Locke cemetery plot deed for children, transcription (1865-01-03).jpg
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Locke cemetery plot deed for children, transcription (1865-01-03).jpg
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Cemetery Association Deed
Know all Men by these Presents, That the Colonel John Sweeney’s Tonawanda Rural Cemetery Association, in consideration of Forty dollars paid to them by the Children of Jesse F. Locke, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby grant, bargain, sell, and convey to the said Children of Jesse F. Locke, their heirs and assigns all of Lot Seven in the Cemetery of the said Association, called “Colonel John Sweeney’s Tonawanda Rural Cemetery,” situate in the North Village of Tonawanda, County of Niagara, in the State of New York, which Lot Seven is herein delineated and laid down upon the Register map or plan of the said Cemetery, in the possession of the said Association, and is therein designated as follows, to wit: Lot Seven in Section B. Dimensions one Rod front by Nine Rods deep; be the same more or less. The above granted premises to the said Children of Jesse F. Locke, their heirs and assigns, to have and to hold forever; subject to the conditions and limitations, and with the privileges specified in the Rules and Regulations hereto annexed. And the said Rural Cemetery Association do hereby covenant to and with the said Children of Jesse F. Locke, their heirs and assigns, that they are lawfully seized of the premises above granted, in fee simple; that they have a right to convey the same; that the same are free from encumbrances; and that they will warrant and defend the same to the said Children of Jesse F. Locke, their heirs and assigns, forever.
In Witness Whereof, The said Rural Cemetery Association have caused this instrument to be signed by their Vice-President and Treasurer, and their common Seal to be hereunto affixed, this Third day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
\[Seal]
John Sweeney, Vice-President
H. P. Smith, Treasurer.
State of New York
County of Niagara } SS:
On this third day of January A.D. 1865, before me came John Sweeney, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is Vice-President of the “Colonel John Sweeney’s Tonawanda Rural Cemetery Association,” and that he resides in the Village of Tonawanda; that he well knows the Seal attached to the foregoing instrument to be the common Seal of the said Rural Cemetery Association; that the same was attached thereto by order thereof; and that he signed the same by order of the said Association; and further deposes that the foregoing instrument is the free act and deed of the said Association. And on this same day before me came H. P. Smith, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is Treasurer of said Rural Cemetery Association, and that he signed the foregoing instrument as such Treasurer by order thereof.
J. D. Vandervoort,
Justice of the Peace for the Town of Wheatfield.
558 B 2d page
J. D. Vandervoort,
Justice of the Peace for the Town of Wheatfield.
Rules and Regulations.
I. All Lots shall be held and used as burial places for the dead, and for no
other purpose; nor shall any person be allowed to be interred therein who
shall have been executed for any crime.
II. The proprietor of each Lot shall have a right to enclose the same with a
wall not exceeding one foot in height above the surface, or with a railing
enclosing four sides; but the Trustees request that all such enclosures be
light, neat, and appropriate.
III. Proprietors shall not allow rubbish to be deposited in their Lots; nor
shall any fence, hedge, or support of any kind, or any building, be erected,
without the consent in writing of the Association first had and endorsed on
such building or enclosure.
IV. No disinterment shall be allowed, without permission being obtained at
the Office of the Association.
V. The proprietor of each Lot shall have the right to erect any proper
Monuments or sepulchral structures thereon, except that no vault shall be built
entirely or partially below ground, without permission of the Trustees of the
Association; and that all Monuments and all parts of vaults above ground shall
be of cut stone, granite, marble, or iron. The proprietor of each Lot shall also
have the right to cultivate trees, shrubs, and flowering plants in the same; but
no tree growing within the Lot or border shall be cut down or destroyed, without
the consent of the Trustees of the Association.
VI. If any trees or shrubs, situated in any Lot, shall by means of their roots,
branches, or otherwise, become detrimental to the adjacent Lots or avenues, or
unsightly, or inconvenient to the passage, it shall be the duty of the
Association, and they shall have the right to enter the said Lot and remove
the said trees and shrubs, or such parts thereof as are detrimental, unsightly,
or inconvenient.
VII. If any monument, coping, or enclosure, or any structure whatever, or any
inscription be placed in or upon any Lot which shall be determined by the
majority of the Trustees of the Association for the time being to be
offensive or improper, or injurious to the appearance of the grounds or
avenues, or injurious to the said Lots or surroundings, the President or a
majority of them shall have the right, and it shall be their duty, to enter upon
said Lot and remove the said offensive or improper object.
VIII. It shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees from time to time to cause
such avenues or walks to be made, and to make such rules and regulations for
the government of the Grounds as they may deem requisite and proper to secure
and promote the general objects of the Institution.
IX. The proprietors of Lots, and their families, shall be allowed access to the
Grounds at all times, observing the rules which are or may be adopted for
the regulation of visitors.
Recorded October 14th 1865, at 3 P.M. W. H. Wright, Clerk.
Cemetery Association Deed
Know all Men by these Presents, That the Colonel John Sweeney’s Tonawanda Rural Cemetery Association, in consideration of Forty dollars paid to them by the Children of Jesse F. Locke, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, do hereby grant, bargain, sell, and convey to the said Children of Jesse F. Locke, their heirs and assigns all of Lot Seven in the Cemetery of the said Association, called “Colonel John Sweeney’s Tonawanda Rural Cemetery,” situate in the North Village of Tonawanda, County of Niagara, in the State of New York, which Lot Seven is herein delineated and laid down upon the Register map or plan of the said Cemetery, in the possession of the said Association, and is therein designated as follows, to wit: Lot Seven in Section B. Dimensions one Rod front by Nine Rods deep; be the same more or less. The above granted premises to the said Children of Jesse F. Locke, their heirs and assigns, to have and to hold forever; subject to the conditions and limitations, and with the privileges specified in the Rules and Regulations hereto annexed. And the said Rural Cemetery Association do hereby covenant to and with the said Children of Jesse F. Locke, their heirs and assigns, that they are lawfully seized of the premises above granted, in fee simple; that they have a right to convey the same; that the same are free from encumbrances; and that they will warrant and defend the same to the said Children of Jesse F. Locke, their heirs and assigns, forever.
In Witness Whereof, The said Rural Cemetery Association have caused this instrument to be signed by their Vice-President and Treasurer, and their common Seal to be hereunto affixed, this Third day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.
\[Seal]
John Sweeney, Vice-President
H. P. Smith, Treasurer.
State of New York
County of Niagara } SS:
On this third day of January A.D. 1865, before me came John Sweeney, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is Vice-President of the “Colonel John Sweeney’s Tonawanda Rural Cemetery Association,” and that he resides in the Village of Tonawanda; that he well knows the Seal attached to the foregoing instrument to be the common Seal of the said Rural Cemetery Association; that the same was attached thereto by order thereof; and that he signed the same by order of the said Association; and further deposes that the foregoing instrument is the free act and deed of the said Association. And on this same day before me came H. P. Smith, who being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is Treasurer of said Rural Cemetery Association, and that he signed the foregoing instrument as such Treasurer by order thereof.
J. D. Vandervoort,
Justice of the Peace for the Town of Wheatfield.
558 B 2d page
J. D. Vandervoort,
Justice of the Peace for the Town of Wheatfield.
Rules and Regulations.
I. All Lots shall be held and used as burial places for the dead, and for no
other purpose; nor shall any person be allowed to be interred therein who
shall have been executed for any crime.
II. The proprietor of each Lot shall have a right to enclose the same with a
wall not exceeding one foot in height above the surface, or with a railing
enclosing four sides; but the Trustees request that all such enclosures be
light, neat, and appropriate.
III. Proprietors shall not allow rubbish to be deposited in their Lots; nor
shall any fence, hedge, or support of any kind, or any building, be erected,
without the consent in writing of the Association first had and endorsed on
such building or enclosure.
IV. No disinterment shall be allowed, without permission being obtained at
the Office of the Association.
V. The proprietor of each Lot shall have the right to erect any proper
Monuments or sepulchral structures thereon, except that no vault shall be built
entirely or partially below ground, without permission of the Trustees of the
Association; and that all Monuments and all parts of vaults above ground shall
be of cut stone, granite, marble, or iron. The proprietor of each Lot shall also
have the right to cultivate trees, shrubs, and flowering plants in the same; but
no tree growing within the Lot or border shall be cut down or destroyed, without
the consent of the Trustees of the Association.
VI. If any trees or shrubs, situated in any Lot, shall by means of their roots,
branches, or otherwise, become detrimental to the adjacent Lots or avenues, or
unsightly, or inconvenient to the passage, it shall be the duty of the
Association, and they shall have the right to enter the said Lot and remove
the said trees and shrubs, or such parts thereof as are detrimental, unsightly,
or inconvenient.
VII. If any monument, coping, or enclosure, or any structure whatever, or any
inscription be placed in or upon any Lot which shall be determined by the
majority of the Trustees of the Association for the time being to be
offensive or improper, or injurious to the appearance of the grounds or
avenues, or injurious to the said Lots or surroundings, the President or a
majority of them shall have the right, and it shall be their duty, to enter upon
said Lot and remove the said offensive or improper object.
VIII. It shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees from time to time to cause
such avenues or walks to be made, and to make such rules and regulations for
the government of the Grounds as they may deem requisite and proper to secure
and promote the general objects of the Institution.
IX. The proprietors of Lots, and their families, shall be allowed access to the
Grounds at all times, observing the rules which are or may be adopted for
the regulation of visitors.
Recorded October 14th 1865, at 3 P.M. W. H. Wright, Clerk.
Date
1865-01-03
Collection
Citation
“Locke cemetery plot deed for children, transcription (1865-01-03).jpg,” North Tonawanda History, accessed June 22, 2025, https://www.nthistory.com/items/show/4185.