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15KI) CUH I), M:Aanfhrr JtMwfcr Ju« X*frwslThi' Hrln of thr KiMni 1'r.p.rly. I«S+m V.irfc. Hu#* far Ui# Kfrarrry of mm Wur1t»*l««y Ht|||»»vThi* ri hd rated suit commenced % few tear* r^*i Iiv tlw ht-ifi »i Ann* ke J «n-* ™ il»»r flif relt;*»v«ry of the property of Trinity church* bid* fair to lie outdone by n rtHi\ftu« fit now lieitig pushed b*fn:vr«i i it!i vigor by the h**iri«»f eimt i known jf Uiv Waldron It apjwar* tintin the yi .tr Ihfh Baron Itcsolvtnt Wnldmn cnf4f* tlt;» tlii» country •riwi lllt;*lli»f)«i |with C* iv. SnuvonnT In ISM Chit.lit-a itin19 fii InViJ4littn al» cnj Sttivve- iiit made « ifr ifit of ttH that |*orI tnm Manhattan i*Ui*d lying lietwceniLl1!»1t?Eighty-second and One Bundled and Ninth Mred*. and extending frnui Northtn tin* East river, to Ban n WnlJrno m*iI Hu itluis. In consideration of tli*^putr#pliatr* r .*!• t twrii! v live fainiiiiv* am* !*• In* J■*•»#- l.i d mm *! lt;i 4txit«a, and ii h rry i !ai*-lldicd with In- ui tin laud within lineryear*. TIicm* condition- unt* romplii da nli, I*it t i*ii tbn Dutch l**ing it riven Imin ino-e**iofi the M-ltler* were di*(Mrvd In Bitio, however* alien the Iliiti h Itad r« gained |*Oft4lt;Hi«iov tin it tan Iwas ren* ivni !*• fi.tr sarin pnrtir*. Lrti eHi ring to have 1*« tn done in relate-n tothe estate tint I 1G4V when tiov. It u- .n « lt;lllirinc :I the nian! ill tiuv. Mny vrotnl,addin- eighteen pctNons making in all twenty one |i »rhc ij» hiI.h. Then* .scttb rn located II nr \niu* rtn*i dwelliter- »»n tin*siitiropphll.ilih*iani itahoonlt;high ground, and ih**Ma ol the^e wli*ilt;iis|niM*d ol their properly sold on!v t*» high water itiuk. The title to the l! *t^ and otlcf hind atone the river front overvvhirli I he Water flowed they dot not di»-po^e of, leaving it for the hem fit of theirheir*.bew i*)ihtliini asi*air.tnui*ilTwenty years since the meadow* lauds of If irhni Were not considered worth paving taxes lor, mid the hind was lookedupon as comparatively worthless, fluTweed riiiof however, recognizing the value of the large tract of properly lyingunder water in that ricii'Mtorhood, undertook the work of tilling it in at the e|HfeYifte ol the irity, Something like l,:*50 nrrcs of valuable laud wire made in this way, the title to which, it its Claimed, Iwlonge*] oi right to tlie heirs of the Waldron estate. In 1*70 Tniiinmiiy ring had a hill passed tiy the legislatiire bringing this laud under tax* atiott, nn*I it was sah«ecpe ntly sold indefault of the payment of taxes, the greater jwirtion of it, as might Ih* supposed, I wing purchased by the meml»era of tliu ring or their agents. The land so made and sol 1 without title, is now claimed to Ih? worth #00,000,000, and for its recovery the heirs of Barou Waldron are now taking the requisite steps.Co r I* id era I lc dilliculty, of course, was eX|H*riciici**l in discovering the descend* tints of the original grantees; hot by the exertion* **l n lew of those most actively uiteicsteil in the uiovement the stgnatures of some SlMl of the heirs, scatteredall over the country, have lwen obtained. The majority of them have stgued the necessary papers and contribute*! tlw* cx|vcnses incurred in the movement. While some ol tlie heirs look u|mi« therecovery of this valuable property as ex-clt;H**lingly doubttul, others express entire confidence in the strength of their claim, and are eager that the matter should U*speedily tested.By tracing the history of the Waldron family, it haa l*ctn asccrtainc*! that Baron Waldron, to w liom the estate was origin all j granted, had five *cm*. One of them, Samuel, had a sou, Wi H un, whmie third wife was Anoetje Meyer, agranddaughter of A*iolph Meyer, one ofthe original grantees. One of the children of this marriage was a daughter of Margaret, who married Abraham Lent. Abraham had seven children, viz.: John Abraham, David Bark ness, Peter Waldron, Elizabeth finnkerh* ff, Cornelia, Ann, and Maria. Peter Waldron was tliet!*thanJ.1AiC4lt|HthtitatEIniinKrofthofruhiortilI*uihiIVe*EMtiinutinelather of ex Seuator Lent, of this city. David Darkness settled in Poughkeepsie; Eiisalieth marrietl a gentleman named Ackerman, of Dutchess countyj Cornelia married Abraham Shear. Ann was the grandmother of Judge Tappan, and Maria marrietl Cornelius Earl*, the mother of Deputy Comptroller E*rlc. It will thus We seen that Abraham I nt,irfmviirlt;itltAr nf SL*nafrnr l^nt »■ fK*ItirtioiIIAUtiuIIctlo1tivliocncabii
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Red Cloud Chief
Red Cloud, Nebraska, US
Thu, May 20, 1875
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