Wills: Jeremiah Johnston, 1904: Highland Township, Clarion County, PA
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Estate of Jeremiah Johnston dated 1904
Clarion Co., Pennsylvania
To JOS. P. GRAHAM, Register of Wills in and for the County of Clarion:
I, the undersigned widow of Jeremiah Johnston late of Highland Twsp., Clarion
County, deceased, do hereby renounce my right to act as Administratrix of my deceased
husbands estate, and request you to appoint C. I. Johnston Administrator of said estate.
Witness my hand and seal at Highland Twsp this 5th day of Sept., A.D. 1904.
-Sarah Johnston
Witness, E.M. Johnston
ADMINISTRATOR'S BOND
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
Jeremiah Johnston, Deceased
Sept 26, 1904
CLARION COUNTY, SS:
Before me J. P. Graham, Register of Wills, in and for said County, personaly
came C. I. Johnston, of the town of Siverly of ___, in the County of Venango, who being
sworn according to law, says: That he was acquainted with Jeremiah Johnston late of
the Twsp. of Highland in said county of Clarion deceased; that he was present and saw
him dead , and that he died at Highland Twsp. on the 25th day of August A.D. 1904 at
about 11 o'clock a.m. of said day.
Sworn and subscribed before me the 5th -C.I. Johnston
day of Sept, A.D. 1904
J.P. Graham
Know all Men by These Presents
THAT WE C.I. Johnston, J.R. Dolby, and W.H. Reaghart are held firmly bound unto
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the sum of Four hundred Dollars to be paid to the
said Commonwealth; to which payment well and truly be made, we bind ourselves jointly
and severally for and in the whole, our heirs, executors and administrators firmly by these
presents. Sealed with our seal, and dated the 5th day of September, A.D. 1904
The Condition of this Obligation is, That if the above bounden Administrat or all
and singular the goods, chattels and credits of Jeremiah Johnston, deceased, do make or
cause to be made, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels and
credits of the said deceased, which have come, or shall come to the hands and possession
or knowledge of him the said C.I. Johnston or the hands or possession of any other
person or persons, for him and the same so made, do exhibit or cause to be exhibited into
the Register's Office, in the county of Clarion, within thirty days of the date hereof and the
same goods, credits, and all other, the goods, chattels and credits, of the said deceased at
the time of his death, which at any time after, shall come to the hands or posession of the
said C.I. Johnston or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for him
to well and truly administer according t law, and further do make or cause to be made, a
just and true account of his said Administration, within one year form the date hereof, or
when herunto legally required, and all the rest and residue, of the said goods, chattels and
credits which shall be found remaining upon the said administrator account, the same
being first examined and allowed by the Orphans' Court of the county having jurisdiction,
shall deliver and pay unto such person or persons as to the said Orphans' Court by their
decree of sentence pursuant to law, shall limit and appoint, and shall well and truly comply
with the laws of this Commonwealth relating to collateral inheritance, and if it shall
hereafter appear that any last Will or Testament was made by the deceased, and the same
shall be proved according to law, if the said C.I. Johnston being thereunto requiere, do
surrender the said Letters of Administration into the Register's Office aforesaid, then thei
obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force.
-C. I. Johnston
-J.R. Dolby
-W.H. Reaghart
CLARION COUNTY, SS:
I. C.I. Johnston do swear that as administrator of the estate of Jeremiah Johnston,
deceased, I will well and truly administer the goods, chattels, rights and cridits of the said
deceased according to law, and also will diligently and faithfully regard and well and truly
comply with the provisions of law relating to collateral inheritances.
Sworn and subscribed before me the 26th -C.I. Johnston
day of Sept. A.D. 1904
J.P.Graham Register
In the Matter of the Estate of Jeremiah Johnston late of Twsp of Highland in the
County of Clarion, deceased.
CLARION COUNTY, SS:
Paul Mahle and Daniel McNaughton being duly sworn say that they will, well and truly,
and without prejudice or partiality, value and appraise the goods, chattels and credits
which were of the said Jeremiah Johnston deceased and in all respects perform their duty
as appraisers to the best of their skill and judgment _______and subscribed befroe me this
___day of Sept. -Paul Mahle
A. B. Callihan - D.C. Mc Naughton
Justice of the Peace
INVENTORY of all the goods, chattels and credits of the above name Jeremiah
Johnston deceased.
1.11 dinner chairs 3.00
2.3 rockers 2.00
3.2 tables 2.00
4.1 Lounge 4.00
5.1 stand .35
6.4 beds 7.00
7.1 beauro 1.00
8.1 heating stove 1.50
9.1 cook stove 2.00
10.1 cupboard 2.00
11.1 sink .25
12.set dishes 2.00
13.cooking utinsals 2.00
14.copper kettle 3.50
15.6 doz. fruit cans 2.00
16.25 galon crocks 1.00
17.1 churn .75
18.3 wash tubs 1.12
19.minning tools 3.12
40.59
Farm implements 10.75
Blacksmith tools 7.50
2 Buggies 25.00
1 wagon 4.00
1 meare25.00
2 cows35.00
50 bushells of oats @ 5517.50
2 Hogs10.00
134.75
40.59
175.34