COURT RECORDS: ISHAM, Johnathan, Heirs of, Bourbon County, Kentucky

BILL OF COMPLAINT: Isham Heirs, 1821, Bourbon Co,
Part 1

Submitted by: Connie Graves
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Bourbon Circuit Court Case #598 Jona Isham's Heirs

Bill of Complaint
To the Honors the Judges of the Bourbon circuit court in chancery setting
your orators & oratrix Charles Oneal and Elizabeth his wife late Elizabeth
Isham, Henry Bithers and Henny his wife late Henny Isham would show that the
said Eliza and Henny with whom the said Charles and Henry intermarried are
the children and part of the heirs at law of Johnathan Isham, that the said
Jonathan departed this life on the --- day of ---- in the year of ----
leaving four children including your oratrixes Eliza & Henny, the other two
being called Elish & Edward, both of whom are under the age of 21 years.
Your orators & oratrixes would show that the said Johnathan Isham had when he
departed this life had four negroes to wit Lindy, Moses, Peter, Jesse: that
since that time the said Jesse has departed this life & that there has been
since the death of said Jonathan an increase of said negroes to wit: Mariah
and Rosa making in all at this time five that the said Jonathan had allso a
considerable personable estate at his death, that the said Jonathan left a
widow called Nicy that she administered upon the estate and has kept the
possession of the whole of the estate ever since hireing out the negroes
anually and receiving the money---your complaints state that they have never
received any part of the estate or the property the amount of which are
unable to state but believe it is considerable as the said Jonathan has been
dead for many years they state that they have made frequent applications to
the said Nicy for the purpose of obtaining ther part of the estate but that
she allways refused to make any arrangement or to accomidate in any way
whatever & still retains the whole of the estate contrary to equity and good
conscence, to the end that justice may be done they pray that the said [Nicy
crossed out] Unitia Isham, Elish & Edward may be made defendants to this bill
and that they may be compeled to answer xc and perticularly that the said
Nicy may answer and state how much she has recived for the hire of said
Negroes and to whom they hired each year that she may state what are the
debts owing to the estate and what is the amount of personal goods & chattels
& live stock which came to her hands as the adminstratrix and allso what is
now in her hands---and the whole considered they pray that your Honours may
decree a division of the negroes and alot to your complainsts ther part
respectively that your Honour may allso decree a settlement of the accounts
of said estate and that your complaints may have there proportions decred
them, and that your Honors may decree such other & further releife as to
Equity belongs & there case demands and your complanants will ever pray xc.

Geo. W. Baylor for complants 

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