Craven County NcArchives Court.....Land, Division Of 1801
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Jo Huettl johit@suddenlink.net November 15, 2009, 9:34 pm

Source: State Archives, Raleigh Box Cr-028-508.9
Written: 1801

John Benners Estate Record

State of North Carolina

To the Sheriff of Craven County, Greeting
Whereas Elizabeth Howard, William Jones & Elizabeth his wife, Thomas 
Patridge by his next friend Benners Vail, and Lucas Benners, by his 
next friend Lucas I Benipress hath filed their petition in the County 
Court of Pleas & Quarters Superior held for Craven County and praying 
that compliance may be apportioned to divide and appropriate twenty two 
hundred and thirty acres of land called the "Golden Grove". There and 
therefore to command you to summon Thomas Jocelin, Joseph Williams, 
Slocomb Ferguson, Philip Neal and John I Nelson, Commipioners, to meet 
upon the premipes aforesaid and to administer to them the oath required 
by law and after they have been duly qualified to lay off divide and 
appropriate the land and premipes aforesaid equable to the last will 
and testament of John Benners dec’d between the legatees and make 
sections of their proceedings and the next court to be held for the 
County of Craven & the Court house in Newbern in the second Monday in 
June next.

Witnep the hand and seal the 9th day of March 1801

(seal)(signed) Saml Chapman


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