Source:
Orphans’ Court Records
Crawford County, PA
Vol. A-B
Page 380

Petition for Sale of Simpson Gilliland Estate, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, 1846

(In the margin)
Petition for sale
of Simpson Gilliland
estate

Petition of Moses Bishop administrator of the estate of Simpson Gilliland late of said County dec’d respectfully represents that the intestate left a widow and minor children all in full life and thirty acres of land bounded south by land of Daniel Garwood and Lanson Porter west by Hugh Gilleland and north by Robert Gilleland with a log house thereon and about twelve acres cleared in the edge of Sumerhill & Summit townships  The assets of the estate are wholly insufficient to meet the demands against it. The schedule of debts [&c] are as follows viz   Petitioner has filed his administration acct into the Registers office of all the effects which came to his hands or knowledge which has been  passed showing a balance due him of $61.71
And there are demands in addition due as follows}
To John E Patton  acct                                                   11.36
Wm Power due  bill                                                       97 1/2 
Daniel Knieland  acct                                                      4.00
Jno Brown  note                                                               8.73
Smith [Line]  acct                                                          33.25
W & B Ward   “                                                             20 –
T A Power                                                                      10.75
M Bishop Jr being duly sworn says the forgoing statement and acct are correct and true as he verily believes
Sworn Ap 16, 1846                                                          Moses Bishop Jr
Jas E McFarland {---]

April 17, 1846  Court decree sale one fourth of purchase money at time of sale balance in three equal annual instalments to be securred by Judgment bond & mortgage  Bail required in $500_ April 17, 1846  Bond for $500 signed 7 sealed by Moses Bishop & George Irons conditioned [conditioned, repeated] that the said administrator shall weel & truly apply and pay over the proceeds of money arising from sale of said land [--] duly executed filed & approved by the Court

Aug. 14, 1846: Order of sale ret’d endorsed as follows:
       “To the Orphan’s Court of Crawford County:
               The Subscriber respectfully sheweth, that he advertised the within described land for slae on the 20th May, when a sufficient price not being offered, he adjd. To the 11th June, and from that date he adjd. To the 11th July, and then sold the land to h. b. Rice for $4 94/100 the acre, he being the highest and best bidder for the same,” &c.
                                            Aug. 14, 1846, Sale confirmed by the Court.

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Page 426

(In the margin)
Simpson Gilleland

    Administrative accounts of Moses Bishop, Jr., acting admr. Of the estate of Simpson Gilleland, late of Conneaut tp., dec’d.
    The Admr. Charges himself with                       393.05
            And claims credit for                                 454.76
            Amt. due Administrator,                            $61.71
    Passed and filed April 6, 1846.
    Confirmed Nisi Aug. 15, 1846.
    Confirmed Nov, 14, 1846.

Notes: I have not made corrections of spelling from the original document.
The final account for this estate may be found in Vol C_D, page 43.

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Transcriber: Kate Maynard, 2013
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