Abstract of title and certificate of search as to … portion of 50 Vara lot No. 3 of Block 212, Western Addition, 1884

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Summary

Creators:
Simpson & Millar (San Francisco, Calif.)
Abstract:
Extent:
1 volume
Language:
Preferred citation:

Abstract of title and certificate of search as to … portion of 50 Vara lot No. 3 of Block 212, Western Addition . San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco History Center

Background

Scope and content:

Volume begins with a description of lands and a map, followed by an index; handwritten abstract comprises 247 numbered pages. Volume includes the Haye [Hayes] Title, pages 7-46; the Hill Title, pages 47-236, with map Seventh St. south of McAllister Str. on p. 82, and a Continuation, pages 237-247, followed by one unnumbered page titled Revised, followed then by one page titled Taxes (for 1884.) The earliest document in the abstract is the deed dated May 10, 1850, of 640 acres, from Fernando Marchena to John K. Moore, page 19, and the latest is a record of Taxes owed by Lizzie C. Lefavor and Frederick H. Lefavor, dated November 5, 1884, on the last page of the volume.

Biographical / historical:

Simpson & Millar were successors to C. V. Gillespie, San Francisco’s pioneer searcher of records. Thomas Hayes owned much land in the Western Addition, and Hayes Valley is named for him. New Hampshire native John P. Hill was a San Francisco merchant and former bookseller. Fernando Marchena came to San Francisco in 1842, and since 1844 had claimed title to one square league of land in San Francisco, supposedly a grant from Governor Micheltorena. After selling off portions, including those deeded to John K. Moore, Marchena was dispossessed of the land, but sued to have title re-established; his case languished, and was not pursued after his death. John K. Moore came to California from New York state in 1850 and worked as a carpenter until 1891, but for years was engaged in legal battles concerning the immense property he had purchased from Marchena. Frederick H. Lefavor was master of the U.S. SS McArthur. The property was deeded from Lefavor to Farrell McMorry in June 1884. It later became the site of the McMorry-Lagan House, a San Francisco city landmark.

Acquisition information:
Gift.

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the City Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.

Preferred citation:

Abstract of title and certificate of search as to … portion of 50 Vara lot No. 3 of Block 212, Western Addition . San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco History Center

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San Francisco Public Library
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San Francisco, CA 94102, US
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