Deed Book H, Vol. I,
p. 117 - Mercer County, PA
Nancy H. Hobbs & D.
P. Poole et. al.
Agreement made March 3, 1881 by and between Nancy
H. Poole widow of W.W. Poole and D.
P. Poole and Albert Poole, sons of
said W.W. Poole, and William
McKay and Sarah his wife and S.
N. Slater and Florence his wife, M.
L. Page and Martha J. Page his wife
and Nancy M. Poole.
The said Sarah, Florence,
Martha J. and Nancy M. being daughters
of the said W.W. Poole as follows.
Whereas there has been some difficulty between the parties above
named in regard to the settlement and division of the estate of the said W.W.
Poole and all the parties to this agreement wish to make a pleasant
and amicable settlement of all matters between them in regard to said
estate.
And whereas the said Nancy H. Poole,
widow, for the purpose of making such amicable settlement is willing to
leave her share and portion of said estate both real and personal and
permit the same to be divided to and among her children on condition that
each one of said children shall secure to her from and after the first day
of April 1881 the payment semi-annually of the interest on the share or
portion which each child may receive of said estate and which under the
intestate laws the widow would be entitled to receive.
The principal of the personal estate and interest on the real
estate and further if the said Nancy should
require it for her comfortable support and maintenance that each heir
should likewise secure and pay over to the said Nancy
a proportionate or pro rated share of the money as received by each heir.
And the said Nancy to be the sole
judge of what she may so need but she is to require of each heir an amount
proportionate to the sum received by such heir and each heir to be
responsible for his or her own share and not jointly and each heir is to
secure to the said Nancy to her own
satisfaction the annual interest as well as the proportionate share of the
principal before such heir receives the money to which the said Nancy
is entitled under the intestate laws.
And whereas Albert Poole has been in
possession for some years of a farm in Lake Township containing one
hundred acres more or less, the deed for which was in the name W.W.
Poole in his lifetime and the said Albert
desires to retain said farm and the other parties are willing that he
should do so and settle all questions as to title.
Now, therefore, this agreement witnessed that the parties above
named do hereby agree to and with each other and bind themselves severally
to settle and adjust the estate of W.W. Poole both
real and personal on the following basis.
The said Albert Poole shall take and
accept the farm in Lake Township on which he now resides at the sum or
price of two thousand dollars and the other heir shall quite claim all
their interest in said farm to him at said price.
The real estate in Sheakleyville and the lots in the borough of
Sharon shall be sold as soon as convenient and at the highest price that
can be obtained for the same and all the parties herein shall unite in
making title to the purchases as soon as the same can be sold then the
entire estate taking the Lake Twp. farm at the price above mentioned and
the Sheakleyville and Sharon property at whatever the same can be sold for
and all the personal estate shall be added together and make a gross sum
constituting the entire estate.
This entire estate as mentioned above shall then be divided into
two equal shares and one share to wit: one-half shall be divided equally
between D. P. Poole and Albert
Poole, the two sons. The
said Albert retaining his farm on his share
at the price above stated and the other share or half of said estate shall
be divided equally between Sarah, Florence, Martha
J., and Nancy M, the four daughters
above named, and the said Martha Jane Page is
to be charged with her note of $900, which is to be considered part of
said estate, and the said D. P. Poole is to
be charged interest on any money that has been loaned to him or paid for
him by his father.
Witness our hands and seals this third day of March A.D. 1881.
Signed by Florence Slater
and S. N. Slater in our presence H.
Criswell Jr., S.T. Armstrong
M. L. Page, Martha J. Page,
Florence Slater, S.N. Slater, Nancy M. Poole, D.P. Poole, Albert Poole,
Wm. McKay, Sarah McKay (seals)
Nancy H. Pool (her mark)
Before the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and
for said County, personally came Nancy H. Poole,
D.P. Poole, Albert Poole and Nancy
M. Poole and acknowledged the above and foregoing agreement to be
their act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned and as such desired
it might be recorded.
Witness my hand and seal March 3rd 1881
J.R. Rodgers J.P.
Submitted by Nancy
Brower.
