Posts in October 4, 2016

There were three daughters who were join owners in about 12 acres when their parents, Abraham and Katherine (Blain) WIskiser died in Ohio in the 1850s. Two daughters sold their shares in 1859 to their brother. The remaining sister apparently had died before her parents and her children did not share their interest in the property until 1862. While the deeds do not give the reason for the delay, a reasonable conjecture is that they waited until all the children of the predeceased sister had turned of legal age. Minors cannot execute deeds and the expenses of a guardian’s appointment might have negated what inheritance they were to receive. Sometimes if there is no urgency to settle up an estate, heirs may wait until everyone is of age–that […]