Documents & Ephemera · Item #227447435483
1959 Horry County SC Chattel Crop Mortgage Davis Bank F.G. Watts # 1159
Documents & Ephemera

1959 Horry County SC Chattel Crop Mortgage Davis Bank F.G. Watts # 1159

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Item number227447435483
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Item description

Original 1959 Horry County, South Carolina chattel and crop mortgage with attached promissory note issued through The Davis National Bank of Mullins. The document records a $125 agricultural loan signed by F. G. Watts. The collateral securing the loan included four acres of tobacco, ten acres of corn, an 11-year-old black horse weighing approximately 1,150 pounds, and a 6-year-old red Jersey milk cow weighing approximately 800 pounds. The mortgage references farmland adjoining property associated with W. E. Johnson, Fred Hardwick and Archie Clark. It was filed with the Horry County Clerk of Court on January 29, 1959, and the attached bank note was due September 15, 1959. Includes original handwritten signatures, bank and county recording stamps, document numbers and raised embossed seals. An interesting piece of South Carolina agricultural, banking and local history suitable for collectors of vintage farm documents, Horry County memorabilia, Davis National Bank ephemera or Watts family genealogy. Condition: Original vintage condition with storage folds, creasing, toning, minor spotting, edge wear, staple holes and general age-related handling. The writing, stamps and printed information remain readable. Please examine all photographs carefully, as they are part of the description. Sold as an original historical document, exactly as shown.