Filed June 24, 1873
Inventory and Appraisement Sur Estate of John Freehafer, Deceased
True and perfect inventory and just appraisement of all and singular goods and chattels rights and credits which were of John Freehafer, late of the township of Lower Heidelberg in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania __ at the time of his death to wit:
| 1 Buffalo rope, sausage suffer, bedstead | $5.00 |
| 1 Lot hams, side and shoulder | $6.00 |
| 1 Shaving bench, stove and pipe | $6.00 |
| 12 Wooden screws, 1 grindstone | $5.35 |
| 1 Lot planes, saws, chisel, gages, etc. | $10.00 |
| 1 Lot harness, saddle | $20.00 |
| 1 Lot white lead kegs and carpenters tools | $2.75 |
| 1 Sweep saw, table and window sashs | $3.50 |
| 1 Lot boards ,$8.00, 1 shote $9.00 | $17.00 |
| 1 Lot Boards and Ladder | $1.50 |
| The 1/2 share in sausage machine 1.50 and 1/2 share in cultivation $2.00 | $3.50 |
| 1 Lot boards and scanthing | $4.00 |
| 1 Lot manure boaurds .25, sleigh | $2.25 |
| 1 horse wagon | $10.00 |
| 1 spring | $8.00 |
| 1 top buggy 60.00, rockaway wagon 6.00 | $66.00 |
| 1 bier | $30.00 |
| 1 Plow & harrow and doubletree | $2.00 |
| 1 Pr Hay ladders, gruling hoe forks, manure hook | $1.90 |
| 1 ice coffin .50, ladder, .50 | $1.00 |
| 1 sleigh | $5.00 |
| 1 family mare | $140.00 |
| Whole amount: | $350.65 |
Taken and appraised by us the sixth day of June AD one thousand eight hundred and seventy three
Samuel Staudt
Jacob Wengert
Berks County, ss:
Personally appeared before me a justice of the Peace in and for said county Jacob Wengert and Samuel Stoudt who upon their solemn oath do depose and say that they are the request of the administrator did well and truly and without prejudice or partiality value and appraise the goods and chattels and credits which were of John Freehafer deceased as set forth in this inventory hereto annexed and in all respects perform their duties as appraisers to the best of their skill and judgment
Samuel Staudt
Jacob Wengert
Sworn and subscribed this sixth day of June AD 1873 before me:
John W. Fisher,
Justice of the Peace
Order of Sale Sur Real Estate of John Freehafer, deceased,
Berks County ss
At an Orphan's Court held at Reading in and for Berks County September 6th A.D. 1875. Present Hon Judges Hageman, Bruckman, and Buskirk
The petition of Franklin Freehafer, administrator of John Freehafer, late of Lower Heidelberg in said County deceased, respectfully represents:
That the said John Freehafer lately died intestate and seized in his demesne as of fee of the following described real estate to wit: all that certain messuage tenement and tract or piece of land situate in the township of Lower Heidelberg aforesaid bounded by lands of Benjamin Bickel, Thomas Werner, John Bender, and others containing twenty three acres more or less with the appurtenances.
That the personal estate is insufficient to pay the said intestates debts and that it is requisite to sell said premises for the payment thereof. That the inventory of the personal estate amounts to the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars and sixty five cents and that the debts as far as they have come to the knowledge of your petitioner, amount to the sum of sixteen hundred and twenty five dollars. That said intestate left surviving him a widow and issue three children, your petitioner therefore prays the court to grant him an order for the sale of said premises and such other parcels as to your Honorable shall seem meet.
Said petitioner having been presented and read wherein from the court upon due consideration award an order of sale as prayed for and direct said administrator to file a bond in the office of the clerk of the orphan's court in the sum of Six thousand dollars with surety to be approved by the court. Conditioned for the faithful application of the proceeds of said sale --- from the premises herein described to public sale on the premises in Lower Heidelberg Township on Saturday, October 9 AD 1875 at one O'clock PM upon the following terms and conditions, ten percent of the purchase money to be paid down on the day of sale and the balance on or before the first day of April next, said administrator to give notice of said sale agreeably to the provisions of the 54th section of the act of assembly of March 29, 1832 and the rules of this court relating to Orphans Court and make return of their proceedings herein to the next stated orphans court to be held at Reading in and for said county October 23, 1875 or any subsequent day
By the Court
Isaac K. Knoll
Clk. O.C.
To the Honorable the judges of the Orphans court in and for the County of Berks.
The petition of Franklin Freehafer administrator of John Freehafer respectfully represents,
That in pursuance of the foregoing order having given due and timely notice of said sale according to law he did expose from the processes therein described to public sale on the ninth day of October A.D. 1875 and sold the same Reuben I. Landis for the price or sum of two thousand nine hundred and fifty dollars that being the highest and best price bidden therefore and he being the highest and best price bidden for the same which sale I pray your honorable court may be confirmed
Franklin Freehafer
Berks County ss:
Before me personally appeared the above named Franklin Freehafer who being duly sworn says that facts above set forth are true to best of his knowledge and belief and that he has no interest directly or indirectly in said sale.
Sworn and Subscribed before me this 22nd day of December AD 1875
Isaac K. Knoll
Clerk O.C.
An now to wit December 27th 1875 at an orphans court held at reading the within return having been presented and read and on motion of William P. Bard the sale made to Ruben I. Landis be confirmed and the court therefore give judgment that the said sale so made be firm and stable forever
By the Court
Geo. W. Bruckman
A.J.
Account of Franklin Freehafer administrator to estate of John Freehafer, late of Lower Heidelberg Township
Filed April 12, 1876
Account of Franklin Freehafer administrator of all and singular the goods and which were of John Freehafer late of the township of Lower Heidelberg, Berks County, Pennsylvania deceased.
| The accountant charges himself with all and singular the goods which were of said decedent agreeably to an inventory there of filed in the Registers office | 350.65 | ||
| To increase on sale of personal property | 64.21 | ||
| To book accounts collection | 23.82 | ||
| To have sold | 15.0 | 103.03 | |
| To real estate sold to Reuben I. Landis | 2955.00 | ||
| 3408.68 | |||
Errors and omissions excepted
Franklin Freehafer
The accountant claims credit for the following disbursements viz.:
| 1873 | ||
| May 28 | By case paid H.C. Register | $4.45 |
| May 28 | J. Knebb & Co., Receipt work | $0.25 |
| May 28 | Ritter & Co., advertising | $2.50 |
| June 6 | Appraisers | $1.00 |
| June 24 | Daniel Van Reed MD | $17.00 |
| June 26 | Israel S. Gruber, hay | $29.50 |
| July 18 | Keith Flickinger | $15.78 |
| July 18 | Isaac Sheaffer, auctioneer | $3.00 |
| July 18 | Leir Wisster tax | $5.16 |
| July 19 | Ritter & Co., advertising | $1.42 |
| Dec 30 | Christian Boehinger, coffin | $1.50 |
| 1874 | ||
| Mar 7 | Isaac B. Stoudt Tax | $3.54 |
| Mar 7 | Richard C. Heck note | $212.00 |
| Mar 19 | Jacob Wengert interest | $42.00 |
| Mar 19 | Keith Moyer interest | $6.00 |
| Mar 19 | Jacob Keith interest | $6.00 |
| Mar 28 | John B. Flickinger interest | $13.50 |
| Apr 2 | John G. Brossman interest | $18.00 |
| Apr 11 | Peter Fidler interest | $6.00 |
| Apr 13 | John B. Flickinger interest | $5.85 |
| Apr 17 | John W. Fisher interest | $12.00 |
| May | John W. Fisher clerking | $5.50 |
| Aug 8 | A.D. Unger tombstone | $28.42 |
| 1875 | ||
| Mar 29 | Jacob Keith interest | $6.00 |
| Mar 29 | Lydia Brossman interest | $18.00 |
| Apr 1 | John B. Flickinger interest | $13.50 |
| Apr 7 | Michael Keith interest | $6.00 |
| Apr 7 | Peter Fidler interest | $6.00 |
| Dec 3 | Adam W. Fisher, auctioneer | $5.00 |
| 1876 | ||
| Apr 3 | John B. Flickinger | $238.50 |
| Apr 3 | Jacob Wengert | $742.00 |
| Apr 3 | Jacob Keith | $106.00 |
| Apr 3 | Keith Moyer | $106.00 |
| Apr 4 | Lydia Brossman | $318.00 |
| John Hunseracht | $106.00 | |
| Henry W. Hiester | $106.00 | |
| John W. Fisher, Esq. | $2.50 | |
| W.S. Ritter, advertising | $4.08 | |
| J. Knabboths | $3.65 | |
| Isaac K. Knoll, clerk o.c. | $8.50 | |
| Isaac K. Knoll, affidavit | $0.25 | |
| Filing inventory | $0.30 | |
| P.Y. Edelman, filing | $9.60 | |
| William P. Bauer | $40.00 | |
| by accountants compensation | $110.00 | |
| By balance of widows exemption | $120.40 | |
| by balance due estate | $844.03 | |
| Total: $3408.68 | ||
Contributed by: Nancy.
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