Craven County NcArchives Court.....Richard Dobbs Speight, Richard B. Jones V. 1814
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Martha M. Marble http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00022.html#0005285 May 11, 2011, 8:43 am

Source: N C Archives
Written: 1814

#802 – RICHARD B. JONES vs RICHARD DOBBS SPEIGHT, ON HEIRS OF WILLIAM SPEIGHT

Craven County, 1814

Found at the NC Archives, Raleigh, NC and abstracted by Martha Mewborn Marble

NOTE: Leech is also spelled Leach and Speight is spelled two ways. There is 
another case posted from NC Reports but it does not appear to be this one 
although the names are somewhat the same.

George Merrick by a clause in his Will devised as follows – I give and 
bequeath to my nephew George M. Leach and the male heirs of his body the lands 
purchased of Jeremiah Vail – if said Leech dies without lawful heirs then I 
give the sd lands to the eldest son of my niece Mary Spaight and Colonial 
Spaight, dec – the eldest son of Colonial and Mary Spaight was William Spaight 
who died leaving the def as his heir – George M. Leach has died intestate and 
without issue leaving 2 sisters one of whom is the wife of the plf.
NOTE: In this case she is not named but she is in the other case – Frances 
Jones.

The question – is the plf entitled to any of the estate of the dec. The Court 
found the plfs are not entitled to the land under the Will.


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