Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-08-22
State of Ohio,
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Belmont Go.
: Belmont Com. Pleas.
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Caroline Thorburn, ct al.
VNHE Caroline Thorburn, Wild
ert Thorburn, Ellen Godfrey and John f. God
frey (her husband), Janette Richardson and
Thomas Richardson cher husband), and John
known, Alexander T. Frazier, Robert Frazier,
Mary Frazier. Hiram Frazier, and James Fra,
zier, who reside in Ohio County, in the State of
West Virginia, are hereby notified that, on the
18th day Of August, 1867, the plaintiff, David
Thorburn, filed his amended petition against
them and others in the office of the Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas within and for the
County of Belmont and State of Ohio, wherein
he demands partition of the following described
real estate, to wt I U
Township 4 and Range 2, beginning for the same
at the Northeast corner of David Pattons ,origi-
nal tract, in fractional Sec. H. at the West bank
OF the river, at station l; thence South 75o West
81 rods to Station 2; thence South 1879 West 81
rods to station B; thence South 1917 West u. a
poles TO- Station 4; thence West 202.s6 rods to
Station g. thence North West o :, p%ais rods to to
ton s. thence South Sa East 2s rods to to the
place of beginning. Containing l0l acres, rood
and poles, be the same more or less; saving
and excepting therefrom the following describ-
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
l3' West 4l3S rods THENCE South 1872 West IS 81
rods to the Eastern boundary Of the O. & p r. r.:
thence with the same North 51ao West 81 rods
tnence North ~ west 22.l2 rods to stake,
feet South of the aforesaid boundary; thence
East 69.S rods to the place of beginning. Con
tanning % acres, 3roods and "a poles be the same
more or less and lots No los and 100 in Wallace's
Addition to the town of Martinsvllle, in said
County of Belmont and State aforesaid.
Asking that the dover of Caroline Thorburn,
widow of Alexander Thorburn, deceased in the
10l tract be assigned to her in and out of the
residue OF said lOl acre tract after deducting the
% acres, roods and "a poles heretofore sold :
and that she is not entitled to dover in town
lots No. l0S and l09, And that the SAID y acre
tract and town lots aforesaid be .partitioned
among the heirs of Alexander Thorburn, decd
IN the t,t folowng prop9rtions to wit: To the
burn, Ellen Godfrey with her husband John f.
Godfrey, Bethia Jeffries with Edwin r. Jeffries
her husband, Janette Richardson with Thomas
each the one undivided eighth part thereof TO
John A. Gray, James G. Gray Ellen H. Gray,
and Sarah A. Gray, each the one undivided
thirty-second part thereof and to exclude from
Robert Frazier, Jr, Ellen Riddle and James w.
Riddle, her husband, Mary Frazier, Hiram Fra
zier, and James Frazier, children and heirs of
Marion Thorburn, intermarried with Robert
Frazier; alledging that in the lifetime of said
Marion, who is now deceased, She with her hus-
band, Robert Frazier, received at the hands of
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 her
share in said estate. 80
the next term of said Court In and for said Coun-
-ty, to be begun and held on the 18th day of No
vember, 1867. IT .. ' y
You are therefore required to appear and an
swer on the LIST day of November, A. d, 1857, or
said petition will be taken true and confessed
by you and a decree taken accordingly.
p. TALLMAN & Son, Att'ys for Plff. a
August y, lSG7-6w, 81