1956 Horry County SC Crop & Chattel Mortgage – Ella Watts – Paid # 1134

Original 1956 Horry County, South Carolina chattel and crop mortgage issued by The Davis National Bank of Mullins to Ella Watts of Route 3, Gallivants Ferry, South Carolina, for a loan of $150. Dated May 22, 1956, the loan was secured by the borrower’s 1956 farm crops and livestock, including: * Approximately 4.4 acres of tobacco * Approximately 12 acres of corn * One black horse, about eight years old and weighing approximately 1,150 pounds * One red-and-white Guernsey milk cow, about four years old and weighing approximately 700 pounds The farm is described as adjoining lands associated with W. E. Johnson, Fred Hardwick and Archie Clark. The document includes the attached original promissory note, handwritten signatures, witness and notarial entries, official Horry County filing stamps, bank cancellation markings and a 3-cent South Carolina documentary stamp. Filed in Horry County on May 28, 1956, the mortgage was later marked PAID, providing a complete record of a mid-century Southern agricultural loan. A desirable piece of South Carolina banking, farming and local-history ephemera, especially for collectors and researchers of Horry County, Gallivants Ferry, Mullins banking history and historic tobacco farming. Condition: Original vintage condition with period folds, toning, handling wear, creasing, small edge tears and bent corners. The attached note shows additional fold and edge wear. Signatures, stamps and printed text remain generally clear and readable. Please examine all photographs carefully, as they are part of the description.