The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1863-04-03
NOTICE OF INQUISITION.

Whereas Lewis T. Watson, of the city of phila-
depha, presented petition setting forth that the
said Thomas Foster, late of Highland county in the
State of Ohio, died intestate, without ever having
been married, and leaving as his heirs at law, six
brothers and sisters, TO wit: Benjamin Foster Ba-
sill Foster, John Foster, Mary link, Ia widow) Sa-
rah, intermarred with - Clancy, and Elizabeth.
intermarried with Samuel Horton; that said Jonn
Foster Is dead, leaving nine children, to wit De.
walt c. Foster, Ceroline intermarried with -
-, Newton c. Foster, Amanda NJ, intermarried
with = -, Emily lane intermarried with -
-, Israel w. Foster, Cy nthia A. Foster, John T.
Foster, and Edny +. Foster, the said Edny f. hay.
ing since died. leaving no children, that said Sarah
Chaney is also since dead, leaving six children as
follows: Levi ChaneY, Mary A. Clancy intermar-
RED with - -, Rebecca intermarried with John
Walker, Amos Z. Clancy, Richard Ch .ney and Eli.
ga Jane intermarred with Samuel Ellis.
Your petitioner further represents that the inter-
est of the said Benjamin Foster is ffy.two acres
and thirteen perches or thereabou,s of the real es-
tate hereinafter des crbed, being the one-sxtb thsra.
of, is vested in Daniel Washabaugh and DR.. George
W. Anderson, of the county of Bedford aforesaid
and that the interest of the said Benjamin in the
residue of said real estate is now vested in Samuel
I. Brown and John Scott of the borough and coun.
ty of Huntingdon, Pa, and Alexander King, James
NJ. Given and John B. Given, said county of Bad
ford. Your petitioner further represents that the
interest of the said Basil Foster, Mary link aud
Elizabeth Horton in said real estate, being three
sxths thereof, and the interest of said Dewalt C.
Foster, Israel W. Foster and Cynthia A. Foster be-
ing three-eighths of one sixth, and of Levi Clancy
Rebecca Walker, Amos f.. CLANCY and Eliza Jane
Ellis being sxhs of one-sxth OF said real es-
tate, have become by virtue of suntry eonveyances
duly transferred and vested in your petitioner.
Your petitioner further represents that as far as
can be ascertained, the said Caroline ntermarried
with - -, Newton c. Foster, Amanda NJ, in
termari led with --- Emily Jane inter married
with - -, John T. Foster, children OF said
John Foster, decd, and Mary A. intermarried with
-, and Richard Chaney, children of said Sa.
iah CLANCY, decd, all reside in slid county of High
land, in the State of Ohio aforesaid and that the
husbands of said daughters OF John Foster and Sa-
rah CLANCY are unknown to your petitioner.
Your petitioner further represents, that the said
Thomas Foster died, seized in his demesne as Of fee
of and in that certain tract of land situate, lying
and being in the township of Broad Top, in the said
county of Bedford, adjoining lands late of William
Anderson, deed, how of John Scott, A. King, Jas.
Mcguire, John B. Given and Henry S. Wharton. and
lands of Rathmell Wilson and others, containing
seventy seven acres more less, being part of
tract of land surveyed a warrant in the name Of
Mary Foster, dated October 2, 1899.
Notice is therefore hereby given, that in purss-
ance of writ of partition or valuation to me di-
rected, will proceed to hold inquisltion or va-
uation the premises, Saturday the 18th day of
April, 1868, when and where all parties interested
may attend il they see proper.
JOHN J.CESSNA, Sheriff.
Bedford, March 27, 1863.