The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-11-10
ONE MILLION POUN Ds STERLING

A Portage County Man After this
Nice Little lnheri tance.
There are thousands of persSns who
tunes awaiting them in the old world,
particularly in Great Britain. The
number who ever receive money from
such source does not reach above the
hundreds. When Judge Caldwell went
to Europe last summer he bore COM
mission to look up the wealth of the
Poultneys, said TO reach in real estate
and hard cash over a million pounds
sterling William POultney, Earl of
Bath, died III London, in 1864. His
son died before him, aud a daughter,
married and without issue, died short
ly afterward in India. The peerage in
the family became extinct, and the es-
tates went to his brother. Sir William
was a man of considerable prominence
and at one time was the most popular
man in England. He formed y min
istry, lost his popularity, and shrunk
into Obscurity.
The only representative of the fami-
ly now known in this country, is VIM.
POultney, of Windham, Portage Co
in this state, and he has lately SET
about proving his claims AS an heir to
the vast possessions now in the hands
OF an English administrator. Marvin,
Laird & Caldwell, of this city, are en-
gagged in the work, the case being par
ticularly looked after by E.. w. Laird.
VIM. Poultney is u man about GU years
of age, weIl-to-de, and has only been
deferred from looking up the matter
before by the opposition of his father.
who said he had enough, and depre-
Gated the bother and worry of looking
for more in such q direction. Certain
estates in England revert to the crown
after 100 years, but Poultney claims
there are 10 good years left for him to
work. The only other known heirs
are a cousin in Canada and two in
England. Judge Caldwell endeavOred
to find one of the latter, but, owing to =,
change of address, learned nothing
very definite. He procured q copy of
the doOmsday book, a record of all the
estates in England from the time of
William the Conqueror, and intends
to present it to the public library here.
A local solicitor Is now engaged in
tracing the line of descent, asking only
as retainer u sum sufficient to pay
his travelling expenses. Upon the re-
suit of his investigations depends a
trip to England by one of the mem
bers of the firm here. Sir William
was at one time the owner of large
tracts of land in Steuben county, N.
Y, and the beautiful village of Bath
was named after his daughter, the
Countess of Bath. Several years ago
the title to this land was examined,
and the fact brought out that the land
had been sold and the money returned
to England. Attorney Northway Of
Jefferson, who accompanied Judge
Caldwell to Europe had similar err
rand, and was successful in securing
several thousand dollars for one of his
clients. The Poultney matter is still
i'll embryo, but the attorneys have
great expectations.-[Cle nd Penny
Press.
On Monday morning Prof. George
Poultney, who resides in Ravenna,
called our attention to the above. He
claims to be descendant Of Sir VIM.
Poultney, and the lawful heir to his
estate, He came to the United States
in 1865, leaving his mother, aged n
years, who he says is a great-grand.
daughter of Sir William in England,
where she still resides. He asserts
that proceedings are already pending
in the English courts to recover for
himself and mother their interests in
the estate, and that he has great con-
fdence in the final outcome. The
Professor intends to return to England
next Spring to look after the matter