Edgecombe County NcArchives Wills.....Braswell, Simon - Estate 1828
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Written: 1828

	Braswell, Simon estate 1828, Edgecombe County Estate Records, NC 
State Archives CR.037.508.18.  PETITION TO DIVIDE SLAVES by Orren D. 
Cohoon vs Robert W. Barnes, administrator of Simon Braswell, “Simon 
Braswell, a lunatic” died sometimes in the spring of 1827 possessed of 
“six negroes which is not a negro apiece for each heir at law” and the 
only way to equally divide the estate is to sell negroes and divide the 
proceeds, Aug. Ct. 1828, signed Orren D. Cohoon, Peoples Hill (X), 
Elizabeth (Braswell), James (         ), Lemmon Ruffin (X), Bight 
Ruffin (X), Gray Ruffin, Benjamin Ruffin (X), Permenter Braswell, Winny 
Williams (X), Zadoc Braswell.  ORDER TO SHERIFF to collect $7.50 from 
the property of Orren D. Cohoon, Peoples Hill, Elizabeth Braswell, 
Lamon Ruffin, Right Ruffin, Gray Ruffin, Benjamin Ruffin, Permenter 
Braswell, Winny Williams and Zadock Braswell and others, the amount 
that was adjudged and taxed in the suit in which they petitioned and 
won, signed 16 Mar. 1829.


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