Appraisal, 16 November 1861 [Holcomb Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Widow and Heirs of JS]
Source Note
Reuben P. Harmon, George Frank, and Alvin Stone Richards, Appraisal, [], Lake Co., OH, 16 Nov. 1861, Holcomb Administrator of the Estate of JS v. Widow and Heirs of JS (Lake Co., OH, Probate Court 1862); manuscript form in handwriting of with manuscript additions in unidentified handwriting; signatures presumably of Reuben P. Harmon, George Frank, and Alvin Stone Richards; notation by , [, Lake Co., OH, ca. 16 Nov. 1861]; docket and notation by Perry Bosworth, 25 Nov. 1861; two pages; Docket D, no. 163, Lake County Courthouse, Painesville, OH; photocopy at Joseph Smith Papers Project.
In obedience to the order of court in this case after being duly sworn & upon actual view of the premises in the petition described we the undersigned appraisers do set off & assign to , widow of Joseph Smith Jr for her dower estate in the tract of thirteen acres, in the petition first described, so much of said tract as is contained in the following bounds, to wit,
Beginning in the center of the highway named in said petition in th[e] north [li]ne of lands, deeded to <said S[amuel]>said Canfield thence running west sixty six rods [to] a post thence south 10 rods <to a post> thence east parall[el] with the first d[es]cribed line [to] th[e cen]ter of said highway thence along <the center of> said highway in a northerly direction to the plac[e] of b[e]ginning [co]ntainin[g] four acres and twenty rods of land
and we do estimate the said tract of thirteen acres, subject to and encumbered by said dower at the sum of one hundred and forty-two; 58/100 Dollars.
As to said parcel of land in the petition secondly and lastly described & on which the “” so called stands, we do find that said premises are entire, and that no division thereof can be made by metes and bounds and do therefore set off and assign to the said as and for her dower therein, the sum of four and 11/100 dollars yearly during her life, being one third part of the clear annual rents issues and profits of said premises— and we do estimate the just value of the said parcel of land in the petition secondly and lastly. in th [p. [1]]
TEXT: Text written in lighter ink was not captured in the photocopy. Missing text has been supplied from the version of the appraisal copied into the transcript of proceedings.
All form insertions are in unidentified handwriting.