Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-03-06

"A i n term oil the IN icholson Court OF Ple1s ior
IA the State of Pennsylvania" convened in the
Borough of Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 20, A. ID. lSil,
in pursuance of an act entitled can act to settle the
estates of John Nicholson and Peter Baynton,"
passed April 10Th, A. ID. 1910. Upon the petition
presented and filed in our court by Robert Orr,
John DUNCAN and William Primrose Esqs Com.
missioners appointed provided in the act sfore.
said-representing "that whereas it appears from
the records in the office ofhc Secretary Of the Land
Office in Pennsylvania, that William p. Brady ap-
piled for, and took out of the Land Office aforesaid
fifteen warrants, all bearing date Nov. lS 1893, in
the name Of John BIeady, Thomas Hamilton, VIII
liam p. Bready, John Boyd, William Wilson, Ben
jamn F. Young, William Gray, William Cook,
Esq John Covden, Bernard Hubloy, Thomas
Grant, Alexander Hunter, Samuel Scott James
Hepburn, John Carson and also the five follow
ing warrants, all Tearing date March IA, 1884, in
! the names of Thomas Reese, Thomas Grant, sam
uel Scott, Thomas Hamilton. jeremiah Jackson, for
four hundred acres each, adjoining each other in
| their programme order, returned in Northumberland
County, described and set forth in the certificates
annex xed to said petition, Numbered l27Sl and
whereas il appears by receipt in the office of the
Secretary of the Land Office, aforesaid, dated June
2, 1894, certificate whereof is also to SAID petition
annexed, that William p. Brady paid into the Land
Office aforesaid 420O in specie, for sad twenty
tracts, amounting in oil TO 5000 acres, together
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by the certificates of the said William p. Brady,
legally executed and acknow ledgcd, bearing date
| August l3, 1898, the same whereof is annexed to
the petition, that the twenty warrants above men
toned were all paid by the said William p. Brady,
as the agent of, and for the use and benefit of John
Nicholson Esq, for the sole and benefit of said
| Nicholson, and paid for with money placed in
his hands for that purpose although from the books
| in said Land Office, il appears that said William p
Brady received credit for the purchase money of said
warrants. The petitioners further represent, that
The said w liam p. Brady, the witness which the
petitioners have for proof of the facts stated in the
| above BILL is very aged and inirm, the petition.
ers therefore pray the Court that rule may he
granted before said Court To take ihe testimony OF
the sail William p. Brady, now of the county OF
Indiana, and state of Pennsy lyana, touching the
aforesaid twenty tracts Of land due notice there
Of to all persons interested, that the same Will bC
entered of record in said court at Harrisburg, and
perpetua,ed agreeaby to the direction of the Con
stituton Of this Commonwealth and the acts o
Assemly IN such case made and provided, and 4
make such further rules aud orders herein to til,
Court shall seem just and proper, &c.
Whereupon, January 20, ls4l the foregoing pc
tition being read in open CoUt, and the residence
Of the persons interested In the lands therein men
toned not being known, the Court order and drec
that rule be entered TO all parties or persons in,e
rested in said lands, TO shew before this cour
to be held at Harrisburg on the second Monday o
e Apri next, why the testimony shall moi then an
there be perpetuated applied for in said petition
and the court further order that copy of the sal
1 rule and order be published in one daily newspape
: in the city Of Philadelphia, one day in each weet
i for six weeks successfully ard once week for III
I, same period in a weekly newspaper printed in MOI
a thumberland County, (wheTe the land ies,) priC
d to the said second Monday in April ext
J. Witness the Hon. Joseph b, Anthony, Judge
I, our said Court at the borough 81 HaTrishur
this twentieth day OF January, A. ID. one tho'
sand eight hundred and forty.onc.
Jan. Sow ii, c. HlCKOK, Clerk,