Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-11-17
LEGAL NOTICE.

/ TAMES WEIR, JR-, whose residence @
q whereabouts is unknown, will take nolic
that Chandler W. Carroll, administrator wit
Will annexed, of James Weir, deceased, on tn
8 day of November, 4. ID. 1881, filed hi
petition in the Probate Court, within and fo
the county CT Belmont and State Of Ohio
alleging that the personal estate of said dece
dent is insufficient to pay his debts and th
charges of administering his estate; that sale
decedent died seized in fee simple of fhe fol
lowing described real estate, situate in sale
county and state, to>wit:
| Being part of section 10, township an(
range 4, in the Steubenville land district, be
ginning for the same at a white oak tree II
inches IN diameter, corner to William Boggs
on the north boundary of said section; thencl
south 2O4 perches to post near a sugar tire.
and beech. each inches in diameter, il
David McWilliam's line; thence north 100 ives
10 perches to post near a marked ash anC
black locust; thence north 619o ciest Sc.
perches to sugar tree in Boggs line; thefci
north IL 4lSS perches to post; thence nortf
703o west 434 perches to a post standing il
the west boundary of said section; Themes
north 1911 perches to a post the northwes
corner of SAID section; thence east 100 perche.
TO the place of beginning, containing 16(
acres, roods, more or less-being the SAINT
land conveyed by Steel Smith and wife tC
James Weir, by deed dated June 9th, 1888,
and recorded in volume Y, page ia of rec
ord of deeds of Belmont county, Ohio. Ez-
cepting 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 81, 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, and known as part of land
formerly owned by John Mitchell, lying and
being in the northwestern part OF section 10,
township and range 4, beginning for the
same at q small wild cherry sapling standing
on the north boundary line of said section at
a point Is rods east of the northwest corner
of said section; thence west 78 rods to the
said northwest corner to a 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; thenco south with Parks line 1877 rods
to corner between Weir and Joseph Wood>
mansee; thence south 31o east with the line
between Weir and " oodmansee Al rods to q
stale; thence north 1904 rods TO the place of
beginHing, containing 20 acres, l rod and IL
perches.
Second Tract-Also another tract, situate
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 at a stake 8 rods
north of the southwest corner of five-acre
lot of land formerly owned by Mahlon Smith,
from which southwest corner of said Smith
lot a large white oak tree bears north S73
west 6 rods and 18 links, ard a large oak
stump bears south % east 3 rods and 81 links;
thence from said stake 3 rods north of said
southwest corner cf said Smiths lot north
$3.50 poles TO gate post near the northwest
corner of said Smiths lot; thence west II
links; thence north poles to stake in the
road; thence south no west IL. 68 poles to a
stake in the south boundary line of the COM
mons of the town of st. Clairsyille and cas-,
OF Sugar street; thence with the south boun-
dairy line of the south commons aforesaid
south n % west 80 poles to a stake on the
west side of county road south Of the SOUTH
west corner of said Sugar street; thence with
the west side of said county road southwordly
26- A poles to stake standing "a poles west
of large locust tree standing in the field near
the east side OF said road; thence east 2. "a
poles to the centre of said locust tree; thence
the same course east 1924 poles to the place
VI Dcg gluuilS lOI but UlcJeS anu DOuuuS Oh Sstlu
premises, containing acres, 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. Ercepting
from the above described second tract the
strip of land conveyed by said decedent, in
his lifetime, to Alexander Williams, hyIdeed
dated March 4th, 1880, and recorded in vol
ume II, page 273 of the record of deeds of
said county, described as follows, to>wi;: The
same being lot or parcel of land lying and
being in the county aforesaid and being the
northeast part of what Is called and known as
Weir homestead, and beginning at the north
east corner of the said homestead; thence west
As feet to stake; thence south so feet to
stake; thence east IS feet to the line between
the lands of Weir and Joseph King; thence
north so feet to the place of begin.iin 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
e. w. CARROLL,
HOT Admir- with will annexed.