 from 1821 — a great genealogical find if you're tracing the Salisbury or Stafford/Avery families.
Full transcription:
By virtue of an execution, to me directed and delivered against William Salisbury, Cummins Salisbury, and Silas Salisbury, I shall sell at publick vendue, at Nehemiah Wing's inn, in Greenfield, on the 31st day of October next, at one o'clock P.M. all the right and title of Cummins Salisbury to a lot of land, situate in the town of Saratoga Springs, and bounded as follows, viz. on the north and east by the lands of the widow Stafford and Amos Stafford; on the south by the lands of Benjamin Avery; and on the west by the lands of Samuel Stafford — containing 130 acres, more or less. — Dated Sept. 17, 1821.
JOHN DUNNING, late Sheriff.
POTTER JOHNSON, Deputy. 18 6w
What it means, genealogically:
"Execution" here is a legal term — a court order to seize and sell a debtor's property to satisfy a judgment (i.e., someone won a lawsuit against these three men and the court authorized the sheriff to sell their assets to pay the debt). This is not a criminal execution.
William, Cummins, and Silas Salisbury were jointly named in a debt judgment. Only Cummins Salisbury's interest in this particular parcel is being sold — suggesting the three may have held property jointly or been co-signers/co-defendants on a bond or note.
"Publick vendue" = a public auction.
Nehemiah Wing's inn, in Greenfield — taverns and inns were the standard venue for these sales; this tells you Greenfield (likely Greenfield, Saratoga County, NY, given the Saratoga Springs land) is where the auction physically took place, even though the land itself was in Saratoga Springs.
The land: 130 acres in Saratoga Springs, bounded by lands of the widow Stafford, Amos Stafford, Benjamin Avery, and Samuel Stafford — these four neighboring names are gold for cluster/FAN research (Friends, Associates, Neighbors), since they were likely relatives, in-laws, or long-term associates of the Salisburys.
John Dunning, "late Sheriff" and Potter Johnson, Deputy — Dunning had apparently just left or was leaving office (hence "late"), with Johnson carrying out the sale as deputy.
"18 6w" at the end is a typesetting notation — it ran for 6 weeks starting around the 18th (of some month), standard for legal notices requiring public posting over time.){kind=small}
Is this him?
There is a Silas Salisbury (related to the Silas in the land transactions with Cummings?) in Corinth, Saratoga, New York in 1840 Census
male under 5 - 0
male 5-10 - 1
male 10-15 - 1
male 15-20 - 0
male 20-30 - 0
male 30-40 - 3
male 40-50 - 0
male 50-60 - 1
male 60-70 - 0
male 70-80 - 0
male 80-90 - 0
male 90-100 - 0
male 100+ - 0
female under 5 - 0
female 5-10 - 1
female 10-15 - 1
female 15-20 - 2
female 20-30 - 0
female 30-40 - 0
female 40-50 - 1
female 50-60 - 0
female 60-70 - 0
female 70-80 - 0
female 80-90 - 0
female 90-100 - 0
female 100+ - 0
Look at that male age 50–60.
If that male is Silas himself, he was born approximately 1780–1790.
And that would make him:
about 20–30 in 1810
about 30–40 in 1820
about 40–50 in 1830
about 50–60 in 1840
That is a very interesting chronological fit.
It means the 1840 Silas could potentially be the same man as the 16–25-year-old male living with William Salisbury in 1810.
male under 5 - 0
male 5-10 - 1
male 10-15 - 1
male 15-20 - 0
male 20-30 - 0
male 30-40 - 3
male 40-50 - 0
male 50-60 - 1
male 60-70 - 0
male 70-80 - 0
male 80-90 - 0
male 90-100 - 0
male 100+ - 0
female under 5 - 0
female 5-10 - 1
female 10-15 - 1
female 15-20 - 2
female 20-30 - 0
female 30-40 - 0
female 40-50 - 1
female 50-60 - 0
female 60-70 - 0
female 70-80 - 0
female 80-90 - 0
female 90-100 - 0
female 100+ - 0
Look at that male age 50–60.
If that male is Silas himself, he was born approximately 1780–1790.
And that would make him:
about 20–30 in 1810
about 30–40 in 1820
about 40–50 in 1830
about 50–60 in 1840
That is a very interesting chronological fit.
It means the 1840 Silas could potentially be the same man as the 16–25-year-old male living with William Salisbury in 1810.
Source / record details
1840 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data
1840 Census Ancestry (U.S.)
Exploring the U.S. Census: Your Guide to America’s Data
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