Petition to sell real estate

Elijah F. Roberson
Administrator of the estate of
Benjamin Yates deed


Be it remembered that heretofore to wite
Oct 24 1865 this following petition was filed in the office
of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County
Indiana by said administrator to wite the undersigned admin-
istrator of the Estate of Benjamin Yates Deed would represent
to the court of Common Pleas of said County that the personal
estate of said decedent amounts to the probable sum of $340
and that the claims against the same so far as the sum
has come to the knowledge of your petitioner amount to
the probable sum of $1,400-leaving $1,000 of indebtedness
over the value of the personal estate that decedent died
the owner in fee simple of the following Real Estate in
Crawford County Indiana The East Half of The North West
Quarter, and the North West Quarter of the North West
Quarter of Section 14, in Township three South, of Range 1
West, the East Quarter of the North East Quarter of Section
15 and the South Half of the North West Quarter of the North
East Quarter of Section 15 same Town & Range containing in
all one hundred acres.

And that decedent left as his heirs the following per-
sons who are his nephews JOHN YATES, TOLBERT YATES, SILAS
YATES, DANIEL YATES, ELI YATES, SILAS YATES, WILLIAM YATES
and GEORGE YATES and the following persons who are
his nieces CASA MARTIN, RACHAEL HUGHES, SARAH BELL,
NELLIE PITTMAN and SARAH YATES who resides as follows
and who are all of age and state the above are all
the heirs of decedent who are known to your petitioner
except the unknown heirs of Robert Yates deed, the
unknown heirs James Yates Deed and the unknown
heirs of John Yates and the unknown heirs of
John Yates, Jr. and the heirs of Casa Yates and
he therefore asks for an order to sell such
Real Estate.

E. F. Roberson

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 24th Day of October, 1865

J. M. Lemonds CK

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