CATAWBA COUNTY, NC - COURT - Petition for Sale of Land for Partition 
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North Carolina,}				In the Probate 
Catawba County }	                        Court 


Bostian Bolch and with Mira, Eliza Cook (widow), J. A. Seaboch, Geo. W. 
Seaboch, Polly Hawn, (widow), Abel Barger and wife Henrietta, and Susannah 
Seaboch, plaintiffs, 

                                      vs. 

Emanuel Hedrick and wife Peggy, William Bryant and wife Elmina, and Melchiah 
Seaboch, defendants 

Petition for sale of land for partition, filed by J. F.Murrill, attorney for 
petitioners, April 8, 1879. 

            It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the defendants 
are proper parties to this proceeding, having an interest in the land 
described in the petition and it further appearing that they are non-residents 
of this State, and cannot be reached by the ordinary process of law. 
            It is therefore ordered that publication be made in the NEWTON 
ENTERPRISE published in the town of Newton, N. C., once a week for six 
successive weeks, commanding said defendants to be and appear before the 
undersigned Judge of Probate, at office, in Newton, on the 26th day of May, 
1879, to answer the complaint of the plaintiffs and show cause if any they 
can, why said land shall not be sold; otherwise judgment PRO CONFESSO will be 
entered as to them, and the land sold according to prayer of petitioners. 

					M.O.Sherrill
					April 9, 1879
					Judge of Probate 


Taken from a film of the NEWTON ENTERPRISE dated Sat. April 12, 1879. 
The film is located in the genealogy department of the Catawba County Library 
located in Newton, NC. 


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