Orphan's Court Ratification of the Sale of Real Estate of Mary S. Arbuckle (1915), Elkton, Cecil County, MD Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Doug Arbuckle ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** IN RE: THE ESTATE OF MARY S. ARBUCKLE, DECEASED IN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR CECIL COUNTY To the Honorable the Judges of said Court: The report of Samuel J. Arbuckle, Daniel T. Arbuckle, Paul T. Arbuckle, and Philip R. Arbuckle, executors of the last will and testament of Mary S. Arbuckle, late of Cecil County, deceased, said will being dated the 2nd day of March, 1901, duly probated and recorded among the will Records of Cecil County, in Liber K. Vol. 18, Folio 427 etc., respectfully shows: That, under and by virtue of a power contained in said Will, the said Executors were authorized and empowered to sell the real estate of which the said testator died seized and possessed. That after advertising in the Cecil Whig and Cecil Democrat, newspapers published in Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland, and by handbills extensively circulated in the said County for more than thirty days prior to the day of sale, the said Executors sold the real estate hereinafter described at public auction at the Court House Door at Elkton, at 11 o'clock A. M. on the 12th day of December 1905, to Samuel J. Arbuckle for the sum of $4500.00, and that the said Samuel J. Arbuckle paid the purchase money in full, said real estate consisting of the following described farm, tract or parcel of land, located in Cecil County, Maryland, near the village of Andora, and West of the public road from Fair Hill to Elkton, and particularly described as follows: Beginning for the same at a stone on G. R. Spence's line, being the second corner of whole tract running North twelve degrees East, with line of Spence and Otley one hundred and eighty one perches, thence South seventy five degrees East thirty three and five tenths perches with Spratt's land near barn fence, North twelve degrees East six and two tenthe perches, to corner of Spratt's land, thence South seventy five degrees East twelve perches to middle of Fair Hill and Elkton road, thence with middle of said road by two courses to point where road to Carter's Mill intersects Fair Hil1 road, thence North seventy-six and one half degrees West twenty one perches with said road, thence South eighty and one quarter degrees West seventy four perches with Robert's land, to the place of beginning, containing seventy six acres and one rood of land, be the same more or less. The courses and distances herein given are according to a survesr made by Alfred B. McVey, Surveyor, a plat of same filed with the papers in said estatc in the Orphans' Court of Cecil County. Together with the buildings and improvements thereon, and the rights and apourtenances thereto belonging or in any wise appertaining, and that by deed dated the 24th day of November in the year 1906, and recorded in Liber M. M. No. 6, Folio 43, one of the land Record Books of Cecil County aforesaid, the said Executors conveyed the said real estate to the said Samuel J. Arbuckle, but that said sale was not reported to this Court nor was said sale confirmed by said Court. That the said Samuel J. Arbuckle, Daniel T. Arbuckle, Paul T. Arbuckle, and Philip R. Arbuckle were the only heirs-at-law and distributees of the estate of the said Mary S. Arbuckle, and that the said heirs-at-law and distributees are of adult age and hereby consent to the immediate ratification of the sale herein reported . Respectfully submitted. Saml J Arbuckle (signature) Paul T Arbuckle (signature) Danl T Arbuckle (signature) Philip R Arbuckle (signature) Executors State of Maryland Cecil County, to wit:- I hereby certify that on this day of May, in the year 1915, before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace of the State of Maryland, in and for Cecil County, personally appeared Samuel J. Arbuckle, Daniel T. Arbuckle, Paul T. Arbuckle, and Philip R. Arbuckle, Executors of the last will and testament of Mary S. Arbuckle, deceased, and named in the above report of sale, and made oath in due form of law that the matters and things set forth in the aforegoing report are true to the best of their knowledge and belief, and that the sale therein reported was fairly made. Joshua M. Ash, J. P. We, the undersigned heirs-at-law and Distributees of the Estate of Mary S. Arbuckle, hereby consent to the immediate ratification of the sale hereinbefore reported. WITNESS our Hands and Seals. Saml J Arbuckle Danl T Arbuckle Paul T Arbuckle Philip R Arbuckle