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Note: n is listed as farmer. He apparently immigrated with his family, probably about 1847-48, although this has not been proved.
The Estate of David McCarthy of Oakland Twp., Butler Co., PA,detailed in Ancetrsy.com's website, contain many legal papers (Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Case #152, Mc85-Mc165, 1844-1858) Included is an inventory of the estate dated 24 Oct. 1854 listing many horses, pigs, cows, farm equipment, etc. Debtors are listed as well. There is also a short, undated note signed my the mark of Elen "McCartney" requesting that the estate of her late husband be administered by Patrick McCarthy. While not identified as such, I believe it to be her father-in-law.
On 13 January 1858, Patrick McCarthy as administrator of the estate of David McCarthy (his brother), sold 140 acres of David's land in Oakland Township to another brother, Richard McCarthy, for $350 in order to pay debts of David's estate. The document further states that David, "lately died intestate." The transaction was not recorded until 30 June 1874. As with other McCarthy transactions of this date (see Notes: Dennis & Patrick McCarthy), I cannot account for the almost 20 year time span between the date of the transaction and the recording.
In October of 1858, A. McCandless, High Sheriff of Butler, executed a writ on behalf of Alfred Gilmore against P. McCarthy and P. Carthy as administrator of the estate of David McCarthy, which writ Gilmore had obtained in the common pleas court of Butler in April, 1858. Gilmore, according to the court, was awarded $59.90 and $15.33 in costs, apparently for payment of debts incurred. The Sheriff states that he seized 140 acres of land in Oakland Twp. and, in September, 1858, sold the land for $200 to John Graham. This action, too, was recorded 30 June 1874.
It appears that, while Richard McCarthy "bought" 140 acres of his deceased brother David's land from their brother Patrick, the transaction was not recorded at the time and, perhaps, was never consummated. Three months later after the "sale," a writ was obtained to sell the land in order to pay debts and, six months later, the writ was executed and David's land sold at public auction. Nothing further is known of David McCarthy between the 1850 census and his death sometime before 13 January 1858.
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Butler Area Public Library Obituary Index Obit Record Name: MCCARTY, David Age: DOB: Locality: Oakland Twp. Relation Info: Newspaper: Democratic Herald Date/Page: 26 Jul 1854 p2
Note: At the time of 1850 census, David McCarthy, age 28, was living with his parents and four brothers, his sister and brother-in-law and their children in Donegal Township, Butler Co., PA. His occupatio
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