Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-04-20
DARTITION NOTICE.-To Thomas

Il Knighton. Esniee Celia Knighton. LemneI En-
sign. Austin Ensign q minor.2 and Elizabeth In
sign. Of s0athington. Trnnhull Co. ans AE.hz
Ensign, Of the Safe IS wisconsin.
Ion viii take netiss that On the l9th day 81 April
A.. D. ieSe. the uadersisned Sled q petition in tse
Court % Common Pleas OF Trrnhuil C0unty- Ohio,
where the same Is now pending. setting forth In sub
stance. that On ihe 6h day Of October. 1e34, one Abba
than Newton, Of Ct. conveyed TO EaDiee Ensign, wife
Of 1sel Ensign thirty ave acres. and her son Newton
Ensign thiIty-Sve acres, to her son WATSON Ensign
tw ealy- seven acres. 10 her son Lester q acres, and To
her son Lenael Easisa es ssrss, being the los Of land
said Newton bought OF Joshua Osborne, ard Seing in
Township No Sof the nth range Of townships in The
COnneetisut Western Eeservs, 50 cslled, in the Com
~ tf Trunhnll and State q oais, bsfns Fsyt 81 bot 1r
ming at the east end eS the above described lot ana
running ucst TO the state r1ad, running from the south
line north on the state road % SAIL 0sbeynes land. to
contain one hunlYes and 6fty asTes q land 6iEE
Jointly in common with each other whose naIsesaboys
described. to hold their nanberafzeres equally ssod-
that Afterwards, by consent Of parties, TIE said Lcices
ter Easign had his land apsrted 10 hin in he south
east corner OF said lot, ana he sold the sane 30 1ziIs
Anna Hoffman. which was conveyed BY all Of sas0
parties. but for the interest Of said IL ster, Otook the
money and invested the same in Other lTriss that az
terwaIds, tUo other parcels were sold % By saha par
ties to Jonas Hoffman, on the east sidcb By netes ana
bounds. TO the amount Of 81 acres, and acre. in Ne
centre near the state road was sold OF 70 Thomas
Knighton, leaving SO acres to be held in common, fhzS
the amount sold Oh was to be taken on OF the fysrc
naming shares pro rata, leaving to Eu1ice . 4s-Dss
acres. Newton % a. zoe acres, Watson l5 $500 acres
and Lemuel IL 1870 acres, in all e2 acres Ct land /;
that Lester intestate died in ls45, leaving Amelia I'm
sign his only heir; that Newton died Jsn'y. 8, le5O,
intestate and without issue. leaving Abigail HoughtOn,
Emma o. Knigh,on, Lemuel Ensign, Watson Ensign
AID Amelia Ensign. his only heirs ut law; that Euniee
Ensign died Jan'y- Z. ie5I, intsstate. leaving the fore
going parties as her only heirs in Law that on the
3lst day Of Jan'y. lS53. Watson Ensign quit claimel
to Celia Kingdom all his interest in said land. which
he had as heir a-lay of the said Eunice: that on the
9Th day Of June, is53. he conveyed to Themes knigh-
ton all the interest in said lend, except one acre vhieh
he reserved thereof. which snti;led said knighton to
hoid all the orivinnl interest OF said Wasso2, and All
he acquired as heir Of his brother Newton: that said
Watson died On the - day Of June, lo9s. leaving
Elizabeth Ensign hi, widow, aud Austin Ensign, his
only child and heir; that The heir OF said Watson Is
entitled to hold one acre: said Lempel " tslcp ac-ts-
and Thomas Knighton l6 sc 100 acres OF the original
conveyance out Of the s2 acres remaining; and that
out Of the residue &c 6-I00 acres the said Abigail
Houyhton is entitled to hold in severalty 2 10. the said
Eunice C. Knishton $40, the said Thomas knighton
J. 10, the said Lsmuel Ensign 2-lO, and the said A1lelis
Ensign g 10: ard the undersigned demands partition
Of the said premises in the psrts and proportions afcre-
said, or sale OF the same. with prayer accordingly
AT the next term of szid Court, an application will
he III ade by the undersigned. for an order tina. parti-
ton may be be made as prayed for. OF said premises.
ABIGAIL H0UGHrON,
AL0NZ0 HOUGHT0N.
Anil On n 6-U. 4 II Axpup ANY