COURT: Solomon Secrist (d. 1838) heirs: Franklin County, PA

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Franklin County, PA Volume D, p. 144:

The Petition of John Secrist & John Lehman and Mary his wife heirs of
Solomon Secrist late of Quincy Township decd was read and setting forth
that said Solomon Secrist died in the month of February Eighteen hundred
and thirty eight leaving to survive him three children viz. John, Mary
intermarried with John Lehman your petitioner Martha intermarried with
George Fry who died since her father leaving to survive her her husband
the said George Fry and eight children all minors viz. John, Jacob,
George, Catharine, Simon, Solomon, William and Andrew Fry none of whom
have Guardians.  That said intestate died seized in his demesne as of fee
of two tracts of land situate in Quincy Township aforesaid the mansion
tract is bounded by lands of James McCoys heirs John Benedick Samuel
Frederick and John Small containing thirty nine acres and one hundred and
twenty six perches and allowance with a story and a half log house and
log barn thereon erected also a fine spring of water on the land also of
another small piece of land situate in said Township bounded by lands of
George Cook Senr. John S. Secrist John Small and John Secrist containing
fourteen acres and Eighty two perches and allowance the greater part of
which is cleared that your petitioners are desirous of having their
shares in severally & therefore pray said court to award an inquest to
part and divide said real Estate to and among all of said heirs and legal
representatives if the said can be done without prejudice to and spoiling
the whole and if said land cannot be so parted and divided, to part and
divide it by metes and bounds to and among as many of said heirs as it
will accommodate without prejudice to and spoiling the whole and to well
and truly Value and appraise each purpart and if the said land cannot be
parted and divided to accommodate more than one of said heirs to value
and appraise the same undivided and make inquisition & return thereof to
said Court.
  17th November 1838. The court directed the within Petition to be
amended by stating Henry Beaver Esq. Is Guardian of John, Jacob, George
and Catharine Fry within named and that Henry Shoemaker is Guardian of
Simon, Solomon, William and Andrew Fry within mentioned minor children of
Martha Fry decd.
  Whereupon the Court did direct that the Sheriff in his proper person
with twelve free honest and lawful men of his Bailiwick do hold an
inquest on the aforesaid and divide or value the same according to the
prayer of the petitioners and make return thereof to said Court.