Walter Charters

Notes:

On 10 MAy 1803 Walter Charles and Sarah his wife, "late widow of John Pauley"
entered another petition for inquest and/or partition naming John Pauley's
seven children: John, Thomas and James Pauley, Agnes, wife of Isaac Sellers;
Sarah, wife of Archibald Ewing, Elsey and Elizabeth Pauley. At the inquest
held at the home of Walter Charters of Greenwood Township on 8 September 1803
before William Sterritt Esq., Sheriff of Mifflin County, the jury decided that
the property, a messuage and two adjoining tracts containing 200 acres, could
not be suitably divided, but should be evaluated at $2460. On 30 March 1807
this decision was set aside and a new petition of Walter and Sarah Charters
again named John Pauley's seven children with two new developments: John
Pauley Jr. is dead leaving one daughter for whom Samuel Sharron is appointed
guardian; Elizabeth Pauley is now the wife of Samuel Miller.

In the 1790 census Walter Charters was listed as a resident in Northumberland
County Pennsylvania; his household had one male over 16, one younger male and
two females. According to the will of their grandfather (1795), Walter and his
first wife Sarah Irvine had three chldren: Margaret, William and Elizabeth
Charters. In the 1800 census of Greenwood Township, Mifflin County, Walter
Charters and his then wife (Sarah McTeer Pauley) were listed as 16026 ( a much
too optimistic figure!); their household had five children 10-16 years, two
boys, three girls, with and additional girl under ten years. Thomas Pauley,
James Pauley, and Agnes (Pauley) Sellers were listed in separate households.

In the 1810 census of Greenwood, Walter Charters was shown as over 45 years;
his houselold had two males, one Female aged 16-26, one girl 10-16, and one boy
under ten years. On 14 April 1812 and again on 15 May 1812 Walter Charters
deeded land in Greenwood Township to Joseph Barge.
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Reference:
McTeer - Mateer Families of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Frances Davis
McTeer, 1975, p 41,42.

Walter — Sarah Irvine. Sarah (daughter of William Irvine) died Bef 30 Jan 1795. [Group Sheet]

Walter married Sarah McTeer Bef 8 Feb 1803. Sarah (daughter of James McTeer and Mary Sharon) was born 19 Apr 1749, , Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died 19 May 1807/1810, , Mifflin, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]