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From: "Niesen" <>
Subject: [PONTIUS] Pickaway, Ohio Will Abstracts
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 21:19:14 -0000


I found these wills in the Early Vital Records of the DAR, Pickaway Plains
Chapter, published in 1942 (LDS film #0859782):

Listed on Page 111

David G. Pontious
Mentions wife Susannah, son Wilson and dau. Sallie J. Berger. Exct. Son
Wilson. Made Feb. 23, 1888. Prob. Mar. 27, 1888. Wit's. Milt Morris and
Cornelius Stout.

Daniel Pontious
Mentions wife Catherine, children Harriet Clingensmith, Susannah Valentine,
George and Lewis., also George Lane, Christina Pontious, James Barnhart,
Sarah Albright, H.C. Bowers and George Metzgar. Exct. wife Catherine and
son George M. Trustee son Lewis. Made Sept. 16, 1882. Wit's. B.C.
Bostwick, M.C. Miesse. Codicil, mentions dau. Harriett Clingensmith, also
Anna Young and Daniel Clingensmith and granddaughter Emma Williamson. Made
Feb. 29, 1888. Probated May 5, 1888. Wit's. B.H. and Burr J. Bostwick.

Catherine E. Pontius
Mentions husband Amos, children Georg H., Mary J. Seals, Wilson and William
purchased land from Josiah Renick. Made Jan. 22, 1890. Probated Mar. 3,
1890. Wit's. John Bailey and Samuel Ashbrook.

I don't have the people in my database as yet. If anyone can identify their
places in the Pontius family, please let me know. (I haven't added Ken's
tree as yet, nor all of Jill's, so they may be in these lines.)

Len


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