Guardianship Records for the Children of Jacob Gilleland, Crawford County, PA, 1847-1853

Source: Orphans’ Court Records
Crawford County, PA
Vol B
Page 453

(In the margin)
Elizabeth, Harvey
& Levina
Gilleland.
Pet. For Guardian.

Petition of Elizabeth Gilleland, and Harvey and Levina Gilleland, minor children of Jacob L. Gilleland late of Summit tp., dec’d for a Guardian.
    April 8, 1847. Court approve of choice of John G. Grier, Esq. as guardian for Elizabeth Gilleland, and appoint him guardian of the children under 14 years of age, and require bail in $500 for each of the children.
    June 7, 1847. Bonds filed for each of the children signed by John G. Grier and Daniel Marshall, agreeably to order from Court.

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Vol. C
Page 308

February Term, 1851.

   At an Orphan’s Court held at Meadville in and for the county of Crawford, on the 12th day of February, 1851, before the judges of said Court, the petition of J. G. Grier was presented, setting forth, That he is the guardian of Elizabeth, Lovina & Harvey Gilleland, minor children of Jacob L.  Gilleland, by appointment of this court -- that his wards are the owners in fee simple of twenty five acres of land in Summit township bounded North by your petitioner, West by Benjm. Brown, East by the public road from Brightstown to Evansburg, and South by Thomas McCray and John McClure, about three acres of which, however, is unproductive and expensive, and as it would be to the advantage and interest of the wards that the same should be sold, the Court is requested to grant an order for that purpose
    Whereupon the Court decree the sale of the premises as prayed for. Terms of sale: One fourth of the purchase money to be paid at the confirmation of sale; the balance to be paid in three equal annual instalments thereafter, with interest on the whole balance, to be paid annually, to be secured by judgment bond and mortgage on the premises. Bail in $500 – Notice according to law and the rules of Court.
    Bond signed by J. G. Grier and Joseph Brown, in $500c approved by court & filed, Feb. 12, 1851.
    John G. Grier, guardian aforesaid, being duly sworn, reports, that pursuant to the within order of Court, and after giving three notices in the Crawford Democrat, in as many consecutive numbers of that paper, and by putting up five handbills in the most public places in the neighborhood, full twenty days before the day of sale, -- he did, on the 5th of the present month, sell the Land within described, at Brightstown, at public sale, to John McClure – Tanner – for Fourteen dollars the acre, neat measure – the said John being the highest and best bidder, therefor – He therefore requests the court to confirm the sale.
    April 8, 1851, Sale confirmed by the Court.

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Vol D
Page 63
February Term, 1853.

(In the margin)
Pet. Of
Harvey Gilleland
For Guardian
No 1.

The Subscriber respectfully sheweth that being over the age of 14 years & his father being deceased he requests permission to make choice of Guardian for his person and estate.
Feby 14, 1853. Court appoint John G. Grier Guardian.

                                                                                     -transcriptions by Kate Maynard, 2013