Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-03-27
~dBEM0CE.

A r a term Of the Nicholson Court of Pleas for
IA the State of Pennsylvania" convened in the
Borough of Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 90, A. ID. lsil,
in pursuance of an act entitled IAN act TO settle the
| estates of John Nicholson and Peter Baynon,"
passed April 9th, A. ID. 1910. Upon the petition
presented and filed in our court by Robert Orr,
John DUNCAN and William Primrose Esqs., Com
mission ers appointed as provided in the act aore-
| said-reptesenting "that whereas il appears from
the records in the Office Of The Secretary Of the Land
Office in Pennsy ylvania that William 4. Brady ar-
piled for and took out Of the Land Office aforesaid,
fifteen warrants, all bearing date Nov. lS 1913 IN
| the name Of John Bready, Thomas Hamilton, VIII
liam p. Bready, John Boyd, William Wilson, Ben
| jamin +. Young, William Gray, William Cook,
Esq, John Cowden, Bernard Huh,y, Thomas
| G ant, Alexander Hunter Samuel Scott, James
| Hepburn, John Carson and also the five follow
| ing warrants, all hearing date March IA, l79l, IN
The names of Thomas Reese, Thomas Grant, Sam
uol Scott, Thomas Hamilton jeremiah Jackson, for
! four bundled acres each, adjoining each wher IT,
their programme order, returned in Northumberland
County as described and forth in the certificates
annexed to said petition, nrmhered 1881 ;-and
whereas it apI ears by receipt in the office Of the
Secretary of the Land Office, aforesaid dated June
. 1894, certificate whereof is also 10 said petition
exed, that William 7. Brady paid into the Land
| Office aforesaid G20O in specie for sad twenty
tracts, amounting in all TO SaC0 acres, together
with Gl0 office fees and whereas it also appears
by the certificates Of the said William p, B,ady.
legally EXECUTED end ncknoH lodged, bearing date
August l3, 1888, the same whereof is annexed to
lhe pe;ilion, that the twenty warrants ah We men
toned were all paid by the said William y. Brady,
es the agent Of and for The and benefit of John
Nicholson Esd, for the sole and benefit Of said
Nicholson, and was paid for With money placed III
his hands for that purpose, although from the books
in said Land Office, ii appears that SAID Iiiam +.
Brady received credit for the purchase money OF SAID
warrants. The petitioners further represent, that
! the said William p. Brady, the witness which the
petitioners have for proof Of the facts stated IN the
above bill is now very aged and nfrm, the petition
ers therefore pray the Court that a rule may he
granted before said Court 10 take The testimony OF
the sail William 7. Brady, now OF the county OF
Indiana and sete of Pennsylv lvania, touching the
aforesaid twenty tracts Of land, on due notice there
of to all persons interested, that the same VIII be
entered Of record in said court at Harrisburg, and
perpeluacd agreeahly to the direction OF the Con-
siituton Of this Commonwealth, and the acts OF
A'semly in such case made and provided, aud to
make such further rules and orders herein TO the
Court shall seem Just aud proper, &c.
Whoreupon January 20, ls4l, the foregoing Pc
tition being read in open Colit and the ,sidence
OF the persons interested the lands therein men,
toned no. being known the Court order and direct
, that a rule be en6fed to all paries OF persons ne.
rested in said lands to shew cause before this conr
10 be held at Harrisburg on the second Moudly o.
April next Why The testimony shall moi then ant
there be perpeua,ed applied for in said petition
and the court further order that cory of the sait
rule and order be published in one daily newspape
= in the city Of Philad;phia, one day in each week
# for six weeks successfully, and once week for h
:, same period n weekly newspaper printed in Nor
o humberland County, (wheFe the land ies,) prio
+ to the said second Monday in April rext
IS Witness the Hon. Joseph B. Anthony, Judge O
st our said Court at the borough Of Harrisburg
this twentieth day of January, A. ID. one thou
saRd eight hundred and forty -one.
:, lap, 30--ow II. G. HICKOk, Clerk,