Meigs County OhArchives News.....Meigs County Telegraph April 29 1856 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Cotterill Schumaker Schumaker4@aol.com December 13, 2004, 3:45 pm microfilm Meigs County Telegraph Pomeroy, Ohio Tuesday, April 29, 1856 NOTICE Whereas my wife, Alvira, has left my bed and board without any just cause or provocation, whatsoever; this, therefore, is to forewarn all persons from trusting or harboring her on my account, as I am determined not to pay any debts of her contracting. April 29, 1856 John Oaty MARRIED On Thursday, 17th inst., by H. Clarke, Mr. David H. Lasley, of Meigs county, O., to Miss Elizabeth Edwards, of Cabell county, Va. NOTICE [abstracted] A petition will be presented to the Meigs Co. Commissioners on the first Monday of June asking for a road to be laid out starting at the road south and in front of John Wilson’s house in section 12 of Rutland twp. going south and a little east through the farm of Samuel Lyons in same section then continuing southeast through the farms of A. McKee and T. Stevenson in section 5 of Rutland twp. and then in to section 4 and through the farms of W. Joab and Thomas Crosbie and to intersect with the road leading from New Lima past John Woodard’s at the south line of Thomas Crosbie’s land. PROBATE COURT [abstracted] Final Settlements of Accounts The following accounts were filed for settlement to be heard and settled May 27, 1856 William Ledie, guardian of James L. Sansbury, Wm. Sansbury and Sarah Jane Sansbury, D. D. Mather, guardian of Harriet A. Dinsmore J.W. Jones, guardian of Samantha Bradford Peter Leonard, Administrator of John Clouse, deceased NOTICE [abstracted] John Foble and Lucy Foble his wife and Franciana Crawford of Hamilton, Henry C. Rodgers and Mary F. Rodgers, his wife, John S. Crawford of Lawrence county, OH all heirs at law of John Crawford, late of Washington county, deceased; will take notice that I have filed with the Probate court of Meigs Co., Ohio a petition asking the court to authorize me Administrator of the deceased and to perfect a written contract dated May 1, 1852 for the conveyance to T.A. Plants part of lot #103 in Pomeroy, Meigs county, OH. Lot #103 was conveyed to John Crawford by M. Bosworth by a deed dated June 13, 1849. The court set May 21, 1856 as the day for the hearing of this petition. Wm. H. Crawford, Administrator of John Crawford, deceased ISAAC W. SIMPSON Is hereby notified that Emeline B. Simpson did on the 7th day of April, A.D. 1856, file her petition in the office of the Clerk of Common Pleas, within and for the county of Meigs, and State of Ohio, charging the said Isaac W. Simpson with gross neglect of duty, and habitual drunkenness for more than three years; and asking that she may be divorced from the said Isaac W. Simpson, which petition will stand for hearing at the next term of said Court dated this 7th day of April, A.D. 1856 Emeline Simpson by N. Simpson, her Attorney NOTICE [abstracted] Thomas Ashworth of Meigs Co. filed a petition on April 16, 1856 against Richard and Mary, his wife, Anderson of the state of Illinois, Eli Clark and James A. Williams, stating that Richard and Mary Anderson gave a mortgage to Thomas Ashworth for 65 acres of land in the south eastern part of the north west quarter of section #6, Township #2 Range #13 in Meigs. Thomas Ashworth is asking for payment of $210.00 plus interest from March 23, 1853 at ten percent. Or the land be sold to pay the mortgage and interest Thomas Ashworth, by Irvin & Plants his attorneys NOTICE [abstracted] A petition was filed against Joshua W. Parker of Illinois and Wm. Nash by Hiram G. Daniel and William P. Rathburn of Meigs Co., OH on April 16, 1856, stating they owe $12,704 with interest from Mary 17, 1854 on a promissory note writing by them using the name of Nash & Parker dated Dec. 10, 1853 for $400 and payable to the order of Simeon Nash in ninety day after the date. Also an attachment was filed April 16th, 1856 against the lands, tenements, goods, chattels, rights, moneys, credits, and effects of Joshua W. Parker in Meigs Co., Ohio. Irvin & Plants, atty’s for plaintiffs NOTICE [abstracted] Joshua W. Parker of Illinois had a petition filed against him by Hiram G. Daniel & Wm. Rathburn of Meigs Co., Ohio on April 16, 1856. The petition is also against William Nash, Simeon Nash, and Samuel Halliday that they owe the plaintiffs the sum of $302 with interest from April 12, 1854. ATTACHMENT [abstracted] James Wright, plaintiff vs Andrew L. Sansbury, defendant. March 25, 1856 H. H. Rice, Justice of Peace, Rutland Twp., Meigs Co., OH issued an order of attachment for $21.77. James Wright, Rutland SHERIFF'S SALE [abstracted] May 10, 1856 the land of Justice Depew, et. al. and by suit of Oliver Grant, trustee of R. C. Grant. will be offered for sale at the courthouse in Pomeroy Meigs Co., Ohio. Description of land: Part of lot #240 in Pomeroy, with the following named person owning land next to lot #240, John M. Strider, R. C. Grant’s brick building and Milton Cooley. Appraised at $700. SHERIFF”S SALE [abstracted] Athens county Court of Common Pleas ordered the sale of May 10, 1856 for the east half of quarter section No. 1155 in Meigs Co. property of Daniel Bailey and by suit of Benjamin Huntingdon. Appraised at $240. NOTICE {abstracted} A petition for a new road from Syracuse to Racine was filed March 25, 1856. Those with land next to the road were Gideon Brown, across from Jesse’s Run. SHERIFF'S SALE [abstracted] Petition to sell the land of Russel French was filed by Jesse Hays for land appraised at $480 will be sold May 17, 1856 at the courthouse in Pomeroy. Land situated in the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section #18, town #7 in range #14, 40 acres. NOTICE [abstracted] Lot #47 in Coalport will be sold as the property of Elihu H. Stedman at the suit of Chauncey Brooks, et al. Appraised at $150. NOTICE [abstracted] The farm of Jacob Stansbury, deceased in Columbia Twp., Meigs Co., Ohio will be sold May 15, 1856. Description of land: east half of fraction #260, lot #12, town #9, range #15 in section # 9 and 10, 120 acres and appraised at $1800. Subjected to widow’s dower. MASTER COMMISSIONER SALE [abstracted] The property of William and Sarah Cummings by suit of Thomas Ashworth appraised at $760 will be sold May 10, 1856 at the courthouse Pomeroy, Meigs Co., Ohio. Description of land: east half of the southeast quarter of section #32, town #3, range #13 of Bedford township. SHERIFF'S SALES [abstracted] May 10, 1856 the property of Isaac McIntire, et. al. appraised at $1,000 by suit of John Welch will be sold. Description of land: town lot #285 in town of Pomeroy. Transcribed by: Connie Cotterill Schumaker File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/meigs/newspapers/gnw40meigscou.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 7.3 Kb