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State of Illinois
Morgan County
To the Hon Judges of the
Morgan Circuit Court March
Term 1835
The representations of your petitioner, Stephen
H. West Guardian of the Infant heirs of the
late Nehemiah Calkins, deceased, respectfully
sheweth. That Nehemiah Calkins late of the
County of Morgan and State of Illinois de
parted this life sometime in the year 183[3?]
lying & being in the County & State aforesaid
seised of the following tracts of Land, situated
lying & being in the County & State aforesaid viz
Lots No. 28, 29, 30 and part of 66 of the Orig
inal Plat of the Town of Jacksonville, and the
W 1/2 of S.E. Qu of Sec 29, Town 14 N. R. 9 W. Con
taining 80 acres. The S 1/2 of W 1/2 of N. E. Qu of
Sec 7 Town 13 N. R. 9 W. Containing 40 acres.
and a part of the W 1/2 of the S.E. Qu of Sec 9
Town 15 N. R. 10 W. containing 10 acres and also
Lot No 34 in Sec No 16 Town 15 N. R. 10 W.
containing 5 acres. Your petitioner would fur
ther represent that he was appointed by the Judge
of Probate of Morgan County administrator of the
personal Estate of the said Nehemiah Calkins,
deceased, and that as administrator aforesaid
he has satisfied all of the demands that have
been presented against said Estate, and has made
a final settlement of the same with the Judge
of Probate, without resorting to the Real Estate.
The debts of said Estate being paid, the above
described real Estate as your petitioner conceives
belongs to the heirs of the deceased, after setting
apart the widows dower. The heirs of the said
Calkins are Silas Calkins, Mary Jane Calkins,
Samuel Calkins, and Sarah Ann Calkins,
all of whom are Infants, and for whom your
petitioner has been duly appointed Guardian,
and being mindful of the responsibility impos
ed on him as Guardian of said Infant heirs
he is clearly of the opinion that their interests
and the interests of each of them respectively would
be promoted by a partition of said real Estate
among them by metes and bounds equally accor
ding to law and would therefore pray that there
may be Commifsioners appointed by this Honorable
Court at the present Term to examine said
premises, and make such a partition among the
parties as justice to each would require and
to report the result to the next Term of this
Court. Your petitioner would respectfully
suggest that, as a petition has been presented
to this Court at its present Term, praying that
Commifsioners be appointed to let apart the
widows dower in the above described premises
the same persons who may be appointed Com
mifsioners to award dower, may be appointed
Commifsioners for the partition, and thereby save
the trouble of examining the premises but once
That the Hon Court Will hear the petition
of your petitioner, & as in duty bound will
ever pray
Stephen H. West
Guardian of
Silas Calkins, Mary Jane Calkins, Samuel
Calkins, and Sarah Ann Calkins Infant
heirs of Nehemiah Calkins deceased
Stephen A. Douglafs
Attorney
Stephen H. West
Guardian of the
Infant heirs of
Nehemiah Calkins
Deceased
Petition for
Partition
Filed 5 March 1835
D Rockwell Clk