Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1860-05-31
Probate Court Petition
to sell land.


ot al She ns'ao Az, Vi JUN Probate Court Petition
to sell land.
w. c. Mcdowell, ct. al.
r5NO Mrs. Harriet Burts a resident of the State
l. of Illinois, Samuel Mcdowell resident of
the Stateof Illinois, Mrs. Mary Dawson and Josh
ua Dawson, her husband, resident of the State of
Illinois, Mrs Nancy Doran resident of the State
of New York, Mrs. Harriet Williams resident
of the State of Kentucky, William Doughty res
ident OF the State of illinois, Mrs. Elizabeth Wind
sor resident ofthe State of Kentucky, Mrs. Re-
becca Miller and J. l.. Miller, her husband, and
residents of the State of Indiana, Andrew Nc
Dowell, and brother and sister of Andrew Nc
Dowell whose names are unknown, and the resi-
dence of all three of whom is unknown, heirs and
legal representatives of John Mcdowell, deceased.
You are hereby informed that on t"e 29th day
of May, A. ID. 1860 said Administrative filed her
petition in the Probate Court of Holmes County,
Ohio, the object and prayer of which petition is to
obtain an order on the 23d day of July, A. d.
1860, upon which day said petition will be for
hearing for the sale of the following real estate.
of which the said John Mcdowell died seized to-
pay the debts of deceased, to wit: The north part
of otnumber seven in the third quarter township,
township number nine, of rage number seven, III
the United States Military District situated in
Holmes county, Ohio; and bounded and described
as follows, to-wit; beginning at the west line of
said lot within forty pearches of the south east
ner of said lot thence running north along said
line 10 the north west of said lot one hun
dred and twenty perches, more or less, thence
running on the north line of said lot to the north
east corner thence on the line running south forty
perches or within one hundred and twenty perches
or the south east of said lot thence running
direct line to the place OF beginning, estimated
To contain seventy-nine and thirty hundredth acers
of land, more or less, except ten acers off of the
east end of the north half lot number in the
third quarter townshptownship number nine range
number seven, commencing at the south east cor
ner OF said half lot cunning from thence north three
iourths OF a degree, east forty perches, thence
north eighty.nine and he.four h degrees, west
| thirty two perches, eight and one fourth links,
thehce south three fourths of degree, west fifty
nine perches, thence north fifty nine and one half
degrees, east thirty y'seven perches and eleven
links TO the place ofbeginning containing ten acers
leaving the residue of sixty-nine acers and thirty
hundredths of an acre, subject to the dover estate
of Lydia Mcdowell, widow of the said John Nc
Dowell, dee, which has been assigned TO her in
the premises by metes and bounds as follows, to-
wit: commencing at the northwest corner of the
above described lot, thence south eighty eight de-
grees, forty minutes, east with the north line of
said lot twentysix chains and sixty. links to
a stake, thence south one degree and twenty
minutes, west seven chains and fifty links, thence
north eighty-eight degrees and forty minutes,
west twenty-six chains, sixty-se links, thence
north one degree twenty minutes, east seven
chains, fifty links to the place Of beginning, con-
tanning twenty acers.
LYDIA MCDOWELL,
Admx. of John Mcdowell, dec.
May 30, lS6O.-nl5w5.