Person:John McCrone (4)

McCrone, John, 61, farmer, RE = $32,000, b. Ireland
, Elizabeth, 55, b. DE
, James S., 31, farmer, b. DE
, Margaret, 18, b. DE
Farmer, Jane, 70, b. PA
Hurley, Catherine, 16, b. Ireland
Emmeline, Joseph, 50, laborer, b. France

John McCrone Junior, native of Ireland subject to the King of the United Kingdom
petitioned to be admitted a citizen of the United States
John Crow on oath says he has known John McCrone Junior for 18 years and more and during that period John McCrone has been a resident of the United States and for the last year at least a resident of Delaware

McCrone, John, 72, farmer, RE = $20,000, PE = $1000, b. Ireland
, Margaret, 29, b. DE
Comegys, Ellen, 65, b. DE
Miller, John, 27, black, farm laborer, b. De

Will of John McCrone, New Castle Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware
10. To my son John McCrone my black boy Wesley till he arrives at the age of 28, and he is to be taught to read
11. The remainder of my personal estate to be divided between my sons John, William B., George, Samuel, and Jesse McCrone
12. My Real Estate in Cleveland and Jefferson, Ohio and at the City of Washington to be sold by my sons when they think best, the sum received to pay legacies above, the remainder to my said five sons equally, the share for Samuel to be retained by the executors and invested until he is married or engaged in business
Lastly, sons John McCrone and William B. McCrone to be Executors
Signed 4 Dec 1847, John McCrone

John McCrone
Birth: Dec. 1, 1788
Death: Oct. 23, 1863
Burial: Bethel Cemetery, Pleasantville, New Castle County, Delaware, USA

Indenture, 30 March 1832
Between John McCrone the younger and Hannah his wife of the Hundred and County of New Castle, Delaware
and Edward Tatnall of Brandywine hundred in the County of New Castle
Whereas the said John McCrone the younger is bound unto the said Edward Tatnall in the Sum of Seven thousand two hundred dollars lawful money upon a Condition to pay to the said Edward Tatnall the sum of three thousand six hundred dollars with legal interest from the date [of the bond] and the whole to be paid one year later
Security for the loan:
All that Plantation and Tract of land in New Castle Hundred Bounded by the Public road leading from Wilmington to Clarks Corner by land of John Peach and by a Tract of land of James Riddle called Belmont . . . containing eighty acres more or less
and also all that other tract situated adjacent to the Plantation of land aforesaid
Beginning . . . at a corner of land belonging to James Riddle called Belmont south . . . . to a new line dividing the land hereby conveyed from land of James Riddle, thence by the same line passing through a Tract called Woodsborough . . . to the road leading from Wilmington to Clarkes corner through Eve's lane to the Wilmington and New Castle Road thence by the said road . . . thence North across the road . . . by land of John Peach . . . containing 59 acres three roods and 33 perches of land more or less
The above said Parcels conveyed to John McCrone by James Riddle and wife 28 March 1832
Signed John McCrone, Hannah McCrone
Witness Geo. B. Rodney, George Platt
Recorded 5 April 1832
[Side note] 28 Feb 1851 - Edward Tatnall acknowledges to have received payment and satisfaction in full for the pincipal and interest

p. 269
John McCrone and Jesse McCrone of New Castle Hundred and county, State of Delaware
appoint our brother George McCrone
true sufficient and lawful attorney for us . . . .
Signed 12 March 1863, John McCrone, Jesse McCrone
Witness Charles Woolsey
Recorded 13 April 1863
p. 344
John McCrone Sr of the hundred and county of New Castle, Delaware
did on 12 March 1863 empower George McCrone to be my attorney for me
Now I John McCrone have revoked, recalled, countermanded . . . the said letters of attorney
Signed 16 April 1863, John McCrone
Witness Chas H. McWhorter
Recorded 2 May 1863
p. 345
John McCrone of the County of New Castle, Delaware, the ony surviving executor of John McCrone Deceased, late of County and State aforesaid
hereby this 29th April 1863
make and appoint Leontine N. McWhorter and John McCrone Jr., both of County and State aforesiad, my true and lawful attorneys for me in the settlement of the estate of John McCrone Decased, of whose will I am the only surviving Executor in the County and Sate aforesaid
. . . . all property or Real Estate of the said Testator that may be found unsettled in the State of Ohio or elsewhere . . .
collect money missing from that collected by my late Co-Executor William B. McCrone . . . .
Signed 29 April 1863, John McCrone, surviving Executor
Witness: William Edmonson, Jas Allen, W. Jones
Recorded 2 May 1863

Know All Men
John McCrone Junior of the Hundred and County of New Castle, Delaware
By virtue of a bill of Sale executed by James Con[par/frar] Administrator of George Pearce Esq late of the Hundred of New Castle deceased
became lawfully possessed of a Negro named Phillis Green aged 12 years on the 26th Day of August 1826, the bill of Sale bearing date of 2 February 1827
Now Know ye that on the 1st day of January 1842 I manumit, enfranchise and set free the said Phillis Green
Signed 23 Nov 1827, John McCrone Jr
Witness, Thos Janvice, Jesse Moore

Indenture 25 Mar 1865
Between James S. McCrone, John McCrone, Leontine N. McWhorter and Dr. James R. Andre, executors of the last will and testament of John McCrone late of the Hundred and County of New Castle and State of Delaware, deceased
and Thomas Holcomb of the same place
Whereas John McCrone deceased in his life time owned land bounded by land owned by the heirs of John Peach, land owned by the heirs of Edward Edwards, and lands of Henry J. Tatnal, containing 140 acres more or less
and he made his will on 1 Aug 1862
which directed his executors to sell the land within two years of his decease (Will Record Book Y, p. 349)
and the land was sold at public auction to Thomas Holcomb for $19,735 on 18 Nov 1864,
[detailed description of land -- note: Clark's Corner is now known as Hare's Corner]
Signed James S. McCrone, Ex, John McCrone, Ex, Leontine N. McWhorter, Ex, James R. Andre, Ex
Witnesses: Geo. W. Rodney, John H. Rodney, M. M. Cleaver

Indenture 11 January 1851
Between John McCrone and Elizabeth his wife and Jessie McCrone, all of New Castle Hundred, New Castle County, DE, of the first part
and William Tatnall of Christiana Hundred, New Castle, DE of second part
who paid $1500 for land [1st part of description very dark and unreadable] . . . . land known as Fern Hook Farm, bounded by Christiana Creek, lands of John Peach, lands of late Henry Colesberry and other, and by the Great Road leading from Hare's Corner to Wilmington, containing 327 acres more or less, which Elizabeth Riddle, John Riddle and Margaret his wife, Mary Riddle, and Gunning Bedford Riddle sold on 15 Feb 1836 to John and Jesse McCrone (recorded in Book V4, p. 281 &c)
Signed John McCrone, Elizabeth McCrone, Jesse McCrone
Witnesses Albert W. Smith and William Canby