Pennsylvania Probate Records
Huntingdon County
Will Book 3, 1822-1847

Letters of Administration Regarding the Estates of David and James Gilliland
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, 1831

                                                            Memorandum
James Gilliland and              }                                Letters of administration in common
Mathew Gilliland Admrs.    }   form were this day granted to James Gilliland & Mathew
              of                            }   Gilliland on the estate of David Gilliland, late of Barree
David Gilliland decd            }   Township decd.  Inventory to be exhibited on or before the
                                                  11th day of September next, and a just and true account,  cal-
                                                   culation and reckoning of their said Administration on or
                                                   before the 11th day of August A. D. 1832 –
                                                          Given under seal of Office the 11th day August A. D. 1831 –
                                                                                                                  D. N. Porter  Register

There are some notations  at the left margin: 
Bond in $1000.00 filed
Robert Moore Sr.   }
James Irvine           } sureties

It would appear that the James Gilliland referred to in the above record did not survive long enough to fulfill his duties as co-adminstrator for David Gilliland’s estate. In the same will book, some three months later, this record appears:

                                                            Memorandum
Abraham Henry Admr        }                                Letters of administration in common form
                   of                      }   were this day granted Abraham Henry on the estate of James
James Gilliland decd           }   Gilliland late of Barree Township deceased. Inventory to be ex-
                                             }   hibited on or before the 15th day of December next, and a just
                                                  and true account calculation and reckoning of his Admin-
                                                  istration on or before the 15th day of November A. D. 1832 –
                                                     Given under seal of Office the 15th day November A. D. 1831 –
                                                                                                                  D. N. Porter  Register

There are some notations at the left margin: 
Bond in $1000.00 filed
Capt John Stewart   }
& Andrew Stewart  } sureties

-transcriptions by Kate Maynard, 2013