Notice of Petition for the Partition - Margaret Irwin vs. Heirs of William Irwin

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Green Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States
Surnames/tags: Irwin Windram

Preface

On July 18, 1871, Margaret Irwin (abt.1843-abt.1881), presumed to be the youngest child of William Irwin (abt.1775-bef.1843), filed a petition for the partition of the Irwin Estate lot owned by John Irwin (abt.1812-abt.1870), following his death about 1870.^[1] Following is a transcription of the notice of the filing published in the Cincinnati Commercial on December 14, 1871.

For a complete history of the Irwin estate, see Westwood Irwin Estate.

Transcription

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LEGAL. –MARGARET IRWIN, PLAINTIFF, vs. Aundrew [Andrew] Irwin, Martha Windrum [Windram], Stephen Mullins, Melissa Mullins, George H. Mullins, Mary Witt and Michael J. Witt, her husbaud [husband], and Catharine Irwin, defendants. The said defendants will take notice that on the 28th [18th] of July, 1871, the plaintiff filed her petition in the Court of Common Please of Hamilton County, Ohio, case No. 37,526, demanding partition of the following described real estate between said plaintiff and said defendants as heirs at law of John Irwin, deceased, to-wit: Situate in Green Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, being part of the east half of the southeast quarter of Section No. 8, in Township No. 2, and Fractional Range 2 of the Miami Purchase, and being Lot No. 2, as designated on the plat of division of said half quarter section, among the heirs of William Irwin, deceased, made by the Court of Common Please of said county of Hamilton at the May term, thereof, A. D. 1844, said lot containing 16 acres, more or less, and having appurtenant thereto the use of a passway 20 feet wide, on the line between Lots Nos. 3 and 4 of said division, to the Lick Run county road, as marked on said plat. The plaintiff demands that partition be made of said premises, as follows: To the said Margaret Irwin, Andrew Irwin and Martha Windrum each, one-fifth part thereof in fee; to the said Stephen Mullins and Melissa Mullins, each, one-tenth part thereof in fee, subject to the courtesy of their father, George H. Mullins, in their said portions; to the said Mary Witt, wife of Michael J. Witt, and Catharine Irwin, each, one-tenth part thereof in fee. Defendants are notified that unless they answer or demur to said petition on or before Saturday, the 13th day of January, 1872, the said plaintiff will apply for an order that partition may be made of said premises.

W.H. Mackoy

Attorney for plaintiff

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Sources

1. ↑ Margaret Irwin Petition for Partition. Cincinnati Commercial, Cincinnati, Ohio. December 14, 1871, p. 3. Accessed on Newspaperarchive.com June 2, 2022.