The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-08-28
CIVIL ACTION.
PETITION.

The defendants will take notice, thatthc plaintiff on
the 2st day of Juy, A. y. 1856, fled IN The Office The
clerk OF the court of fcommoH pleas otPoTtage county,
Ohio, hisuncnled petitnn against the defendants, al
esing that Elisha Sears in the year A. u. 1912, made
the following division of his real p-aperty among his
children and heirs law wit: TO ChHnry Sears the
plaintiff, ha gave aud set of the following described
premises situate in the Township Of isandolph in Por
tage county. Ohio, nencng at the orth east cor
of lot number thirty three i'll said township, ,tGancc
running south the east line to and heretofore deed
ed by the said Eiaa Sears to Joseph WfnIor therrc
west to Richard MAkeys land lot (3J, thence nort,
said Markiey's land to post thence to Iand
owned by Robert Alexander. thence north to the nort,
line Of said lot (3) thence east to the place Of Begin
ming, suppoScd 10 contain eighty acres land.
To Betsey Davis, daughter, III" following premises
were set o-situaen the TOW nshp of Kandolrh afore
said commencing at the north east of lot num-
Der 3S in said township, thence running south tho
east line to post thence est parallel with the north
line to the west line of s1id lot thence north on the
iue to the north west OF said lot thence
east to the pHce oftegnnhg. supposed to contain 81
of iund: that the said escy Davis died leaving
The aforesaid General Davis ArthRr Davis, Cussius D.
via, Dlrwin Davis, CeleStia Davis, her children and
haiTS.at-li
To Marvin Sears was set of the following premises
situate IN the townships Of Randolph, and Stow in Por
taGo and Summit counties Ohio. about 80 acres in said
trNh.hp Of Randolph, commencing at the south west
cu2T piece ofland set of to the said Bctsey Da
via thence ruuuig east the south line the sci
o tn said Betsey Davis TO the centre OF the highway
'r'ing from Randolph to Canton thence along the
yGHr n the highway to land heretofore dee ell hy the
ead Elisha Sears to the said Hannah l.. Glass. thence
west along the north line of tho said Hannah's lana o
the line of lot a. thence north lot line to the place o
beginning. Also piece of land situate in sail town
ship ofStow known as being the north quarter of lot
nunber66, bounded Oh the west by lot lnr, on the
north and east by lot lines, the south line run In
sucha manner to dyidethc north half of said lot into
two eq nal parts.
To Nathan Searsthe following premises were set off
situate in said township Of Randolph, commencing at
the south east Of land heretofore daeded bv tho
said Elisha Sears to the said Hannah L. Glass on lot o.
thence running south Tho east zine to n post in the
east line Of lot number 90, thence post in tho
west line of said lot thence north to post in the west
line Of said lot thence east along tho south limo of said
Hannah L. Glass land to the place Of beginning SUD.
posed tn contain n acres Of land. +-E
Pettiourriurthera ihtthe said Elisha Searsgavc
to the said L1cy A. Moreian aud jason Morcan twelve
hundred dollars for their interest in said premiscswhic
has been fully paid. Petitioner further alleges that the
sai' Elisha Sears did in his life time execute and dev
er TO the said Hannah H. Glass deed OF the premises
set H 10 her under the aforesaid arrangement. The
plaintiff lso states TINT the resad parties in the
lS43 and 1914 took possession of the aforesaid preis
as the same set of to each under the aforesaid
| arrangement In his own right. and each have ever
since occupied the his and each have pui
lasting and valuable said premises
That the said Elisha Sears promised to convey the
aforesaid premises to the aforesaid par les under the
aforesaid arrangements thesame set
respectively al owe stated but neglected so to do
until his DEATH which was in January 1856 Therefore
the plaintpys that the parties ordered or ecreed
convey by decd their interest respectivey in the
aforesaid premises to each in his own right as above
set FORTH Defendants required to answer by the
! SAMUEL sTRAwDER, Pra. Atty.
July %, 1856, So-ew