The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 43, July 1939 - April, 1940 Page: 321
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Administration of Sequestration Act of Confederacy 381
of Thirty Dollars, he being the highest bidder for the same; And
thereupon I, the said receiver, did duly report the said sale to
the said Court at the June Term, 1863, thereof: which said report
and sale were in all things approved and confirmed, and title was
ordered to be made to the purchaser upon his complying with the
terms of the Law. Now therefore, in consideration of the premises
and the payment of the purchase money aforesaid, I, John A.
Green, Receiver, as aforesaid, have bargained, and sold, and do
hereby bargain and sell, alien and convey unto the said Abner H.
Cook, and his heirs, the above described property as purchased,
together with all the rights, privileges, and immunities there-
unto belonging.
"To have and to hold unto the said Abner H. Cook, his heirs,
and assigns forever Hereby conveying all the right, title, and
interest the said Nathaniel Townsend, as an alien enemy, afore-
said, had in and to the same as I, the said Green, as Receiver,
as aforesaid, may or can of right do. In witness whereof I here-
unto set my hand and seal this the 28th day of August, A. D. 1863.
John A. Green, Receiver.
Witnesses :
A. G. Campbell
Alexr. Eanes. L. S.
Naturally, with the collapse of the Confederacy the citizens of
the United States whose property had been seized by the Con-
federate States sought to recover it. Since all personal property
had been dissipated, its recovery was problematic from the begin-
ning. Real estate, however, was tangible and permanent, and the
original owners recovered it. The recovery was made possible
under a law passed by the United States Congress July 17, 1862.
This act outlawed the Confederate States, their official actions,
and rendered all conveyances of property within them under Con-
federate Congressional action null and void."
It seems that purchasers of real estate from the receivers were
ignored in all transfers of property covering the period immedi-
ately following the war and even up to the present time. The
deed records of the various counties do not even show a transfer
from the purchaser of sequestrated real estate to the original
owner as would be expected in clearing the title of a cloud which
might have been cast upon it by the confiscation. The Federal
law of 1862 made such a transfer unnecessary."
"4Statutes-at-Large, United States XII, 590.
5sDeed Records, Travis County, Book Q, 121. Book V, 602. Deed
Records, Brown County, Book A, 27.
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