Good beautiful Morning Boschong Subscribers, This particular Hancock County Ohio Chancery record has a lot of information relevant to the genealogy of the Hancock County Bushongs and must refer you back to questions I posted long ago on the List. See BOSCHONG Archives for September 2006, July 2008, April 2009, June 2009, April 2010, July 2010, May 2011, July 2011, August 2011, May 2012, June 2012, and June 2013 for more information. During these posts, I went back and forth with John Bushong vs wives Anna Rodabaugh and Anna Stover and still it is not totally resolved and this Chancery record puts a lot of credibility to my questions about the real relationship with John and Ann Bushong buried in Williamstown and the Augustine Bushong family and it's correctness with the Stovers, Bushongs and Rodabaughs, rather then with Jacob Bushong and Eve Bossert. I have always said that John Bushong married to Barbara Kreighbaum is the son of Jacob Bushong and Eve Bossert and this Chancery may help to add credence to my claim. The name Tentsman in this Chancery record is also spelled Tintsman in other records. They are one and the same people. I believe that Eve Tentsman/Tintsman was a Myers. And for more clarity I believe that Stover and Stoner can be interchangeable too in their spelling. The Chancery is clearly spelled Stover. -------------------- PART 1 OF 3 --------------------- Hancock County Ohio Chancery Records Book 1, Page 229 Isaac Tentsman and Eve Tentsman his wife VS Moses Myers et al The State of Ohio Hancock County In Partition Proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Hancock and State aforesaid on the twenty eighth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty four before M. N. Tilden President, John Ewing, William Roller, and Mordecai Hammond associate Judges of said Court. Sitting to hear and determine pleas in partition & c. to wit: Be it remembered that heretofore to wit: On the 12th day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty four, Isaac Tentsman and EVE TENTSMAN his wife filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court aforesaid the following petition for partition to wit: To the Court of Common Pleas Hancock County State of Ohio, Your petitioners Isaac Tentsman and EVE TENTSMAN of Seneca County and State aforesaid represents that they have legal rights to and are seized in fee simple of one undivided parts of the following real estate situate in the County of Hancock and State of Ohio described as follows: The south west quarter of section number thirty township two south of Range eleven and the East half of the South east quarter of section number thirty six township two south of Range ten and inlot number one in the town of Williamstown, Hancock County and State of Ohio. And your Petitioners further represent that Moses W. Myers, John Musser, Lydia Musser, Jacob Ludy, Barbara Ludy, Jacob Shively, Ann Shively, JOHN STOVER, ANN STOVER, Barbara Shively, Isaac Shively, John Shiverly, John Rodabaugh, Abraham Rodabaugh, Simon Rodabaugh, Richard Sims, Susanne Simms, Mahlon Rodabaugh, Lydia Rodabaugh, Jonas Rodabaugh, SIMON BUSHONG, CATHARINE BUSHONG of the State of Ohio are copetitioners with your petitioners in said premises and that BARBARY MYERS of Hancock County, Ohio is entitled to Dower in said premises. Your petitioners therefore prays that partition of said lands may be made and the Dower of the said Barbary Myers assigned therein or if the same cannot be done without hereto manifest injury that there such other proceedings may be had in the premises as are authorized by law for the Morrison attorney for petition and afterwards to wit: At the May Term A. D. 1841, continued and afterwards to wit: At the October Term A. D. 1841 continued, and afterwards to wit: At the May Term A. D. 1842 continued. And afterwards to wit: at the October Term A. D. 1842 and motions to the Court by Mr. Morrison Counsel for the Petitioners, the following notice was put on file. Moses W. Myers, John Musser, Lydia Musser, Jacob Ludy, Barbara Ludy, Jacob Shively, Ann Shively, John Stover, Ann Stover, Barbara Shively, Isaac Shively, John Rodabaugh, Abraham Rodabaugh, Simon Rodabaugh, Richard Sims, Susanna Sims, Mahlon Rodabaugh, Lydia Rodabaugh, Jonas Rodabaugh, Simon Bushong, Catherine Bushong and Barbary Myers, widow of Abraham Myers deceased, will take notice that a petition was filed against them on the 12th day of October A. D. 1840 in the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Hancock in the State of Ohio by Isaac Tentsman and Eve Tentsman and is now pending wherein the said Isaac Tentsman and Eve Tentsman demands partition of the following real estate to wit: The South west quarter of section numbered thirty township two and South of Range eleven, And the East half of the South east quarter of section numbered thirty six township two south of Range ten and Inlots numbered one in the town of Williamstown, Hancock County and at the next term of said Court, application will be made by the said Isaac Tentsman and Eve Tentsman for an order that partition may be made of said premises. 16th May A. D. 1842. Upon which said notice was the following endorsements to wit: We the undersigned acknowledge service of the within dated 10 June 1842. Barbara Shively, Isaac Shively, Jacob Ludy, Barbara Ludy, ANN STOVER, JOHN STOVER. And afterwards to wit: On the 9th day of October to wit: At the October Term of the court aforesaid A. D. 1842, On motion to the Courts by Mr. Morrison, Counsel for the petitioners, it is ordered that by the oaths of John F. Perkey, Andrew Rickets and John Rose, an full equal thirds part of lands in said petition described to wit: South west quarter of section number thirty township two south East quarter section number 36 township two south Range Ten and in lot number one in the town of Williamstown, be assigned and set of the said Widow as her Dower estate and that by the like oaths of the same J. K. Perkey, Andrew Rickets, and John Rose, partition be made of said land subjects to said Dower estate in the following proportions to wit: To Moses Myers one equal 21st part; to John Musser one equal 21st part; to Lydia Musser one equal 21st part; to Jacob Ludy one equal 21st part; to Barbara Ludy one equal 21st part; to Jacob Shively one equal 21st part; to Ann Shively one equal 21st part; to JOHN STOVER one equal 21st part; to ANN STOVER one equal 21st part; to Barbara Shively one equal 21st part; to Isaac Shively one equal 21st part; to JOHN RODABAUGH one equal 21st part; to ABRAHAM RODABAUGH one equal 21st part; to SIMON RODABAUGH one equal 21st part; to RICHARD SIMS one equal 21st part; to SUSANNA SIMS one equal 21st part; to MAHLON RODABAUGH one equal 21st part; to LYDIA RODABAUGH one equal and 21st part; to SIMON BUSHONG one equal 21st part; to CATHARINE BUSHONG one equal 21st part. -------------------- TO BE CONTINUED: ------------------- Copied at the Hancock County Ohio Library at my request by Mareetta Brewer and Transcribed and Submitted by Gloria Neiger Bushong