Estate Record of George Mohr

Whereas my husband, George Moore, lately died intestate, leaving personal property the administration of which would devolve upon me, Now know ye, that for divers good causes and considerations me thereunto moving I have renounced and by the presents do renounce all my right and title to the administration aforesaid In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 2nd day of June AD 1832.

Inventory

An inventory of the abracement of the goods and chattels of George MOORE deceased of Robeson township, Berks county taken this first day of June 1832. All items were taken and appraised by us subscribers June 2, 1832 - signed Peter ARGOOD and Samuel FREES. Items totaled 586 17.

Petition of Susanna Moor

Estate Rec: __ Jul 1832 To the Honourable the Judges of the Orphans Court of Berks Co.

The petition of Susanna Moor of Robinson township in the said county, respectfully sets forth:

That two of her children William and Abraham Moor, are within the age of fourteen years and that they have no one that is legally authorized to take of their persons and estate. She therefore prays the court to appoint Elias Moor [sic MOHR], Guardian as aforesaid.

Petition of Lea and Lavina Mohr

Estate Rec: __ ___ ____ To the Honourable the Judges of the Orphans Court of Berks County -

The petition of Lea Mohr and Lavina both minors above the age of fourteen years respectfully sets forth:

That in consequence of the death of their father Geo. Mohr late of the township of Robinson in this county, dec'd. they have no one who is legally authorized to take care of their persons and estate. They therefore pray the court to appoint Geo. Mohr of said township to be guardian of these petitioners.

Petition for Inquest

The petition of the undersigned, the heirs and legal representatives of George Moor late of Robinson township in said County respectfully sets forth

That George Moor lately died intestate leaving a widow, Susanna and Children, Samuel, Elias, Joseph and George, Jacob Ehrgood intermarried with Catharine late Catharine Moor, Henry Miller intermarried with Susannah, late Susannah Moor, Elizabeth Dumm, late Elizabeth Moor, Elias Moor Guardian of William and Abraham Moor, Geo. Moor Guardian of Lea and Lavina Moor and seized in his demesne as of fee in two tracts of Land, the one lying in Robinson township adjoining lands of Jacob Moyer, Peter Moor and others and containing 66 Acres more or less on which are erecting a stone two story house, log barn and a log _____, the other situate as aforesaid and adjoining lands of Seifert and Schwartz, _____ late of Benjamin Seidel and others and containing 91 Acres more or less in which are erected a two story stone dwelling house, a one story log house, a stone barn __.

Your petitioners therefore pray that the court to award an inquest of the following seven good, lawful and sufficient men Jonathan Seidel, George Focht, Henry Thompson, Philip Brown, Benjamin Dickerson, Samuel Frees, Henry Westly to view and appraise the said pieces of land and dispose of the same according to law.

Susanna (X - her mark) Moore
Samuel Mohre
Elias Mohr
Jos Moore
George Moore
Jacob Eargood
Henry Miller
Elizabeth Dumm.

At Berks County at an Orphan's Court held at Reading, in and for the county of Berks, on the tenth day of August AD 1832 before the Hon. Garnicks Mallery, Esquire Presidents and Matthias S Richards Esquire one of the ---- judges of the same court. On the petition of Susanna MOORE, widow of George MOORE, late of Robeson Township, Berks County, deceased, and Samuel MOORE, Elias MOORE, Joseph MOORE, George MOORE, Jacob EHRGOOD, intermarried with Catherine, late Catherine MOORE, Henry MILLER intermarried with Susanna, late Susanna MOORE, Elisabeth DUNN, late Elisabeth MOORE, George MOORE guardian of Lea and Levina MOORE, setting forth that the said George MOORE lately died intestate leaving a widow and 6 children as above named, and seized in his demesne as of fee and in two tracts of land, the one situate in Robeson Township adjoining lands of Jacob MOYER, Peter MOORE and others and containing sixty-six (66) acres, more or less, on which is erected a two story stone house, log barn and a log shop,- the other situate as aforesaid adjoining lands off Seifert and Schwartz, late of Benjamin Seidel and others containing ninety-one(91) acres, more or less, on which are erected a two story stone dwelling house, a one-story log house, a stone barn and... Therefore praying the court to award an inquest of the following seven good, lawful and sufficient men, to wit, Jonathan SEIDEL, George FOCHT, Henry THOMPSON, Philipp BROWN, Benjamin DICKESON, Sameul FREES and Henry WESTLY to review and appraise the said pieces of land and dispose of the same according to law. Whereupon the court on due consideration had of the premises do appoint and order Jonathan SEIDEL, George FOCHT, Henry THOMPSON, Philip BROWN, Benjamin DICKENSON, Samuel FREES and Henry WESTLY who are chosen for the purpose aforesaid by the petitioners to make partition of the premises aforesaid to and among the children and representatives of the said deceased in such manner and in such proportions as by the laws of this commonwealth is directed, if such partition can be made without prejudice to or spoiling the whole, but if such partition cannot be made thereof as aforesaid, then to value and appraise the same and further to inquire and ascertain whether the said real estate with the appurtenances will conveniently accommodate more than one of the said children of the said intestate, and if so, how many of the said children it will conveniently accommodate and make report of their proceedings herein to our next stated Orphan's Court to be held at Reading on the ninth day of November next.

To the honourable the judges within named court, the subscribers appointed by the within order of the Court to review and adjudge the value of the real estate of George MOHRE deceased, mentioned in the written order; do report that in pursuance of the said order we have reviewed the estate aforesaid and do value and adjudge the same at the sum of ---No 1- adjoining Gibraltar tract $885.71 and No 2 adjoining Jacob MOYER, $1079.14. Total $1964.85.

Order to Partition Estate

And now Nov 9 1832, on motion of P Filbert, the court confirm the within valuation and adjudge purport no. 2 to Samuel MOORE, the eldest son, leaving purport No 1 open for adjudication to a future day.

And now January 11, 1833 on motion, the court award and adjudge No.1 to Joseph MOHR, a son and heir of the said George MOHR deceased. Afterwards to wit Feby 26, 1833. All the judges present, the court discharge the Joseph MOORE from taking purport No. 1 and same time adjudge the same to George MOORE he to enter into recognizance &c.

Application to rule on the heirs of George Moore

Filed 11/16/1832, application to rule on the heirs of George Moore, dec'd. and rule granted to show why he should not hold the property without interest to the 1st April next.

Samuel Moore being on his solemn oath, deposes and says that the property which was adjudged to him at the last regular Orphans Court day, is not in any condition at present to be productive for profit; that there is no winter crop now in and that therefore no crop can be expected by next harvest. And further saith not.

Obligation

KNOW ALL MEN by these Presents, that I, Joseph Moore, one of the sons of George Moore, late of Robeson Township, Berks county, deceased are held and firmly bound unto Susanna Moore, widow of the said deceased in the sum of two hundred and ninety five dollars and twenty three cents lawful money of the United States, to be paid to the said Susanna Moore or to her certain attorney, Executors, Administrators or Assigns: to which payment well and truly to be made and done, I bind myself, my Heirs, Executors and Administrators, and every of them, jointly and severally, by these presents....SEALED with my Seal, and dated the eleventh day of January AD 1833.

NOW THEREFORE THE CONDITION OF THE above obligation is such, that if the above named Joseph Moore shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid the above Susanna Moore or to her certain Attorney, Executors, Administrators, or Assigns, the just and full sum of seventeen dollars and seventy-one cents lawful money as aforesaid, yearly and every year during her natural life, the first payment thereof to be made on the Eleventh day of January, 1834. The said sum being yearly interest of the nett one third part of the valuation money of the first purport of real estate late of the said George Moore deceased, as valued and appraised by an inquest, in pursuance of an order of the Orphans Court of the said county, and in lieu and satisfaction of the Dower or Thirds of the said Susanna Moore therein at common law, without fraud or further delay; then the obligation to be void, otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue.

KNOW ALL MEN by these Presents, that I, Joseph Moore, one of the sons of George Moore, late of Robeson Township, Berks county, deceased are held and firmly bound unto Elisabeth Dumm, Lea Moore, Catherine/intermarried with Jacob Ehrgood, Susanna intermarried with Henry Miller, Levina Moore, daughters of the said deceased; William Moore, Samuel Moore, Abraham Moore, and George Moore, sons of the deceased, in the sum of one hundred and sixty one dollars[each], in gold or silver money, to be paid to the said Elizabeth DUMM, to Lea Moore, and unto Catharine/ intermarried with Jacob EHRGOOD, Susanna Moore, William Moore, Samuel Moore, Abraham Moore and George Moore or to [their] certain attorney, Executors, Administrators or Assigns: to which payment well and truly to be made and done, I do bind myself, my Heirs, Executors and Administrators, and every of them, jointly and severally, by these presents....SEALED with my Seal, and dated the eleventh day of January AD 1833.

WHEREAS SUCH PROCEEDINGS WERE HAD THIS day in Orphans' Court of the said county of Berks, relating to the real estate of the said George Moore deceased. That upon a Writ of Partition or Valuation awarded by the said court, an inquest valued the first purport of the said real estate at the sum of eight hundred and eight-five dollars and seventy-one cents in gold or silver money...AND FURTHER... upon Joseph Moore taking that part of the said real estate at the valuation aforesaid, it was ordered by the said Court, that the said Joseph Moore enter into a recognizance, to secure to the other children and heirs of the said George Moore deceased, their respective shares and dividends, of and in the said valuation, which recognizance being entered into, in open Court, by the said Joseph Moore, it was ordered that the said Joseph Moore should hold and enjoy such real estate aforesaid, valued as aforesaid, to him, his Heirs and Assigns forever, according to law, &c. as by the records of the said Court appears; &c.

NOW THE CONDITION OF THIS OBLIGATION is such, that if the above bounden Joseph Moore, his Heirs, Executors or Administrators, or any of them, shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid the above named Elizabeth DUMM, Lea Moore, Catherine/intermarried as aforesaid, Susanna Moore, William Moore, Abraham Moore, Samuel Moore and George Moore or to [their] certain Attorney, Executors, Administrators, or Assigns, the just and full sum of fifty-three dollars and sixty seven cents in one year from this day with interest from the first day of April next and the further sum of twenty-six dollars and eight-three cents and ahalf immediately after the decease of the widow of the said deceased, without fraud or further delay; then the obligation to be void and of no effect, otherwise to be and remain in full force and virtue.

Susanna Miller, wife of Henry Miller on 3/29/1834, and Catharine Ehrgood, wife of Jacob Ehrgood on 4/22/1834 ; both signed permission for their respective husbands to receive their share of $92.23 and $98.10, respectively, before the Orphans Court.

Petition of Joseph Moore

The petition of Joseph Moore of the township of Robeson in this county respectfully sets forth:

That at an Orphan's Court of this county held on the 11th day of January last past, an application of the petitioner purport no.? was allotted to him at the appraisement thereon taken. That although said land was allotted to your petitioner yet he has not gone into possession neither could he go into possession and has not as yet entered into a recognizance as is required by the law of the land to give him a good title. In the mean time, your petitioner would beg have to state that owing to the negligence of the tenant in possession or otherwise, the house on the premises was suffered, if not to burn down, yet to be -- --- quired as to be unfit to dwell in and that the property has deteriorated to the account of one hundred and fifty dollars. Your petitioner considers it hardship, under the circumstances of being made to keep the property to pay for it at the appraised value which is would be inequitable and unjust to inflict upon him, in as much as the cost was in no wise according to him, nor brought about by his interference, but induced by a state of things over which he had no control and therefore submits it to the court whether it ought not to be borne by all the parties in interest equally.

Your petitioner therefore asks for a rule on the other heirs of George Mohr, dec'd to show cause why this property should not be sold and the proceeds distributed according to law.

Berks County Ct:; The petitioner being duly sworn deposes and says that the facts set forth in the above petition are true to the best of his knowledge and belief. And further saith not sworn to be subscribed. signed Joseph Moore

Petition for Rule on the Heirs of George Mohr

The within petition being read, the court grant a rule on the heirs of Geo. Mohr dec'd to show cause why the petitioner should not be allowed to decline taking the within alluded to real estate.

In the Orphans' Court of Berks County, held in Reading, in and for said county of Berks on the 9th day of November 1832 the second described purport of the Real Estate late of George Moore of Robeson township, in the county of Berks, aforesaid, yeoman, deceased, consisting of a certain messuage tenement and tract of land situate in the township aforesaid, adjoining lands of Jacob Moyer, Peter Moore and Jonathan Seidle and others containing sixty-nine acres more or less heretofore valued and appraised at the sum of one thousand and seventy-nine dollars 14/100 lawful money of the United States, by an inquest for that purpose help, in pursuance of an order of the said court, was accepted and adjudged to Samuel Moore, eldest son of George Moore deceased, upon him paying or securing to be paid, to Susannah Moore, the widow of the said deceased, the interest of the nett third yearly, and to the other heirs, within one year, with interest from the first day of April 1833 and of the other third, at the deceased of the widow, of and in the said valuation money. And the court did then and there decree, that if any debt or debts should hereafter be sued or prosecuted, or otherwise duly made to appear against the estate of the said deceased, that a deduction of a proportional part of the same shall be made from the valuation aforesaid of the several purports of the said real estate... THEREFORE, I the said Samuel Moore acknowledge myself to owe the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sum of two thousand and fifty eight dollars lawful money as aforesaid, of the real estate, so accepted and adjudged to be made and levied, if default be made in the following condition, that it to say. If the said Samuel Moore, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, shall and do well and truly pay, or cause to be paid to the said Susanna Moore, the widow as aforesaid, her yearly interest, and to the other heirs and legal representatives of the said deceased respectively, agreeably to the said adjudication of the court aforesaid, then this recognizance to be void, or else to be and remain in full force and virtue.

Taken and acknowledged in open court the 11th day of April 1833 - Garrick Mallery, Pres.

Administrative Account of Joseph Mohre

On 6/18/1833, administrative account of Joseph Mohre, administrator of George Mohre, late of Robeson township, Berks County deceased, of all singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits, which came to his hands, as belonging to the intestate: Disbursements for all of which he has taken sufficient receipts:


June 2, 1832	Cash paid to Eno. Ritter and Co., upk of a/c book	18 3/4
	Peter Ehrgood	1 25
	Samuel Frees	1 25
	Dr. Peter Martin	1 62.5
July 28	Isaac Glas	3.225
Nov. 23	Benjamin Dickinson	2 50
	Morgan Lewis	1.50
Dec 5	John Major	5.38
Dec 24	Joseph Seesholz	4.00
Dec 31	Thomas Glasmayer	1.68
1833
Jan 4	Joseph Jackson tax	4.87 1/2
Jan 9	Henry Thompson	4.20
	do	1.00
Jan 11	Dr. S G Birch	32.62
	Joh P Heister	2.50
Jan 16	George Weidner	6.13
Jan 19	Peter Quinter	1.67
Feb 23	Jacob Mourer	0.50
Mar 11	Henry Ludwig	3.60
Mar 27	Isaac Glass	3.60
Apr 13	John White	0.50
	Leah Mohre	0.50
	Elizabeth Mohre	0.50
	Jonathan Seidel	21.25
	George N Mohre	55.92
Apr 18	Abraham Ehrgood	1.30
Apr 19	David F Gordon, Esq (for advertising)	1.25
	John Yeager	3.75
	Henry Miller	0.50
May 27	Archibald Lewis	6.50
Jun 15	Samuel Mohre	160.82
	Curtis Lewis, Esq	0.96
Jun 2	Peter Filbert, Counsel fee	10.00
Jun 18	for cls and stating this a/c	5.00
Jun 15	Clerk Orphans Ct fee	3 37 1/2
	do	1.75
	accountant for labour and work done for intestate in his life time	7 68 3/4
	appraisers of real estate	7.00
	Register for letters etc and accountant for compensation for labour and trouble	110.00
	Register for filing this a/n	7.00

	total	467.86
	bal in favour of estate	177.36

		645.22

In the Orphans' Court of Berks County, held in Reading, in and for said county of Berks on the 26th day of February 1833 the first described purport of the Real Estate late of George Moore of Robeson township, in the county of Berks, aforesaid, yeoman, deceased, consisting of a certain tract of land situate in Robeson township aforesaid, containing ninety-one acres, more or less heretofore valued and appraised at the sum of eight hundred and eighty-five dollars twenty-one cents lawful money of the United States, by an inquest for that purpose help, in pursuance of an order of the said court, was accepted and adjudged to Samuel Moore, eldest son of George Moore deceased, upon him paying or securing to be paid, to Susannah Moore, the widow of the said deceased, the interest of the nett third yearly, and to the other heirs, within one year, with interest from the 26th day of February and of the other third, at the deceased of the widow, of and in the said valuation money. And the court did then and there decree, that if any debt or debts should hereafter be sued or prosecuted, or otherwise duly made to appear against the estate of the said deceased, that a deduction of a proportional part of the same shall be made from the valuation aforesaid of the several purports of the said real estate... THEREFORE, I the said George Moore acknowledge myself to owe the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sum of two thousand and fifty eight dollars lawful money as aforesaid, of the real estate, so accepted and adjudged to be made and levied, if default be made in the following condition, that it to say. If the said George Moore, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, shall and do well and truly pay, or cause to be paid to the said Susanna Moore, the widow as aforesaid, her yearly interest, and to the other heirs and legal representatives of the said deceased respectively, agreeably to the said adjudication of the court aforesaid, then this recognizance to be void, or else to be and remain in full force and virtue.

11 children named: Samuel, Elias, Joseph, George, Catharine (wife of Jacob Ehrgood), Susanna (w/o Henry Miller) Elisabeth (Dumm) William, Abraham, Lea, Levina

On 8/14/1833, the court appointed Henry W Smith Esq., auditor, to audit and restate the account of Joseph Moore, Administrator of George Moore dec'd.

A report of the auditors was filed on 7/26/1835 and confirmed the prior accounting.