Daviess County MO Archives Court.....Splawn, Et Al, Isaac 1854
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Source: Circuit Court Records, Daviess Co., Mo.  Box 16 April 1855
Written: 1854
Recorded: May 19, 1854

William Splawn, et al vs. Mary Splawn and Jonathan Splawn  Petition for the 
Partition of the Estate of Isaac Splawn, Sr., deceased

                                             In the Circuit Court
                                             of Daviess Co., Mo.

Plaintiffs state that Isaac Splawn, Sr., decd., late of Daviess Co., Missouri 
departed this life in A.D. 1853 seized and possessed of certain land and 
personal estate--that the personal estate of said deceased is amply sufficient 
to satisfy all debts and liabilities of said estate.  That the said deceased 
estate was seized in fee of the following described real estate situated in the 
Co. of Daviess and State of Missouri to wit:  the west half of the northeast 
quarter and the east half of the northwest quarter and the west half of the 
southeast quarter all in section number twenty-five of township 58 of range 28, 
containing 240 acres-- also lot no. 6 in block 3 west to 4 south in the town of 
Gallatin, fronts 46 & 2/3 ft.--and rear back 115 ft.

That the said Martha intermarried with William Splawn and Sebrina intermarried 
with Richard Wooderson and Lucinda intermarried with John McCrary, are 
daughters of the deceased--that the said Jonathan Splawn and John Splawn are 
the said sons of the deceased--that the sons and daughters are the only legal 
heirs of said deceased and tenants in common in said land, and each petition in 
court of the said Mary Splawn who is the widow of the said deceased

Plaintiffs may for a division and partition of said land and for the 
administerance of dower to the said widow according to the respective rights of 
the parties interested and for a sale thereof if it shall appear that partition 
cannot be made without great preference to the successors.

Plaintiffs further state that the above and foregoing sells forth the rights 
and titles of all parties interested therein so far as the same one known to 
your partitioners, including for tenants for years for life, by the courtesy as 
in dower and of persons entitled to the reversions, remainders, or 
inheritances, and of every person who upon any contingency may be or become 
entitled to any beneficial interest in the premises.

                                             James McFerran
                                             Attorney for Plaintiffs

State of Missouri
County of Daviess

The affidavit of William Splawn, petitioner, who being duty sworn according to 
law in his oath states that he believes the above petition and the matters 
therein stated are one      
                             William Splawn (signs his name)

Sworn and subscribed to before the undersigned clerk of the Circuit Court fro 
Daviess Co., Mo.  May 19, 1954     Thomas T. Frame
                                   Clerk

Additional Comments:
Mary Splawn, named above as the widow of Isaac Splawn, was his 2nd wife, and 
step-mother to Isaac's children named in this petition.  They brought the suit 
against her for the partition of their father's land.  Isaac Splawn was one of 
the first settlers of Daviess Co., Mo., coming to Daviess Co. from Bedford Co., 
Tn. in the late 1830s (then Ray Co.).  Isaac was originally from South Carolina.

There are many other court records in this file box related to Isaac's estate 
and the partitioning of the land.  This is the most important record in the 
file box as it gives Isaac's death date and names his children who are his 
heirs as stated above.  Isaac Splawn and his first wife Elizabeth Wood are my 
great-great-great-grandparents.

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