Will abstract (Chester Co):
SHOFFNER, MARTIN. Charlestown. November 21, 1821. December 24, 1821.Exrs. to sell all real & personal estate and divide proceeds as follows: To dau. Mary, wife of Frederick Goodhart 1/8 of estate. To son-in-law Jacob Goodhart, husband of deceased dau. Magdalena, 1/8. To children of deceased dau. Elizabeth, wife of John King, 1/8. To dau. Catharine, wife of Jacob Slonaker, 1/8 of ditto. To dau. Susanna, wife of John Moses, 1/8 of do. To sons John, Daniel and Abraham each one-eight of estate. Executors: Sons John and Abraham Shoffner. Wits: John Bowen, Isaac Smith.
Newspaper article, 18 Dec 1822:WILL BE SOLD
Pursuant to the last will and testament of Martin Shoffner, dec' d, at publick sale on Thursday the 26th of December inst. at 2 o'clock P. M. a valuable farm containing 146 acres of land, about 40 of which are woodland a proportion of meadow and the rest in good state of cultivation--the improvements are a convenient stone house, a large stone barn, &c., a number of excellent springs of water on the property; a good apple orchard and other fruit trees--the above farm is situated in Charleston township, on the road leading from the white horse Tavern to the Yellow Springs about two miles to the former place. The terms made known by,
John Shoffner, Executor
Abraham Shoffner, ExecutorDecember 11th 1822
