confirm in fee units Samuel Dean Senior of said Township and to his heirs and assigns all there the said William Dean and Hannah his wife right title clean & interest in and to the following described part of the aforesaid tract or parcel of land with all the advantages appertaining there from beginning at the chestnut clump a corner of the above track and running through the same south seven degrees West Seventy two perches to a stone on a glade South nine degrees and a half east thirty four perches to a plum tree South eleven degrees and three fourths east sixty six perches to a post and Stone South thirty one degrees east fifty nine perches and three tenths to a post. South forty-six degrees & twenty-two and a half minutes east sixty-two perches and two tents to a corner of said tract north nine degrees west one hundred and seventy-six perches to Stone a corner of Said tract of Land and Warranted in the name of Heram Grats and with Said land North eighty-nine degrees and a half west forty-six perches and nine tents to the place of beginning. Containing and now laid off for eighty-seven acres and thirteen square perches. To have and to hold the same in fee for ever against the Said William Dean his said wife and their heirs and against all manners of freeman whatever calming the Same by through or under them. In witness, whereof the granting party have hereunto set their name and affixed their seals this 17 day of May A. D. One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven.
John Henry
William Dean
Hannah Dean
Now this indenture Witnessed that the said Samuel Dean and Martha his wife for and in consideration of the sum of three hundred dollars to them in hand paid at the unsealing and delivering of these present the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged and themselves perfectly and fully Satisfied controlled and paid do make over grant bargain sale convey release and forever confirm in fee unto Charles Dean of Said Township and to his heirs and assign all there the Said Samuel Dean and Martha his wife his wife right title claim & interest in and to the following described part of the aforesaid tract or parcel of land with all the advantages appertaining than units viz Beginning at a chestnut stump a corner of above tract and running through the same south seventeen degrees west seventy two perches to stone in glade. South nine degrees and half east thirty-four perches to a plum tree, south eleven degrees and three fourths east sixty-six perches to a post and stone, south thirty-one degrees east fifty-nine perches and three tents to a post. South forty-six degrees & twenty-two and a half minutes east sixty-two perches and two tents to a corner of said tract. North nine degrees west one hundred and seventy-six perches to stone a corner of said tract of land and Warranted in the name of Hiram Grats and with said land north eight nine degrees and a half west forty-six perches and nine tents to the place of beginning containing and now laid off for eighty-seven acres and thirteen square perches. To have and to hold the same in fee forever against the said Samuel Dean and Martha his wife and their heirs and against all manner of person whatever claiming the same by through or under them. In witness, thereof the granting party have hereunto set their name and affixed their seal this 24th day of July AD One thousand eight hundred and forty-one.
Signed Sealed & delivered in presence of
G. W. Miller
his
Samuel X Dean
mark
her
Martha X Dean
Mark
Recorded this day of July AD One thousand eight hundred and forty-one the Just and full some of three hundred dollars' lawful money of the United States of America it being the consideration before mentioned in full of Charles Dean.
The deed from above is confusing to some not familiar how land could be acquired and transferred in Pennsylvania in the colonial years. David Young, with the help of James Kemp, completed the required 5-year occupying ownership requirements for the parcel of land. David Young had completed the warrant for a hundred-acre parcel of land where he lived in Wharton Township. James and Edward Kemp appeared on the 1798 Tax List for Wharton Township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. James and his wife Sarah Kemp were occupying a tract of land from the reputed owner (not warranted yet) David Young, which included a log cabin measuring 20 by 22 feet and situated on a tract of land consisting of about 350 acres. A hundred acres of unoccupied land nearby was property recorded to his older brother, Edward Kemp, as the reputed owner in 1798. As stated earlier, James and Edward were the sons of Johan S. Kemp of Somerset County, Pennsylvania. John S. Kemp was also the father of Martha Kemp, wife of Samuel Dean. The warrant for the 400 + acres of land to David Young was dated December 20, 1809. Recorded on the Warrant were James Kemp and his wife Sarah. They swore and signed on November 27, 1809, there hadn't been any improvements on the land until March of 1808. Also, swore there was a family residing on the property presently. This land was deeded later to Samuel Dean and the family home for many decades. In the 1810 Census recorded James Kemp along with William his younger brother and Samuel Dean in Wharton Township, Fayette County. James's brother, Edward, had moved to Redstone, Fayette, Pennsylvania in 1810. Edward and James Kemp also acquired additional land in east Wharton Township now Henry Clay Township on the Youghiogheny River. Edward Kemp paid 50 shillings per 100 acres for a 314 ¾ parcel on the river next to John Potter, John Royse, Benjamin Chew, and his brother James. Edward warranted it on December 6, 1810, surveyed it on December 20, 1810, and patented it on March 28, 1811, before he sold it and moved to Virginia. Edward Kemp sometimes spelled Hemp or Camp was recorded by his son, Jacob, that the family: first moved to Brook County, Virginia in 1816; Jefferson County, Ohio in 1819; Vernon Township, Richland County, Ohio in 1826 and filially settled in Bryant, in Williams County Ohio in 1851. James moved about the same time as his brother Edward, but farther west to Warren County, Ohio where he died on February 8, 1824. His wife Sarah is recorded with her daughter Sarah McFadden in the 1850 census in Lawrence, Stark County, Ohio. The same location her husband's brother William Kemp settled.
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