Abstract of Document
Pertaining to the Estate
of Jacob Lents


We Thomas J. Spalding & Elizabeth Ann his Wife formaly Elizabeth Ann Lents &
Nicholas Lents & Maria his Wife & James N. Lents & Belinda his Wife & Barnet Lents & Vincent
Lents & Margaret his Wife & Ramine (as spelled) & America his Wife, heirs of Jacob Lents
Late of Daviess County Ind. Deceased. In consideration of the of Sixty Dollars to us paid by
John Lents do give grant bargain, Sell and convey to Said John Lents and to his
heirs forever in fee Simple our undivided interest and Title of Dower as Said heirs
of Said Jacob Lents Dec., in the following tract of Land containing Forty acres more
or Less Situated in Said Daviess County Indiana towit. The North West quarter
of the South West quarter of Section (27) twenty Seven in township (4) four north of
Range (5)five West and We do covenant with the Said John Lents as follows towit:
That We are Lawfully Seized and posessed with our undivided interest and rite of
dower in fee Simple of Said tract of Land that we have a good rite to convey our
undivided interest and rite of dower in fee Simple that the said John Lents his
heirs and assigns Shall forever quietly Enjoy the Same and that we will forever
Warrant and Defend the title to the Same against all Claims whether in Law
or Equity.
Witness our hands and Seals the twenty fourth day of March 1848 N.B. the
above was interviewed before signing.
Signed in "presents" of
William Seal
Thomas J. Spalding (seal)
Elizabeth Ann (xhermark)Spalding (seal)
Nicholas Lents (seal)
Maria (xhermark) Lents (seal)
James N. (xhismark) Lents (seal)
Belinda (xhermark) Lents (seal)
Barnet (xhismark) Lents (seal)
Vincent (xhismark) Lents (seal)
Margaret (xhermark) Lents (seal)
Ramin (xhismark) Lents (seal)
America (xhermark) Lents (seal)
State of Indiana County of Daviess
Before the undersigned Wialliam Seal a
Justice of the Peace in and for the County
afore said on this day at my Office
therein personally appeared
Thomas J. Spalding & Elizabeth Ann his Wife and
Nicholas Lents & Maria his Wife and
James N Lents & Belinda his wife and Barnet Lents
and Vincent Lents & Margaret his wife
and Ramin Lents & America his wife, and acknowledged the witness indenture to be their volentary
act and deed and they said and desired the same to be recorded on such and the said Elizabeth
Ann wife of the said Thomas Spalding and Maria wife of the said Nicholas Lents and Belinda wife of the
said James N Lents and Margaret wife of the said Vincent Lents and America wife of the said Ramin
Lents being then and there by my examine of separtly and apart from the said husband and
having the full contents and purports of said indenture by me read to them did declare that they
did volentary and of their own free will and account and on their act and best ability and
decision the said indenture without any coersion or compulsion from the said husbands.
Given under my hand and Seal this twenty fourth day of March 1849.
William Seal (Seal)
Justice of the Peace
Recorded May 5th 1860
E. T. Burton R. D E


(Some words spelled as it looked like in the document, some words were very small and hard to read)


Regarding the difference in years, the body of the document was Twenty fourth day of March 1848 and the
signature of William Seal was twenty fourth day of March 1849.

Did William Seal get mixed up when writing the document or did it take a year to get it all done???

From Reading this Document we can determine that:

Bernard (Barnet) Lents's wife, Catherine, was deceased as they married in 1842.

Jonathon, Mary Ellen and Sarah (Sally) Lents were all underage, and therefore did not have to sign.

William Lents (wife Matilda Edwards) was not an heir of Jacob, therefore was not a son. Probably a nephew.





SOME BAPTISMS AT ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, BARR TOWNSHIP,
DAVIESS COUNTY, INDIANA BY FR. P.J.R. MURPHY

Taken from a photocopy of the Microfilm of the Original Church Ledger.

1848
Aug 3 I baptized William son of James N. Lents and Matilda King. William Seals and Miss Louisa Ann Seals were sponsors.

Dec 3 (?)(date hard to read)
I baptized Mary Jane daughter of Raymond Lents and America Jackson. Mrs. Mary Bince was sponsor.
(could this be Sarah found with them in the 1850 census?)

1849
Jan 28 I baptized (two Latin words) Julia Ann daughter of Bernard Lents and Catherine Spalding. I supplied the ceremonies on the 5th of Jan. Mrs. Cecilia Bowling was sponsor.

April 5
I baptized Ann Lidia daughter of Vincent Lents and Margaret Jackson. Miss Ann Hariett Lents was sponsor.

May 3 (or 13th)
I baptized Mary Caroline daughter of Robert A Bramble and Susan Lents. Miss Julia Ann Lents was sponsor.

October 14
I baptized John Gabriel son of John Lents and Christina Spalding. Mrs. Ann Kidwell was sponsor.

1850

Apr 24
I baptized John Bernard son of James N. Lents and Mealy King. Miss Elizabeth Ann Dawkins(?) was sponsor. John B was 9 months.

Apr 24
I baptized Sarah Elizabeth 3 months, daughter of William Lents and Matilda Edwards. Miss Martha Jane Dawkins(?) was sponsor.
(the above two sponsors last name was hard to read)

1851 (believe this is the correct year, hard to read)
April 13
I baptized John Lawrence son of Vincent Lents and Margaret Jackson. Mrs. Christina Lents was sponsor.

Nov 7 (this page is very hard to read, some words are left out)
I baptized James Oliver Jackson son of Rezen Jackson and Ann Hariett Lents. Mrs. Maria Lents sponsor.

Dec 15
I baptized Thomas son of Raymond Lents and America Jackson.
Miss Nancy Williams(?) sponsor.

1852

April 15
I baptized William Albert Feb 2 son of William Lents and Matilda Edwards. Miss Teresa Milton was sponsor.

May 9
I baptized John William born March 29 son of Enoch Lents(Z) and Julia Ann Lents. Mrs. Christina Lents was sponsor.
(in this record, it looks like he spelled Enoch's name as Lentz, in their marriage record he spelled it Lents)

All these entries are signed Murphy.





PROBATE ORDER BOOK C PAGE 458

Probate and settlement of testators and intestates estates before the Honorable Alfred Davis, Judge of the Probate Court--within and for the County of Daviess and for the State of Indiana of the term of Court in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty.

Nicholas Lents, administrator
of the Final Record and Settlement
Estate of Jacob Lents, decd.

March 7, 1848
And now at this day that is to say at a Probate court continued and held in the court house in Washington written and for the county of Daviess and state of Indiana on Friday the seventeenth day of March the same term of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty eight before the Honorable William G. Cole, Judge of our same court now here come Nicholas Lents and on his notices adminstrator of all and singular the goods, chattles rights credits esseresys and effects which were of Jacob Lents late of said county deceased who died inintestate is granted to the said Nicholas Lents and the said Nicholas Lents having now here in open court dully qualified and given bond as such adminstrator in the penalty of three hundred dollars with John Lents and Nelson Lents his securities is duly authorized to take upon himself the adminstration of said estate according to law.

And afterward to wit on the thirty first day of March one thousand eight hundred and forty eight--causes the said adminstrator and filed in the office of the clerk of the Daviess Probate Court and inventory, and appraisement of the person all estate rights credits and effects of the said decedent which said inventory is in the word and figures following towit

State of Indiana
Daviess County

Personally appearared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace of said County--Hillery Spalding and John Hendreson and take the proper oath, to wit, that we will truly honestly impartically appraise the estate property and effects of Jacob Lents late of said county which shall be exactly to us according to the best of our judgement and belief so help me God.

(written) Hillery Spalding
(written) John Henderson

Sworn before the undersigned
A Justice of the Peace of said County
this 21th day of March 1848 (written) James F. Smith J.P.

An inventory of the goods chattles, surveys and effects which were of Jacob Lents, late of Daviess County, dec. taken by Nicholas Lents, adminstrator of said estate and appraised by Hillery Spalding and John Henderson
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1 clock $5.00 3 tubs flax seed $1.00
1 bureau 3.50 1 lot of tabacco .60
1 table 1.00 1 lot of geese 3.00
1 cupboard 5.00 1 chopping axe 1.00
cupboard ware 1.00 1 pair of gears 1.50
razor and instruments 1 saddle .75
1.00 1 pair of leather clevis
and bridle 1.00

1 smoothum iron .75
2 coffee pots .75 2 single trees & clevis1.00
more tools 1.00 2 bells 1.12
5 chairs 1.00 1 shovel plow 1.50
1 fro 1.00 1 sickle .50
1 drawing knife 1.00 1 cary sleigh 3.00
1 crackel .50 1 lot of cereal 3.00
1 tea kettle 1.00 1 brown mare 30.00
1 pot and 1 lid 1.37 1 brown colt 10.00
1 skillett & lid .35 1 lot of chickens .75
nails & hooks .50 1 lot of screws .12
1 tray & server .50 three of 4 acres of rye 1.18
1 pair of tongs 1.00 1 bush of rye seed 1.20
fire shovel .75 1/2rd of 2 acres wheat .60
1 larrup .75 1 red sided cow 7.00
2 spinning wheels &
real 4.00 1 heifer calf 2.00
2 water vessels .25 1/3rd of a wheat fan 1.67
1 lot of planks 2.00 2 acres wheat 2.00
2 hoes 1.00 2 sheep & 1 bell 1.50
1 wedge .50 2 sheep 2.00
1 kettle 1.00 1 1/2 bush Irish Potatoes .30
1 grind stone .75 one spade .25
warpering wills .75 1 loom & weaving Utensile5.00
1 strainer .15

State of Indiana
Daviess County

Nicholas Lents, adminstrator of Jacob Lents, dec. makes oath that the foregoing inventory is in all respects just and true and containes aa full statement of all the property bonds mortgages notes other securities debts and accounts in favor of the estate of the said deceased which have come to his knowledge and of the moneys bank bills and other circulation medium which have come into his hands belonging to said estate.
Subscribed and sworne to before the clerk of the Daviess Court the 31st day of March A.D. 1848

John VanTrees, Clerk
by E. Van Trees, Depy

May 5th 1848 the following supplemental inventory filed to wit: has come to the knwledge of Nicholas Lents, adminstrator of said estate and appraised by the undersigned.

1 bed stead .12 1 share of fish seine $3.00
1 bee queen 2.00 1 par of uppers .50
100 bundles of fodder .25 1 shuttle .25

Nicholas Lents, adminstrator of Jacob Lents, deceased makes oath that this additional inventory is just and true to the best of his belief

Subscribed and sworn to this 5th day of May 1848.

And afterward towit on the twenty fifth day of May in the year last aforesaid come the said adminstrator and filed a sale bill in the words and figures following towit:

Sale bill

Account of sales of personal property of Jacob Lents, late of the County of Daviess and State of Indiana deceased at public auction held at the late dwelling house of the said deceased on the 22nd day of April A.D. 1848

THE REMAINING WILL BE JUST A LIST OF PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT ITEMS AT THE SALE, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT THEY BOUGHT AND THE PRICE, CONTACT ME.

John Henderson,William McBride, John Lents, Nicholas Lents, Thomas J. Spalding, Nelson Lents, William Pagett, William Lents, Joseph Compton, Henry Gootee, Raymond Lents, Hillary Spalding, Robert Bramble, William Clements, Charles Ash, Mary Lents, John Spalding, Jarned Bruner, James Bruner, Robert King, Vincent Jones, James Ash, William Wilson, William Padget, John Litton, Barney Lents, Issac Parson.

MOST OF THEM BOUGHT MORE THAN ONE ITEM

April 22, 1848 James F. Smith, Clerk of said sale

The above named James F. Smith makes oath that the above is a true and just account of the sale of the personal estate of Jacob Lents late of said county deceased.

The twelth day of December eighteen hundred and forty nine comes James N. Lents before the clerk of the 2nd adminstrator Probate Court and suggested to said clerk that Nicholas Lents the former adminstrator of the estate of Jacob Lents deceased have recently died leaving a part of said estate underminstrated therefore on motion of the said James N. Lents, Adminestration of said estate was duly granted unto the said James N. Lents who then and there qualified and gave bond in the penalty of $150.00 with John Lents, security.

And now at this day towit at a Probate Court begun and held in the courthouse in Washington aforesaid on Monday the eleventh day of March of the same term of March in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty before our last aforesaid term of our same court now here comes James N. Lents, Adminstrator of the estate of said decedent and renders an additional account current in the words nad figures towit:

James N. Lents, Adminstrator of Jacob Lents, deceased reported the following and current he charges himself with balance of assetts as per account current filed by a former adminstrator, Sept term 1848

Credit by voucher No 1 Hyatt Helphinstine $48.76
No 2 councile fee 9.60
No 3 Clerk's fees 10.00
No 4 John Hasting 23.50
The court allows former Adminstrator 15.00-------
Admin debs 10.00 54.40
-------30.36
25.00 25.00
Balance ---------
5.36
Wherefore after a strict and careful examination of said account together with the accompany vouchers it is ordered by the court that the same be accepted allowed filed and read a part of the record herein.

Having fully administrated said estate he asks to be discharged from the further adminstration thereof

Subscribed and sworn to in open court

June 10, 1855

James X(his mark) Lents