Letter of Administration
Document 1792Letter of administration for the estate of Nicholas Miller, late a soldier in the 12th Pennsylvania Regiment under the command of Col. Cook. Power of administration granted to his brother-in-law, Jacob Keller.
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[Letters Administration
To
Jacob Keller, for The Estate
of
Nicholas Miller late a Captn
in The 12th Penna Regimt
Intestate]
John Arndt — Esquire,
Register for the Probate of Wills and
granting Letters of Administration in
and for the County of Northampton —
in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
To Jacob Keller of Hamilton [undecipherable] in said County yeoman
Brother-in-Law to Nicholas Miller late a Captain in the [undecipherable] Pennsylvania Regiment Commanded by Colonel [undecipherable] in the [undecipherable]
States, deceased.
Greeting.
WHEREAS the said Nicholas Miller — lately
died intestate (as is affirmed) having, which he lived, and at the
Time of his Decease, divers Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits,
within the said County, by Means whereof the full Authority and Power
of granting Letters of Administration thereof is manifestly known to belong
to me: I therefore, desiring that the Goods and Chattels, Rights and
Credits, which were of the said Deceased, may be well and truly gathered, converted and disposed of according to Law, Do hereby grant unto
you the said Jacob Keller
(in whole Fidelity in this Behalf I very much confide) full Power, by the
Tenor of these Presents, to administer the Goods and Chattels, Rights and
Credits, which were of the said Deceased, within the said County; as also
to ask, collect, levy, recover and receive, the Credits whatsoever of the said
Deceased, which at the Time of his Death were owing and unpaid, and
long to do; and to pay the Debts in which the said Deceased stood obliged,
so far forth as the said Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits, will extend
according to the Rate, and Order of Law, especially of well and truly administering the Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits, which were of the
said Deceased, and making a true and perfect Inventory and conscionable
Appraisement thereof, and exhibiting the fame into the Register's Office,
at [undecipherable] on or before the [undecipherable] Day of [undecipherable]
next ensuing; and also a true and just Account, Calculation and Reckoning,
of your Administration, upon your solemn [undecipherable] to render at or
before the [undecipherable] Day of [undecipherable] in the Year of our Lord
One Thousand Seven Hundred and [undecipherable] or within legal time
thereunto required. And I do, by these Presents, ordain, constitute and
depute you, the said [undecipherable] Administrat[undecipherable]
of all and singular the Goods, Rights and Credits, which
were of the said Deceased, within the Limits aforesaid, saving harmless, and
for ever indemnifying me, and all other Officers, against all Persons, by
reason of your Administration aforesaid, and saving all other their Rights, &c.
IN TESTIMONY whereof, I have caused the Seal of the said Office
to be hereunto affixed. Dated at [undecipherable] aforesaid, the [undecipherable]
Day of [undecipherable] in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven
Hundred and Ninety [undecipherable]
John [undecipherable: Arndt] [signature]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Letter of administration for the estate of Nicholas Miller, late a soldier in the 12th Pennsylvania Regiment under the command of Col. Cook. Power of administration granted to his brother-in-law, Jacob Keller.
Date
04/23/1792
Author
Recipient
Document number
1792042390101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Jacob Keller
Nicholas Miller
John Arnatt
John Arnett
Colonel Cook
Pennsylvania Regiment
brother in law
deceased
Notable locations
Hamilton Township
Northampton County
Pennsylvania
Easton
Notable items
letter of administration
estate
intestate
probate
wills
goods and chattels
rights and credits

