Distribution to heirs of James McNair, Somerset, PA
This can be found by Googling the above title.
Julia Ann McNair dau/o John McNair married Edward Harned
David McNair son/o John McNair had dau Mary Ann McNair
Lichliter who had dau Lydia Margaret Lichliter who
married William Harned

I am posting this long document because it will help those of you who are looking into the McNairs of Somerset Co., PA from the 1700s. It is a bit hard to figure out at first and I urge your to print it out so you can see it easier.

Distribution of the Estate of James McNair to his Heirs. Document from about 1865

(James McNair died without heirs, so his estate was distributed to the heirs of his siblings. I have omitted the amounts of distribution to the heirs of his siblings, as the amounts sometimes are very small))

To the Honorable, the Judges of the Orphan Court of Somerset County, PA.

Your auditor, after a continuance of his commission from term to term, and after having a second time given notice by publication of the time and place at which parties interested in the Estate of James McNair deceased might be heard, with the view of obtaining the fullest information possible of the number and names of said heirs of James McNair deceased, begs leave to submit the following:

Report of Distribution

In the hand of the Executor, after payment of credits allowed in former partial distribution, $977.89.
From which deduct Advertisement $3.00,
Clerk Horner (?) $4.25
Executor Hanna $20.00
Counsel Koontz & Meyers $20.00
Auditor Kooser $25.00

Leaving Balance of $905.64
From which deduct 5% collateral inheritance tax $45.28
Leaving for distribution to heirs $860.36

1.To the heirs of Ann McNair Harned $122.90
2.To the heirs of William McNair $122.90
3.To the heirs of David McNair $122.90
4.To the heirs of Catherine McNair Wilson $122.90
5.To the heirs of Robert McNair $122.90
6.To the heirs of John McNair $122.90
7.To the heirs of Jane McNair Silbaugh $122.90 Total $860.36

Individual distribution

First, Ann McNair Harned’s heirs $122.90
1.Heirs of Isaac Armstrong, a son of Ann McNair Harned
Anne Foreman
George Armstrong
William Armstrong
Josiah Armstrong
Sarah Guthrie
Mary Trowbridge
Isaac Armstrong

2.Heirs of John Forquer, a son of Ann McNair Harned
Samuel Forquer
Margaret McGrew
Jeremiah Forquer
Sarah Forquer
Ugenius Forquer
Salathias (?) Forquer
Isaac Forquer
Wm Forquer
Elizabeth Forquer
Naomi Forquer
John Forquer

3.Samuel Harned

4.William Harned

5.Heirs of Edward Harned, a son of Ann McNair Harned

Heirs of Harrison Harned
Heirs of Samuel Harned
William Harned
Lavinia McGilliland (?)
Elizabeth Cappett
Eleny (?) Fike
Jane Carroll
Joseph Harned
David Harned
Heirs of Sarah Perry
Amanda Caligan (?)


Second, William McNair’s Heirs $122.90

1. Margaret Frost’s Heirs
2. James McNair
3. Amos McNair
4. William McNair
5. Maria Shull
6. Catharine Snediker’s heirs
7. Ann Lousch

Third. David McNair’s Heirs $122.90

1.Heirs of John McNair, a son of David McNair
Margaret White
Alpheus McNair
David McNair
Elizabeth McNair
Catharine McNair
Mary Ann McNair

2.Alexander McNair
3.Sarah Severs
4.Philip McNair
5.James McNair
6.Margaret Carrick
7.Heirs of Mary Ann Lichliter, a daughter of David McNair
Lydia Margaret Harned
Catharine Phillippi
Sarah Younkin
John Lichliters’s heir
Martha Broucher (?)
Winifred Lichliter

Fourth, Catharine McNair Wilson’s Heirs $122.90
1.Ann Harbaugh
2.Robert Wilson
3.David Wilson
4.Elizabeth Trump
5.Mahala Bailey
6.James Wilson

Fifth, Robert McNair’s Heirs $122.90
1.Samuel McNair
2.Mary Parnell
3.Andrew McNair
4.Olley Turney
5.Phoebe Lewis
6.Lavinia McNair Close’s heir (Perry)
7.Matilda McNair
8.Heirs of Elizabeth Holliday, a daughter of Robert McNair
Rachel Hanna
Josiah Holliday
Jackson Holliday
William Holliday
Zalman (?) Holliday

9.Heirs of James McNair, a son of Robert McNair
Charlotte Michael
Catharine McNair
Josiah McNair
Robert McNair
Andrew McNair
Jane Huffins (?)

Sixth, John McNair’s Heirs $122.90
1.Catharine Brown
2.Heirs of Keziah Franz, who was the heir of Margaret Harned
Elizabeth Franz
Sarah Armstrong
Martha Jane Franz
3.David McNair
4.Amos McNair
5.John McNair
6.Eli McNair
7.Nancy Conner
8.Huldah Brown
9.Charlotte Brown
10.Sarah Jane Brown

Seventh, Jane McNair Silbaugh’s Heirs $122.90
1.James Silbaugh
2.Sarah McClintick
3.Mary Ringer
4.Robert Silbaugh
5.William Silbaugh
6.Catharine Bowlin (?)
7.Henry Silbaugh
8.Moses Silbaugh


9.Heirs of Elizabeth Hinebaugh, a daughter of Jane McNair Silbaugh
Cynthia Hileman
Jane McNair
Moses Hinebaugh
Susan Tannehill
Elizabeth Close
Margaret Hinebaugh (of Rob’t)?
Sarah van Sickle
Catharine Donald
Emily Hinebaugh

10.Jane Hinebaugh
11.Harrison Silbaugh
12.Heirs of A(nnis?) Silbaugh, a son of Jane McNair Silbaugh
Mary M. Silbaugh
Arthur Silbaugh
John B. Silbaugh


Ann McNair Harned, Catharine McNair Wilson, and Jane McNair Silbaugh, all deceased, were sisters, and William McNair, David McNair, Robert McNair and John McNair, all deceased, were brothers of James McNair, deceased.

Respectfully Submitted,
F. Kooser
Auditor