Deeds – The Tinicum Township Historical Society of Delaware County

Most of the Deeds below are available in three sizes full, medium and small. You can choose any of them based on what you want to do with the Deed. The small size is good to get a look at some of the detail and will load quickly. They are usually under a megabyte in size. Most of the Medium size Deeds will load in the web page and will show much more detail. Some of them will only offer the option of downloading them to your device. The full size will need to be downloaded to your device but will have much more detail. These range in sizes of 10s of megabytes to 100s of megabytes. Since most deeds are written on both sides, we will have both sides of the deed for viewing. Have fun viewing our Deed collection. The originals are available for viewing by appointment.

This deed is on long term loan to us from David G. Hein from Billings, Montana in memory of his parents Richard Earl Hein (1919-2012) and Frances Glockler Hein (1923-2013)

The first and oldest deed we have is from 1725 and it is also the last time that Tinicum Island was all owned by one person, Israel Taylor. In this deed he split up the land in three portions one part for each of his three sons. His daughter was not given land but was willed money.

1725 Deed Front Full Size 24.3m

1725 Deed Front Medium Size 6.8m

1725 Deed Front Small Size 1.8m

1725 Deed Back Full Size 21m

1725 Deed Back Medium Size 5.8m

1725 Deed Back Small Size 1.5m

This deed was given to Tinicum Township by the Interboro School District where it was displayed for many years.

1769 Deed Front Full Size 25.5m

1769 Deed Front Medium Size 7.2m

1769 Deed Front Small Size 2m

1769 Deed Back Full Size 23.8m

1769 Deed Back Medium Size 6.2m

1769 Deed Back Small Size 1.6m

1769 Deed Plot Locations

1769 Deed Provenance Letter

1769 Deed Other Information

This deed is interesting in that it gives access to the Delaware River for landing of boats. The location picture is approximate because the deed is from 1791, but the map is from the late 1800s. William Bingham owned about half a dozen parcels in this region of Tinicum

1791 Deed Front Full Size 14.5m

1791 Deed Front Medium Size 5m

1791 Deed Front Small Size 1.6m

1791 Deed Back Full Size 16.8m

1791 Deed Back Medium Size 4m

1791 Deed Back Small Size 1m

1791 Deed Location

This is the deed for the Lazaretto itself when Philadelphia Board of Health bought it off of the Smith family in 1799

1799 Deed Front Full Size 24.41m

1799 Deed Front Medium Size 10.1m

1799 Deed Front Small Size 3.3m

1799 Deed Back Full Size 19.6m

1799 Deed Back Medium Size 7.9m

1799 Deed Back Small Size 2.4m

Partially printed Real Estate Indenture from Philadelphia dated February 27th 1810 between John Mullowny and William Poyntell for renting property “situate at the South East Corner of High Street and Schuylkill Sixth Street in the City of Phildelphia”. Captain, Mullowny then Commanded the 24-gun Ship “USS Ganges.” In August 1800 off Cuba, Mullowny, while in command of the Ganges, captured two U.S. owned Slave Ships, containing a total of 135 African men, women, and children, almost all were entirely naked, in violation of Federal law prohibiting American vessels from engaging in the Slave Trade. Mullowny escorted the Slave Ships to Philadelphia and unloaded them at the Lazaretto,

1810 John Mullowny Rental Agreement Front Full Size 16.6m

1810 John Mullowny Rental Agreement Front Medium Size 5.3m

1810 John Mullowny Rental Agreement Front Small Size 1.6m

1810 John Mullowny Rental Agreement Back Full Size 14.6m

1810 John Mullowny Rental Agreement Back Medium Size 4m

1810 John Mullowny Rental Agreement Back Small Size 1m

1810 John Mullowny Rental Agreement Documentation

Even though this deed is just over the border between Tinicum and Philadelphia it does have some interesting language about the use of properties along Bow Creek and access to the Delaware River.

1856 Deed Front Full Size 38.6m

1856 Deed Front Medium Size 11.3m

1856 Deed Front Small Size 3.2m

1856 Deed Back Full Size 37.6m

1856 Deed Back Medium Size 10.6m

1856 Deed Back Small Size 2.5m

1856 Deed Location

This deed is for two parcels of land on the 200 block of Pontiac Street in Lester back in 1888. Back then there were just a few houses in Lester. In addition to the Deed there is also a Settlement Certificate and Title Insurance document

1888 Deed Front Full Size 19.5m

1888 Deed Front Medium Size 5.5m

1888 Deed Front Small Size 1.4m