The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-08-21
In the court of common
pleas of Portage county =,
Ohio.
CIVIL ACTION.
PETITION.

The defendants will TAX notice, that the plaintiff
the 2Is day ofJuy A. ID. 1856 filed IN the office ofthe
clerk OF the court common pleas otPoftasc county,
Ohio, hsamended petition against the defendants, al
lcgng that Elisha Sears in the year A. ID. lS42, made
the following division of his real property among his
children and heirs atuw, to wit: To CLANCY Sears the
plaintiff he gave and set OF the following describe d
premises, situate in thcT ownship Randolph in Por
tage county, Ohio, commencing ut the north east cor
Of lot number thirty three i'll said township, thence
running south the cast line to land heretofore deed
cd by the said Elisha Sears to Joseph Nndor, thence
westt0 Richard Markieys land on lot (3 thence moth
Oh said Markley's land TO post thence west to land
owned by Robert Alexander thence north TO the north
line Of said lot 3 thence eastto the place Of begin
ming, supposed 10 contain eighty acres Of land
To BetSey Davis, daughter, the following premises
were set oT-snate III the township Of Randolph afore
said comm cncng at the north east corner of lot NUM-
Der IS in said township, thence running south the
east line to pNsl, thence west parallel with the north
fine to the west line of said lot, thence north on the
west line the north west OF said lot. thence
east to the place obeginnng supposed to contain IS
ufiand that The said Betsey Davis died leaving
the aforesaid General Davis, Arhef Davis, CGssiGs Da-
Wis, Darwin Davis, Ce!esta Davis, her children and
heirs -at-law.
TO Marvin Sears was set off the following premises,
situate in The townships of Randolph, and Stow IN Por
tage and Summit counties, Ohio about 20 in said
township of Randolph commencing at the south west
of the piece ofand set on to the said Betsey Da-
Wis, thence runag east the southline of laua set
off to the said Betsey Davis to the centre the Highway
leading from Randolph TO Canton, thence along the
centre of the highway land heretofore deeded by the
west along the north line of the said Hannah sand 10
the line of lot 49, thence north lot line TO the place of
beginning. Also piece of land situate in said town
ship of Stow knswn being the north quarter of lot
nunber66, bounded on the west by lot line, on the
north and east by lot lines, the south by line run in
such to divide the north half of said LOT into
two equal parts.
TO Nathan Sears the following premises were set off,
situate in said township of Randolph commencing at
the south land heretofore decided by the
said Elisha Sears to the said Hannah L. Glass lot 90,
thence running south the east line to post in the
east line of number %, thence west to post in the
west line of said lot thence north to post in the west
line of said lot thence east along tue south line of said
Hannah L. Glass land to the place of beginning, sup
posed to contain II acres of land. I--
Pettonerlurther alleges thatthe said Elisha Searsgave
TO the said Lucy a. Moreian and Jason Morelan twelve
hundred dollars for their interest in said premiseswhch
has been fully paid Petitioner further alleges that the
sail Elisha Sears ddin his life time execute and delip-
to the said Hannah l.. Glass deed of the premises
set off TO her under the aforesaid arrangement The
plaintiff also states that the aforesaid parties nthe years
si3 and 1874 took possession of the aforesaid premises
as the set Otto each, under the aforesaid
arrangement in his right, and each have ever
since occupied the as his and each have put
on astingand valuable improvements said premises.
That the said Elisha Sears promised to convey the
aforesaid premises to the aforesaid parties under the
aforesaid arrangement hesame sheretofore set forth
respectively above stated but neglected so to do
until his DEATH which was In January 1885, Therefore
the paintpys that the parties be ordered decreed
to convey by deed their interest respectively in the
aforesaid premises to each In his own right above
set forth Defendants are required TO answer by the
/ 23d OF August, 1856. ~ 7eas z
NJ SAMUEL sTRAwDER, PrG. Atty.
July -, 1856, sc-cw