Craven County NcArchives Court.....Land, Division Of 1801
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Source: State Archives, Raleigh Box Cr-028-508.9
Written: 1801

On sleeve:
Petition of Elizabeth Partridge Thoms Partridge, Lucas Benner & Wm 
Jones & Wife for devision of lands – Commipioners appointed March Term 
1801)

John Benners Estate Record

State of North Carolina
Craven County
Court of Pleas & Quarter Pepions
March Term 1801

To the Worshipful the Justices of the County Court of Please and 
Quarter pinions for the county aforesaid now siting

The petition of Elizabeth Howard, William Jones & Elizabeth Jones his 
wife of Tomas Partridge by his next friend Benners Vail, and Lucas 
Benners by his next friend Lucas Jacob Benners humbly sheweth to your 
worships that John Benners late of Craven county departed this life on 
or about the 10th day of December last part having first duly made his 
last will & testament in writing and therein among other things loaned 
to your petitioner Elizabeth Howard for and during her natural life one 
third of twenty two hundred & thirty acres of land on South River 
called the Golden Grove, which should include the part next to South 
River & one third part of the cleared lands; and after her death he 
devises the same to your petitioner Lucas Benners in fee simple and to 
your petitioner Thomas Partridge he devises in fee simple another third 
o the said twenty two hundred & thirty acres of land & should be laid 
off next to the part loaned to your petitioner Elizabeth Howard  to 
include one third part of the cleared land. To your petitioner 
Elizabeth Jones he devises the other third or remainder of the said 
twenty two hundred & thirty acres of land, as by a reference to the 
said last will & testament may more fully and at large appear.

Your petitioner further shew unto your worships that they are desirous 
of having all the said tract of land above mentioned divided laid off 
to them agreeably to the will of the said John Benners. Your 
petitioners therefore, pray that worships will be pleased to grant them 
an order & appoint commipioners to dived lay off & appropriate the said 
lands agreeably to the directions of said will and make return of their 
proceedings to next court agreeably to the directions of the law in 
such cases made and provided & your petitioners as in duty bound shall 
we pray.

(signed) Wm Blackledge for petitioners


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