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McAninch Estate Records in Early Armstrong County, Pennsylvania |
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1836, Estate of William McAninch, Franklin Township, Armstrong County, Register Docket No. 387, |
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Vol. I, pg. 107; file contains six court records and documents (arranged here in chronological order): |
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1. [The Petition] [19 December 1836] |
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“The petition of Margaret McAninch Administratrix of . . . William McAninch late of Franklin |
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Township in said County Senior deceased . . . William McAninch lately died intestate leaving your |
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petitioner, his widow, and without lawful issue . . . at the time of his death seized and in possession |
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of . . . land situate in the said township of Franklin adjoining lands of John Brown, George B. |
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P[ankins?] estate and Gabriel Philibert Loeben, containing twenty acres or thereabouts, having a |
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square log house thereon erected and two or three acres cleared . . . Subject to the payments |
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(in work) of about fifteen dollars of the purchase money to the said John Brown . . . this |
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pensioned estate of the said decedent is insufficient for the payment of the debts of said decedent . . . |
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Your petitioner . . . prays the Court to authorize her to make sale of . . . decedent real estate for |
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the purpose of paying the said debts |
/s/ Margaret [her X mark] McAninch |
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A true and perfect inventory . . . 1 Bed, Bedstand & bedding . . . 1 Stack of hay . . . [total] $ 61.19 |
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A just and true account of the debts of the decedent which have come to the petitioners knowledge |
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. . . [list 1-to-21 includes] . . . 6. Peter Bowser 1.47 . . . 7. G.P. [Gabriel Philibert] Loeben 3.90 . . . |
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8. John Brown Balance due on lands (abt) 15.00 . . . 12. Joseph Bowser 3.00 . . . [total] $ 122.78 |
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Armstrong County ss: Personally appeared in open court at an Orphans Court held at Kittanning |
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. . . on the third Monday of December A.D. 1836 . . . /s/ Margaret [her X mark] McAninch |
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Sworn and subscribed in open court |
Amount of Debts -- $ 122.78 |
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J. L. Mechling, clerk |
Amount of Assets -- 61.99 |
Deficit $ 60.79 |
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2. [The Court Order] [20 December 1836] At an Orphans Court held at Kittanning . . . |
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said Court do order and devist that the said Administratrix should . . . sell the said premises . . . |
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3. [Court Record Book] [Orphans Court records, Armstrong County, “1839” book, page 202] |
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Dec. 20, 1836 Court . . . grant an order upon Administratrix giving bond with security in $300. |
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4. [The Bond] [11 February 1837] Know all men by these presents that we Margaret |
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McAninch and Joseph Bowser and Daniel Swiegart ... firmly bound unto the Commonwealth |
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of Pennsylvania in the sum of three hundred dollars ... we bind ourselves jointly and severally . . . |
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Sealed and delivered |
Margaret [her X mark] McAninch {seal} |
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in presence of J.B. Musser |
Joseph Bowser Jr. {seal} Daniel Swiegart {seal} |
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5. [Court Record Book] [Orphans Court records, Armstrong County, “1839” book, page 205] |
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March 21, 1837 Estate of Wm. McAninch, Sale of Real Estate Report of admx made to |
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court and confirmed also admx directed to execute deed and deliver the same upon payment . . . |
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6. [The Report (Final Report)] [14 November 1837] |
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Margaret McAninch Adminstratrix of all and singular the goods and chattels of William McAninch |
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late of Franklin Township, Armstrong Co., dec’d, Reports . . . on the 11th day of February . . . |
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sold [the land] to G.P. Loebens . . . one hundred and twenty dollars he being the highest and best |
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bidder . . . |
/s/ Margaret [her X mark] McAninch |
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The administratrix claims a credit for the following disbursements: [list 1-to-27 includes] |
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No. 1. Acc’t of John Brown . . . 14. G.P. Loeben . . . 20. Joseph Bowser . . . 21. Peter Bowser . . . |
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Armstrong County ss: Personally appeared before me John Mechling clerk of the Orphans Court |
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. . . Sworn and subscribed this 14th day of Nov. 1837 /s/ Margaret [her X mark] McAninch |
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As per John Mechling, Registrar, S.B.[unreadable], Deputy |
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McAninch Family History NL, v.V n.1 February 1997 Copyright Frank McAninch page 1997-07 |