Petition of Abraham Royer in right of wife Maria Widow of Andrew late of Leacock died 19 April 1794 land 230acres7 children Catherine marr John Myers Jr, Elizabeth , Maria, Sarah, John, Jacob and Andrew all minors need guardians. Land to be accessed to see if it can be divided if not appraised for sale.
land cannot be divided among all , respecting his father John Bear live there for his natural life, John Longenecker guardian of John Bear, John Hershey for Jacob & Andrew, John Meyers jr accepts land and is to pay other heirs
On application , The court appoints Alexander McPherson of Drumore Township in the County of Lancaster, guardian of the estates of
Mary Sanders McPherson, James McPherson, and Ann McPherson,
minor children of Wiliam McPherson, resident in the state of New York
Which estates were divised to said minors by will of John McCullough late of Drumore township in the said County dec'd
Earl twp
at instance of Samuel Farmer citation issued to Hannah Frazer exec of John Frazer late of Martick twp to appear and settle admin account
Jane Reed minor dau of William Reed late of Drumore twp dec'd , above 14yrs old chooses James Baxter of Bart twp her guardian
Court appoints James Baxter guardian over estate of Mary Reed minor daughter of William dec'd of Drumore township , she being under the age of 14 yrs
Elizabethtown
At the Insistance of John Berryman intermarried with Mary Long the widow of John Long of Martick twp dec'd issued citation to Samuel Ankrim & Hugh Long exec of said de'd to produce an account on their admin.
At the instance of John Howell guardian of Mary Hardin one of the heirs of Levin Edgin late of Little Britain twp dec'd Ordered that a citation be issued to Aaron Quinby admin of said estate to appear and produce and account of admin.
abstracted, this is a long document but very interesting
Pursuant to an order of this court of the 18th day of March past & the cont. thereof the 17th June then last(now past)
land of James Morrison late of Drumore was to be veiw to see if it could be split between heirs without spoiling
will conveniently accomodate, will accommodate more than one of the children, will conveniently accomodate all the children of said dec'd,
land description follows for each lot, one mentions Conewango Creek
Which inquisition was read and confirmed at the same time
Samuel Morrison eldest son of dec'd ,agrees to accept lot # #1
George Morrison second son, agrees to accept lot #6
William W. Steele intermarried with Isabella , eldest daughter of dec'd agrees to accept lot # 3
Jane Morrison second daughter of dec'd agrees to accept lot # 5
the court confirms the several so excepted by them as aforsaid, to them their heirs and assigns respectivly, in fee , upon their paying or securing to be paid to widow and other childrenof said James Morrison dec'd
and now march 21 1812, all legal representatives of the dec'd appearing in court, renounce their rights to take the remaining part #4, and pray that the same be sold
not (in brackets to see April 1817 #4 accepted)
This record dated April 21 1817 Robert King intermarried with Margaret youngest dau of James Morrison, agrees to accept lot # 4(Robert King Sr & Robert King Jr tent in $2000.) Condition that Robert King jr will pay for purpart number 4 aforesaid
David and John Bear Exec of will of John Bearof Leacock. Admin account to be distributed according to will