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James McFarling, Declaration of Homestead, 3 August 1887,
Napa County, CA Homestead Book B:93.
Know All Men by These Presents; That I James McFarling of the
County of Napa and State of California do hereby certify and declare
that I am married, and that I do now reside with my Family on the
lots of land and premises Situate in the said County of Napa and
State of California, bounded and described as follows, Commencing at
the Middle of Napa River where the Easterly line of E.M. Yorks land
crosses said River running thence in a northerly direction along said
line to the lands of Charles Krug; thence in a westerly direction
along the line of said Krugs land to within one rod of the corner of
John Gillams land; thence in a southerly direction and parallel with
said Gillams line to the middle of Napa River; thence down the middle
of said River to the place of beginning containing thirty (30) acres
more or less - Being the same tract of land conveyed to said James
McFarling by E.M. York & wife by Deed dated Decr 19th 1862, also
that other tract of land lying adjoining the above tract and
described as follows, to wit: Commencing at a stake at the most
northerly corner of the above described tract; thence N. 34 1/2
degrees E. 6.38 chains to a Stake on the hill from which a black oak
bears south Easterly 1.??? links distant; thence south Easterly to a
Stake on a point in the Bale grant line and surveyed by C.C. Tracy,
where the South Easterly line of the above tract, would if extended
Easterly, strike said point in said Bale Grant line, from which stake
a manzanita tree 18 inches in Diameter bears N. 14 degrees W. 17
links distant; thence S. 34 1/2 degrees W. 15.9 chains to a State on
the N.E. corner of the above tract thence along the north Easterly
line of said tract to the place of beginning, containing fifteen 15
acres more or less. And that it is my intention to use and claim the
said lot of land and premises together with the dwelling-house
thereon, and its appurtenances, as a Homestead and I do hereby select
and claim the same as a Homestead, under the provisions of an Act of
the Legislature of the State of California, entitled "An Act to amend
An Act to Exempt the Homestead and other property from forced sale in
certain cases passed April twenty-first, one Thousand Eight hundred
and fifty-one, approved April 28th 1860," and of the several Acts
amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto. In Witness Whereof, I
have hereunto set my hand and seal this third (3rd) day of August one
Thousand Eight hundred and seventy two (1872). James McFarling
(seal)
State of California
County of Napa On this third (3d) day of August A.D. one thousand
Eight hundred and seventy-two before me David McClure, a notary
Public, in and for said Napa County, duly commissioned and sworn
personally appeared the within named James McFarling whose name is
subscribed to the annexed Instrument, as a party thereto, personally
known to me to be the individual described in and who Executed the
said annexed Instrument and said James McFarling acknowledged to me
that he Executed the same freely and voluntarily, and for the uses
and purposes therein mentioned.
(seal) In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Official Seal the day and year in this Certificate last above written.
David McClure
Notary Public
A true copy of an original recorded at request of James McFarling August 3d, A.D. 1872 at 40 mins past 10 o'clock A.M.
L.M. Corwin
Co Recorder
Copies of the following Napa County Deeds are in packet
folders:
19 December 1862, E.M. York and Wife to James McFarling, 36 acres,
$900, DB K:33.
1 February 1871, Charles Krug and wife, Caroline, to James
McFarling, 15 acres adjacent to that he bought from York, $200, DB
P:425.
29 October 1890, John W. McFarling to Eva R. McFarling, 30 acres
conveyed by York to James McFarling, and 15 acres adjoining Bale
Grant line [from Krug], $100, refers to an indenture dated Winter day
of February 1883, DB 33:277, DB 47:253.
29 October 1890, Eva R. McFarling to John W. McFarling, 30 plus 15
acres described above, DB 47:254.
1 November 1897, Johnson H. McFarling and Alice, his wife, and
John W. McFarling and Josephine, his wife, to Mrs. Carrie L.
Alexander, $100, 46.3 acres, DB 62:96.
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