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John & Mary Northan Estates - 1840 & 1846
Account Sales of the personal property of John NORTHAN, dec'd., by Benjamin R. SAUNDERSON, Adm., on the 23rd of December 1840. (Partial listing)
Buyer
Article
Price
Mary NORTHAN, widow 1 clock 2.00 Mary NORTHAN, widow 1 bofat & crockery 3.00 Mary NORTHAN, widow 1 mahogany table 5.0 Dr. Wetton? SELBY 1 desk 5.50 Mary NORTHAN, widow 1/2 woven chairs 2.00 Mary NORTHAN, widow 2 flag chairs .10 Solomon NORTHAN 1/2 woven chairs 2.15 Mary NORTHAN, widow 1 pair andirons .25 Mary NORTHAN, widow 1 table .25 Mary NORTHAN, widow 1 lot bowls/saucers .20 Mary NORTHAN, widow 1 table .55 Solomon NORTHAN 1 hand saw .25 Mary NORTHAN, widow 1 steel yard .05 L. Ball 1 woolen wheel 1.55 P.W. SPENCER 1 fro .51 Thomas BALLANCE l lot scrap hooks .50 Benj. M. GIBBS 1 grind stone 2.00 Hilliard GIBBS 1 whip saw 2.05 Henry HARRIS 1 barrel tar 1.30 David GIBBS 1 plantation due 1842 14.95 Edward ROSE. SR. 1 plantation due 1842 1.50 Solomon NORTHAN rent on land due 1842 10.00 Christopher SPENCER 1 heifer 4.35 Mary NORTHAN due 1842 to hire of boy Ben 2.00 Mary NORTHAN due 1842 to hire of Negro Thomas & child Betsy -----
Solomon NORTHAN due 1842 to hire of Negro girl (not named) 10.00 Solomon NORTHAN due 1842 to hire of Negro Jack 50.00 Hilliard GIBBS for keeping Negro woman & 4 children (not named) 29.00 Account of money & notes found on hand belonging to the Estate of JOHN NORTHAN, dec'd.
- No money on hand found
- One note against L. BAROL? for $10.00 dated Jan 13th 1804 - $10.00
- One note against H.W. GIBBS for $100 dated March 31st 1837 - $100.00
- One note against Tese COX & Thomase BALLANCE for $80 dated Jan. 1st 1839 - $80.00
- Acct. against Thomas BALLANCE for 61 bbls. corn at $2.35 per bbl. - $143.35
- Acct. against Samuel M. PUGH for 5 bbs. corn at $2.25 per bbl. - $11.25
- Acc. against Samuel M. PUGH for 3 bbs. corn at 2.50 per bbl. - $7.50
- To this amount set off to widow in part of her years provisions - $162.40
- A further amount paid over to the widow by the administrator for a balance of her years provision which was not on hand - $91.00
The above I certify to be a true statement of the account, sale & inventory taken by me, Benjamin R. SAUNDERSON, Adm., 1843.
Recorded in Will Book [?]; pg. 233 & 34 ------ 22nd June 1843
Hyde County May Term 1843 - Then was this invty. & acct. sales ret. into Court by Benj. R. SAUNDERSON, Adm., on oath and ordered to be recorded.
Test : R.M.G. MOORE, Clk.
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions
State of North Carolina - Hyde CountyAugust Term 1841
To the Worshipful the Justices of said Court The petition of Thomas BALLANCE, assigne of Hilliard GIBBS and Nancy his wife, respectfully sheweth that sometime in or about Nov. 1840 (1839 marked thru) John NORTHERN died intestate in said County and that at November Term 1840 of the Court of please and Quarter Sesions for said County letters of Administration on his estate duly issued to Benjamin R. SAUNDERSON who took on himself the burden of administering the same. Your petitioners shew that said John NORTHERN died possessed of a large estate in money, ___________, goods and chattel, and the following slaves namely: BET, JACK, ANGELINE, BESS, HARRIET, SAM, JANE, VICEY? AIRE?, HETTY all of which come into the posesions of the said Administrator who has paid the debts of said intestate. Your petitioner show your worship that the next of kin of said intestate were his children, viz: Your petitioner Nancy, Solomon NORTHERN, Sarah NORTHERN, John NORTHERN a minor with Solomon NORTHERN as his guardian, and Zachary GIBBS grandson of said intestate and son of Elizabeth, late wife of Davis GIBBS and daughter of said intestate, who died before her said father. Said Zachary is a minor and said Solomon is his guardian. Your petitioners desire to have a settlement of said estate and that said Administrator may account before some person appointed by this Court with your petitioners and the other next of kin for his receipts and disbursements reporting what may be found due upon a settlement, and that the slaves now in his posesion may be divided among your petitioners and the other next of kin according to their respective rights. Your petitioners pray therefore that you would appoint three lawful freeholders to lay off and allot to your petitioners their share of said slaves in ___ty according to law and to make reports of their proceedings in the premises? under their hand and return at the next term of this court. Your petitioners further pray that you would appoint a guardian to said John S. NORTHERN to attend to and protect his interests in this suit. To that end and that said Administrator may accounts with your petitioners on his ________ with? and answer respecting the arrangements of said estate. And that said negroes may be divided. May it please your worship to issue writs of subpena commanding said Benjamin R. SAUNDERSON, Solomon NORTHERN, Sarah NORTHERN, John S. NORTHERN & Zachary GIBBS to appear at next term of this Court and answer as aforesaid and that you will grant to your petitioners such other and further relief as their case may require and to you may seem meet?. And your petitioners as in duty bound? will ever pray ye.
[Signed] Wm.? B. Ro_______ , Atty. for petr's.
Backside: Caleb SPENCER, Hezekiah FARROW, Henry S _____T
Hilliard GIBBS et ux. vs Benj. R. SAUNDERSON, Adm., of John Northern, et als.
Filed Nov. 17th 1841 Hyde County Court Pet. for div. of slaves. Issue copy and subpoena.
Mary Northan Estate - 1846
The Conditions of the Sale of Mary NORTHAN, Dec'd., is six months Credit notes with approved security before the wright of property is exchanged. Sold on the 23rd day of December 1846. (Partial listing)
Article
Purchaser
Amount
1 clock Joshua BALLANCE 2.10 1 lot of crockery John NORTHAN 1.00 1 lot of crockery Stephen WILLIAMSON .80 1 lot of crockery David C. GIBBS 2.271/2 1 beaufat [bureau] John SAUNDERSON 2.05 1 large mahogany table Hilliard GIBBS 7.00 1 set of stool chairs Stephen HOPKINS 1.00 1 trunk Sary NORTHAN .25 1 lot of yarn spun Pelege W. SPENCER .71 1 lot of sleighs Rily GIBBS 2.00 1 bed William SAUNDERSON 7.00 1 lot of trumpery Edward ROSE .41 1 lot of cotton sead Samuel PUGH .25 1 linen wheel -1st choice Cornelius GIBBS 1.10 1 linen wheel - 2nd choice Burage GIBBS 1.50 1 pair andirons Thomas SAUNDERSON .30 1 lot of potware Warren SWINDLE .25 1 water troff John M. MAN 6.50 4 barrels Christopher SPENCER ?? Hire of NEGRO WOMAN & child 12 months - 35.00
An inventory of Mary NORTH(AN), dec'd., as follows, viz:
- One acct. against Robert M. BURRIS, guardian of Thomas John MARSHALL, ward, - 35.00
[signed] Solomon NORTHAN
Hyde County --- May Term 1847
Then was this acct. sales & inventory of Mary NORTHAN, dec'd., returned into open court by Solomon NORTHAN, Adm., on oath and ordered to be recorded.
Test: R.M.G. MOORE, Clerk
Recorded in Will book [?] on page 134 the 24 day June AD 1847
Sales recorded 23rd December 1846
(Researched, transcribed and kindly submitted by Mona Marshall Prado.)
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