Bertie-Wake County NcArchives News.....Ruffin, Estate Petition to Sell Land July 7, 1841 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Debra Crosby http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002467 September 3, 2014, 11:57 pm The North Carolina Star July 7, 1841 The North Carolina Star July 7, 1841 (Raleigh, North Carolina) State of North Carolina, Bertie County, In Equity-- March 1841 John Ruffin, vs Whitmel B. Ruffin, Blount B. Ruffin, the children of Henry Ruffin, viz: Henry, Robert, Catharine, John and Starkey, and the children of Jas Ruffin, viz: Richard, William, Thomas and James Ruffin. Petition to Sell Land In this case, it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that Blount B. Ruffin, Thomas Ruffin, and Robert Ruffin are inhabitants of other States, so that the ordinary process of law cannot be served on them: It is therefore ordered by the Court, that publication be made in the Raleigh Star for six weeks, notifying the said persons to be and appear before this Court on the third Monday of September next, in the town of Windsor, then and there to plead, answer or demur, or the petition will be heard exparte, and judgement pro confesso will be entered as to them. Test. L. S. WEBB, C & M. E. June 1st 1841 (Price adv $5.60) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/bertie/newspapers/ruffines583nw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb