Picton Hillyer From Delaware County, Ohio

Michigan Probate Records, 1797-1973  Arenac Probate packets 1883-1900:

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Picton D. Hillyer, Deceased

Certified Copies From Delaware County, Ohio

Petition of Drayton A. Hillyer of Columbia, Wisconsin

Possessed Of Estate Situated In Arenac County, Michigan

Died: 5 December 1883

Was a resident of Delaware, Delaware, Ohio, at time of death

Widow: Mary Hillyer

*Daughter: Alice Hillyer White, of Cambridge, Massachusetts

Estate Information of Andrew A. Hillyer (Portage, Columbia, Wisconsin) among Documents

Andrew's Heirs: Widow, Nancy; Son Drayton Hillyer

Andrew Died: 27 December 1862

Not part of Picton Hillyer's estate, but the below paragraph pertains to the Nancy Hillyer, widow of Andrew, who was mentioned in Picton's estate, and mother of Drayton, who was also part of Picton's estate in Arenac County, Michigan:

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Census 1870

Ohio, United States [Delaware, Delaware]

Picton D Hillyer M 60 Connecticut [Retired Banker]

Mary S Hillyer F 53 Ohio

M Alice Hillyer F 21 Ohio

*(Mary) Alice Hillyer married John Williams White

Valentine Coleman, Signator

From Letters Received by the Office of the Adjutant General…, 1822-1860 1843:

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Hon. J. C. Spencer
Secretary of War U.S.A.

Dear Sir  the undersigned citizens of Delaware County of the State of Ohio.....[Valentine Coleman2 is one of the undersigned]....

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The citizens of Delaware County were asking for a discharge for Simon Reed of Company A, 4th Artillery, because his parents had died and left a helpless family...

Another letter to the Honorable John C. Spencer that referenced the 300 citizens of Delaware County who signed the petition, was dated February 2, 1843.

Simon F. Reed was enlisted at Columbus in the spring of 1841...