Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-11-10
LEGAL NOTICE.

Il AMES Elk, JR, whose residence Ol
| - Whereabouts is unknown, will take noticC
that Chandler w. Carroll, administrator with
will annexed, of james Weir, deceased, on the
i 5 day of November, A. ID. 1881, fled his
petition in the Probate Court, within and ful
the county Of Belmont and State of Ohio,
alleging that the personal estate of said dece-
dent is insufficient TO pay his debts and the
charges of administering his estate; that said
decedent died seized in fee simple of fhe fol-
lowing described real estate, situate in said
county and state, to>wit:
Being part of section 10, township and
range 1, In the Steubenville land district, be-
ginning foI the same at a white oak tree 10
inches IN diameter, corner to William Boggs,
on the north boundary of said section; thence
south 2O4 perches to post near sugar tree
and beech. each inches in diameter, in
| David McWilham's line; thence north 70o west
| % perches to post near a marked ash and
black locust; thence north 6l5e Sest &C.
perches to sugar tree in BOggs' line; thence
10. th l3.413S perches to post; thence north
| 7O4' west 434 perches to post standing in
tie west boundary OF said section; thence
\ north 12l4 perches to a post the northwest
corner of said section; thence east 100 perches
to the place of beginning, containing 166
acres, roods, more or less-being the sarse
James Weir, by deed dated June 9th, 1888,
and recorded in volume X, page ia of rec
ord of deeds of Belmont county, Ohio. E5-
cepti7eg from the above described premises the
following described tract of land, conveyed
by James Weir and wife to Joseph Iddings,
| by deed dated Nov. 4, 1874, and recorded in
volume "a, page AL of record of deeds of
Belmont county, Ohio, to-wit: Situate in the
township of Richland, county of Belmont and
state of Ohio snd known as part of land
formerly owned by John Mitchell, lying and
being in the northwestern part OF section 10,
township z and range 4, beginning for the
same at small wild cherry sapling standing
on the north boundary line of said section at
point Is rods east of the northwest corner
of said section; thence west rs rods to the
said northwest corner to stone planted;
thence south with the western boundary line
of said section 122 rods to Parks corner:
thence south 10 east with the line between
Weir and Parks A rods to stake near beech
tree; thence south with Parks line Is. Z rods
to corner between Weir and Joseph Woods
mansee; thence south 80 east with the line
between Weir and v oodmansee Al rods 10 Il
stale; thence north 1904 rods TO the place of
beginning, containing 70 acres, rod and u
perches.
in said county and state and in section 4,
township and range 4, and being part of a
tract OF land formerly owned by Col. George
Paul, deceased, beginning al a stake 3 rods
north of the southwest corner of five-acIe
lot of land formerly owned by Mahlon Smith,
from which southwest corner of said Smith
lot large white oak tree bears north S79
west 6 rods and 18 links, ard a large oak
stump bears south % east rods and 81 Inks
thence from said stake rods north OF said
southwest corner CT said Smiths lot north
34.50 poles to gate post near the northwest
corner of said Smiths lot; thence west II
links; thence north 6 poles to stake in the
road; thence south 75o west 1868 poles to a
stake in the south boundary line of the COM
mons of the town of st. Clairsville and east
Of Sugar street; thence with the south boun-
dairy line of the south commons aforesaid
south 719e west 33 poles to stake on the
west side of a county road south of the SOUTH
west corner of said Sugar street; thence with
the west side of said county road southwordly
26. Al poles to a stake standing 2. "a poles west
of large locust tree standing in the field near
the east side of said road; thence east 2.34
poles to the centre of said locust tree; thence
the same course east 1924 poles to the place
of beginning for the metes and bounds of said
premises, containing acres, 8 roods and %
perches, more or less-being the same prem
ises conveyed by Samuel McMonies and wife
to James Weir, by deed dated May II, 1852,
and recorded in record of deeds of said
county, volume SO, page 124. Excepting
from the above described second tract the
strip of land conveyed by said decedent, in
his lifetime, to Alexander Williams, bysdeed
dated March 4th, 1880, and recorded in vol
ume II, page 273 of the record of deeds of
said county, described as follows, to>wit: rhe
same being a lot or parcel of land lying and
being in the county aforesaid aud being the
northeast part of what Is called ard known as
Weir homestead, and beginning ut the north
east corner of the said homestead; thence west
As feet to a stake; thence south so feet to a
stake; thence east 40 feet to the line between
the lands of Weir and Joseph KiaE; thence
north so feet to the place of beginning, con-
tanning 5000 square feet.
The prayer of said petition is for the sale
of said premises for the payment of the debts
and charges aforesaid. The said James Weir,
Jr, will further take notice that he has been
made party defendant to said petition, and
that he is required to answer the same on or
before the 7th pay of January, 1882.
&. W. CARROLL,
II 10-7t Admir- with will annexed.