Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1903-05-08
StTATE OF VERMONT
y COUNTY OF ADDISON, s..
ADDISON COUNTY COURT,
June Term, A. u. 1905
CLARA = CARTER.


June Term, A. d. 1903.
CLARA r CARTER,
Charles W. Potter, Charles L. Armstrong,
Pearl Armstrong, james Armstrong, Percy
Potter. Caroline f. Ellis, Martina A. White,
Emogene Potter, John Potter Celia Potter,
May Potter, Raymond Potter, Earl Potter.
PETITION
To the Honorable County Court within and
for the County of Addison
Your petitioner, Clara =. Carte of Kingston,
in the County of Ulster and State of New
10 wit, on the LIST day OF June, a. d. 1859, at
Mlddlebury, in said county, Daniel l.. Potter
of said NJ iddlebury, deceased, seized and pos
sessed of certain real estate situated In said
Mddlebury, described as follows, to wit:
Being the dwelling house, together with the
land and outbuildings appurtaining thereto,
situated on the southerly side OF Washington
street, socalled, in the Village of Middlebury
aforesaid, occupied by said deceased in his
lifetime, and bounded northerly by said
Washington street, easterly by land OF Mrs.
Tenney, southerly by land belonging to the
estate + r. Wainwright, late of Middlebury,
westerly by land of n. b. smith.
Your petitioner further shows, that there.
afterwards. to wit, on the l4th day of May,
A. ID. 1861, the Honorable Probate Court
within and for the District OF Addison, by its
decree duly made and entered, did assign and
set Off to Rachel Potter of said Middlebury,
widow of said deceased, as the dover OF the
said Rachel in the estate OF said deceased,
certain portion of said premises described as
follows, 10 VIII:
Beginning at the northeast corner of the
house lot in the Village of Middlebury thence
running south G3 degrees west four rods and
thirteen links; thence south 81 degrees east,
five roads and nine links; thence south 53
degrees east, three rods eighty eight links;
thence south 80 degrees east, one rod ana Is
LINKS; thence north % degrees east, three
rods and two links; thence north 2S% de-
grees west, nine rods and twenty-fOur links
TO the place of beginning, together with the
buildings and appurtenances thereto be
longing.
potion of said premises not assigned to said
Rachel Potter as the dover of said Rachel,
by said Honorable Probate Court
signed, decreed and set to Andrew POTTER,
Henry NJ. Potter ana Charles " Potter, heirs
of said Daniel l.. Potter, deceased, which
said last mentioned parcel of land is bounded
and described rs follows, to wit:
Beginning at the northwest corner of the
dover of Ra hel Potter in the southerly line
OF the highway, thence south 81 degrees east,
five rods and nine links; thence south So de-
grees east to the northwest corner OF the east
barn; thence by the west end of the barn to
the southwest corner of said dover; thence
20 the southwest corner OF said house Vt;
thence to the northwest corner Of said house
lot; thence to the place of beginning.
Your petitioner further shows that the said
Rachel Potter deceased at Middl bury
aforesaid, on, to wit, the 10Th day of Septem
Der, A. ID. 1897, and
Your petitioner further shows that the first
mentioned parcel of land Is now owned by
the heirs atlaw OF the said Daniel l.. Potter.
deceased, ana that said second mentioned
parcel OF land is now owned by the heirs-at-
law of the said Henry NJ. Potter and the said
Andrew Potter, now deceased, and by the
said Charles w. Potter, as tenants in com
mon.
And your petitioner further shows that as
such heir-at-law she Is the owner of one-sixth
interest in said first mentioned parcel of land,
and ten siXty.thirds Q063) of said second
mentioned parcel OF land; that Charles w.
Potter of Montclair, in the state of New
Jersey, is the owner of one-siXth of said first
mentioned parcel, and one thirty one sixty
thirds of said second mentioned parcel; that
Charles l.. Armstrong Of Dallas, in the State
of Texas, Is the owner of one ninety-siXth
part of said first mentioned parcel and of one
thirty six tn part of said second mentioned
parcel; that Pearl Armstrong of Pittsburgh,
in the State of Tennessee, is the owner of
toned parcel, and OF one thirty-siXth
part of SAID second mentioned parcel (;
that James Armstrong of Stevenson, in
the State of Alabama, is the owner of
one ninety sixth part of said first men
toned parcel and of one thiIty-sixth
part of said second mentioned parcel that
Percy II. Armstrong OF Denton, in the state of
Texas, is the owner of one ninety-siXth part
of said first mentioned parcel and of one
thirty-siXth part OF said second mentioned
parcel; that Cecele j. LaGere, now of parts
unknown, Is the owner of onc-eighth part of
said first mentioned parcel and OF one
twenty-hrst part of said second parcel; that
Mary Potter OF the City of syracuse, in the
County of Onandaga and the state or New
York, is the owner OF one-eighth part OF said
first mentioned parcel and OF one-twenty
first part of said second mentioned parcel
that Caroline +. Ellis of New Orleans, i'll the
County of Orleans and State of Louisiana, is
the owner of one eighth part OF said first
mentioned parcel and OF one twenty,nrst part
of second mentioned parcel; that Martha a.
White OF Duluth in the county of st. Louis
and State of Minnesota, is the owner of one.
eighth part of said first mentioned parcel
and of one twenty-first part OF said second
mentioned parcel; that Emogene Potter OF
Brookline, in the County OF Norfolk and
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts. is the
owner of one twenty fourth part of said
first mentioned parcel and of one sixty third
part of said second mentioned parcel; thai
John Potter, Celia Potter, May Potter
Raymond Potter and Earl Potter, all OF
Brookline, In the County of Norfolk anC
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,. are eacf
the owners of one-sixtieth part OF said frs
mentioned parcel and of two three hundred
and fifteenth part OF said second mentioned
parcel.
Your petitioner prays that Your Honorable
Court will order partition of said seyera