Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-09-05
State of Ohio, Belmont Co.
, Belmont Com. Pleas.
David Thorburu

DAVID 1nOrDurn
Caroline Thorburn, eft all
rTNHE DEFENDANTS, Caroline Thorburn, Wild
Il ow of Alexander Thorburn, deceased, Rob
ert Thorburn, Ellen Godfrey and John l.. God
frey (her husband), Janette Richardson and
Thomas Richardson ther husband and John
Thorburn, who reside in the State of Illinois,
Alexander Thorburn, whose residence is un
known, Alexander I. Frazier, Robert Frazier,
zier, who reside in Ohio County in the State of
West Virginia, are hereby notified that, on the
10th day of August, 1867, the plaintiff, David
Thorburn, filed his amended petition against
them and others i'll the Office of the Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas with and for the
County of Belmont and State of Ohio, wherein
he dnmands nortition of the fol lIowinr described
real estate, TO W.T.:
Being part of fractional Sections II and 20,
Township and Range .. beginning for the same
at the Northeast corner OF David latton's orgi-
nal tract, III fractional sec. II, at the West bank
OF the river at Station /; thence South 10 West
81 rods to Station q thence South l9I2o West 81
rods to Station 3; thence South 1917 West l2.4i
poles to thence 20 West Vest 2SS ~ rods rods TO
Station 6; thence North ga West "A rods to
station I; thence North s4o East Isl rods to sta
place of beginning. Containing lOl acres, rood
and poles, be the same more or less; saving
ed piece or parcel of the above described tract
Beginning for the same feet South from the
Northeast corner of said premises, on the bank
OF the Ohio river; thence down the river South
l3o West il.5s rods thence South 1919 West 1854
rods to the line of John Patton; thence West IL
then thence @ With the same North 80 West 81 rods
thence North 40 West 22.I2 rods to stake, Z
feet South of the aforesaid boundary; thence
East d9.S rods to the place OF beginning. Con-
tanning % acres, 3 roodS and3i poles, be the same
more less, and lots No. lnSand 100 IN Wallace's
Addition to the town of Martinsville, in said
County of Belmont and state aforesaid.
Asking that the dover of Caroline Thorburn
widow of Alexander Thorburn, deceased, in the
lOl acre tract be assigned to her in and out of the
residue OF said l0l acre tract after deducting the
% acres, roods and "a poles heretofore sold
and that she is not entitled to dover in town
lots No. l08 and 100. And that the SAID u acre
tract and town lots aforesaid be partit1oned
among the heirs of Alexander Thorburn, decd
IN taa RTbaF M lT
burn, Ellen Godfrey with her husband John +.
Godfrey, Bethia Jeiiries with Edwin t. Je1ries
her husband, Janette Richardson with Thomas
Richardson her husband, and John Thorburn
each the one undivided eighth part thereof To
John a. Gray, James o. Gray, Ellen II; Gray Gray
thirty-second part thereof, and to exclude from
any part or share therein, AlexanderT. Frazier
Robert Frazier J Ellen dde Fra1or and flames
zier, and James Frazier, children and heirs OF
Marion Thorburn, intermarried with Robert
Frazier; aledging that in the lifetime of said
Marion, who Is now deceased, she, with her hus'
band Robert Frazier, received at the hands o
Alexander Thorburn, deceased, her father, the
one-half of the "hill farm" commonly called
| the Dewey farm and adjoining lands of Joseph
Caldwell situate in Ohio County, West virginia
in full satisfaction of all her claim to the estate
of Alexander Thorburn, deceased, and that the
same was her full share and proportion OF hei
share i'm said estate. -.
the next term of said Court in and for said Coun'
ty, 10 be begun and held on the llth day OF No
yember, 1867. -,
swer on the lst day Of November A. d. 1867, oil
snid petition will be taken true and confessed
by you and decree takfn SGTTTnglY MfTEa ETY Clerk
p. TALLNAN a SOY, Att'ys for PHI.
August q, iSs7-ew