Person:John Corll (2)

In 1850 and 1860 he was a carpenter.

Probate File (difficult to read)

To the Hon. James Paddock, Judge of Probate, for the County of Gratiot in the State of Michigan:

 The Petition of Hanna Carl who is of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, of the County of Gratiot respectfully shows:
 That John Carl late of Seville in the said County of Gratiot departed this life in said township of Seville on the 29th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty three leaving a last Will and Testament, as your petitioner is informed and verily believes.

That deceased was at the time of his death, an inhabitant of Seville said County of Gratiot and he was possessed of Real and Personal Estate, situate and being in the County of Gratiot...the estimated value thereof is the sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars...

  And your Petitioner further...that the names and residence of the heirs at law of said deceased...are as follows:

Hannah Carl, widow, Seville John Carl, son, Seville Gideon Carl, son, Seville _Anna McKelly, daughter, Seville Children of Angeline Neff, Mahoning Co. Ohio

 Martin Neff, Ellen Neff, Henry Neff, Sally Neff, Irvin Neff, George Neff, Emma Neff.
 Your Petitioner further....

WILL OF JOHN CARL

To Whom It May Concern

That I John Carl of the township of Seville county of Gratiot and state of Michigan make this my last Will and testament for the disposition of all my Estate both Personal Real as hereinafter set forth the W 1/4 SW 1/4 Sect 15 Townsh 12 N Range 4 West Containing 40 Acres to John Carl and Morey Carl provided that said Morey Carl shall pay or cause to be paid to the said John Carl $200.00 then the said John & Morey Carl shall have equil trust in the said above Described Land with the ____ ____ ____.

All My personal property to be equly divided between John Carl Morley Carl Gidion Carl Angeline Neff and Susan McKelly provided that John Carl Shall pay to Each of the heirs the value of said property. w/o his the said John Carls Intrus in said property The value of said property to be Determined by a Disinterested man All of the above Described Property both personal and real to Remain and be controled by Hannah Carl my wife During her natural lifetime.

24th Day October 1882 Witness to signature _______________ ______________

Subcribed before me this 24th day of Oct 1882 Robert ____________ Justice of the peace in and for Gratiot County Mich.

1. ↑ Compiler: Simon, Margaret Miller. Canfield Township Cemetery and Death Records Mahoning County, Ohio, vol.1.. (Mahoning County Chapter Ohio Genealogical Society, Youngstown, Ohio, 1983).

   He is listed as a son on father's tombstone, p 7.

2. ↑ Compiler: Bailey,Dawn Warner; Weese, Mary McCarty; Wilms, Jocelyn Fox. Mahoning County, Ohio Wills and Administrations: Abstracts 1846 - 1856 vol. 1.. (Mahoning County Chapter The Ohio Genealogical Soicety 1979.).

   Susan Bailey's will, pg. 40, he is listed as heir of her daughter, Barbara Corll.

3. ↑ Find A Grave.
4. ↑ Compiler: Gratiot County Clerk. Gratiot County Michigan Deaths.

   Book A pg. 131 no. 130. Parents 'unknown'.
   Cause of death was kidney disease.

5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 Compiler: Gratiot County Michigan Probate Court. Gratiot County Michigan Probate.
6. ↑ Find A Grave.

   With his picture.

7. ↑ Census births calculate as follows: In 1850, 1815 birth year Ohio; in 1860, 1810 birth year PA. Cemetery records have the year 1817. Using 1815 birth year here because 1817 is the year his brother Peter was born.