Estate Record of Isaac Drumheller

1885: Earl Township, Berks County, PA

Berks County Probate Records, Volume 29, page 278

To the Sherriff of Berks County,

Greeting:

Whereas Catherine UPDEGROVE, one of the heirs of Isaac DRUMHELLER, late of the township of Earl in said county, deceased, preferred a petition to the Judge of the Orphans Court of said county, setting forth that the said Isaac DRUMHELLER died on the first day of October A.D. 1884 intestate seized in his *?* as of fee of and in all that certain Plantation and tract of land situate in Earl Township, Berks County aforesaid, bounded and *?* as follows to wit:

Beginning at a corner of Lewis DILLAPLANE'S land and running thence by the same north sixty-nine degrees, west eighty-five perches and seven tenth to a corner of Ephraim GLASE'S land, thence by the same and partly by David MATHIAS' land and land of Jacob GROSS, deceased, North twenty one degrees and a half, East one hundred and twenty nine perches to a corner of Elam RHOAD'S land, thence by the same South twenty four degrees, West fifty four perches to a chestnut and seventy five degrees, East thirty one perches and three tenths to a stone, thence by the latter and partly by lands of Henry and Daniel DAVIDHEISER and land of Reuben UPDEGROVE north twenty five degrees, East forty seven perches to the place of Beginning, containing seventy acres more or less with the appurtenances.

And leaving to survive him a widow Harriet DRUMHELLER, no children, one sister Catherine UPDEGROVE widow of Solomon UPDEGROVE, deceased, the petitioner of nephews and nieces to wit: Orlando PRUTZMAN, Abner PRUTZMAN, Sarah wife of Franklin REITNAUER, one minor child of Ellen wife of Joseph LEIDY both deceased viz: Horace (?) LEIDY, children and grandchild of Lucy, a sister who died prior to the said intestate, intermarried with Jacob PRUTZMAN, who survives her - Caroline wife of James MOYER, Barbara wife of Jairus REESER, Cordelia wife of William FISHER deceased, Agnes wife of William GRIESEMER, Nancy wife of Adam BECHTEL, and Elam DRUMHELLER children of David DRUMHELLER a brother who died prior to the said intestate. Oliver SWAVELY, Isaac SWAVELY, Acropoena SWAVELY and Alvin SWAVELY children of Caroline, a sister who died prior to the said intestate, intermarried with Adam SWAVELY who survives her. David HARTLINE a child of Nancy a sister of said intestate intermarried Jessiah HARTLINE both deceased. That under and by virtue of the intestate laws of this commonwealth it belongs to the said Harriet DRUMHELLER to have one equal half part of said Real Estate for and during the tenure of her life and to said Catherine UPDEGRAVE, the one undivided fifth part of said Real Estate, to the said representatives of Lucy PRUTZMAN a sister of said intestate deceased the one undivided fifth part of said Real Estate, to the said representatives of David DRUMHELLER a brother of said intestate deceased, the one undivided fifth part of said Real Estate, to the representatives of Caroline SWAVELY a sister of said intestate deceased, the one undivided fifth of Real Estate, to the said representatives of Nancy HARTLINE a sister of said intestate, the one undivided fifth part of said Real Estate, subject to the estate and interest therein of Harriet DRUMHELLER - in fee.

That no partitions or valuations of said Real Estate having been made your petitioner therefore prays the court to award an inquest to view the same and make partitions etc., which was accordingly awarded by the court. Therefore we Command You, that you forthwith summon an inquest of six good and lawful men of your bailiwick and go to the said premises, and there by their solemn oaths and affirmations make partitions thereof with the appurtenances, to and among all the heirs of the said deceased, if the same can be done without prejudice to and spoiling of the whole, that the same inquest do view and inquire whether the same will conveniently accomodate more than one of the said heirs - and if they so find that they *?* ascertain and report how many the will as aforesaid accomodate describing each part by *?* and bounds and returning a just valuation and appraisement thereof. But if the said inquest shall find that the premises aforesaid, with the appurtuances (?) cannot be parted and divided to and among all the heirs of the said deceased, nor accomodate more than one of the said *?* without prejudice to and spoiling of the whole that they their value and appraise the source aggreably to law.

That due and legal notice of the time and place of holding such inquisition be given to all the parties *?*, that they may be present if they think proper. And that the petition or valuation so made you distinctly and openly have under your Hand and Seal, and under the Hands and Seals of those by whom the same will be made before our Judge at Reading, at our Orphans Court there to be *?* the 7th day of March A.D. 1885.

And have you *?* and *?* this Will.

Witness, the Hon. *?* H. SCHWARTZ, President of our said Court at Reading this 5th day of January A.D. 1885.

A.F. STRUNK,
Clerk, O.Ct.

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