Wayne County, NC - Estate of Martha (Hartsfield) Perry, 1847

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               The Estate of Martha (Hartsfield) Perry
                  Court of Equity, Spring Term 1847
                   Franklin County, North Carolina

To the Honorable, the Judge of the Court of Equity for said County.

The petition of Hartsfield Perry, Soloman Perry, Alfred Perry, Green 
Stallings, Calvin Stallings, Bryant Arendell and wife Sarah (Stallings).

                              Against

Martha Hansell, Mary Hansell, Martha Stallings, Soloman Stalling, 
Elizabeth Stallings and Jacky Stallings.

Humbly complains your petitioners, show unto your Honor, that some time 
since the late Martha Perry of said county departed this life Intestate 
leaving your petitioners and the defendants her only heirs at law of whom 
the aforesaid Hartsfield, Soloman and Alfred Perry are her sons and Martha 
Hansell, Mary Hansell are her grandchildren and only children of Sarah 
(Perry) Hansell deceased, the daughter of said Martha Perry and the 
aforesaid Green, Calvin, Sarah Arendell, Martha, Solomon, Elizabeth and 
Jacky Stallings are her grandchildren and the only children of her daughter 
Mary (Perry) Stallings deceased.

And your petitioner’s further show that the aforesaid Martha Perry deceased 
was at the time of her death "seized in fee semple," and possed of the 
following tract of land situated, lying and being in the County of Franklin 
aforesaid to wit;

1st a tract of land on Cedar Creek adjoing the lands of Sidney Perry and 
Bryant Young and containing one hundred acres.

2nd one other tract of land in said county containing three hundred and 
thirty three acres adjoining the lands of Sampson Morgan and others known as 
the tract of land allotted to the said Martha Perry deceased in the division 
of the lands of Jacob Hartsfield deceased and appears from the records of 
Franklin County Courts.

And your petitioners being tenants in common with the defendants in said 
tracts of land  and anxious to have this land sold and the proceeds of said 
sale divided to their sufficient interest because as they are prepared to 
show your Honor that a partition hereof cannot be made without injury to some 
one or all of the aforesaid petitioners and defendants and further for the 
reason that the said lands are poor and unfit for cultivation and it is 
unprofitable to make an equal partition of the lands so as to gain any of the 
aforesaid parties interest a farm fit for cultivation and they believe that 
the interest of all interested will be materially and substantial provided 
by a sale of the said tracts of lands.

They therefore pray your Honor to order such as that the aforesaid tracts of 
lands be sold on such terms and credit as your Honor shall deem right.  And 
your petitioners further show that all the aforesaid defendants are infants 
with out a guardian or guardians, and pray your Honor to appoint some 
dependable person as their guardian "ad libem," to defend and protect their 
interest in this suit, that copies of the petition and a subpoena may affix 
and your petitioners pray for each other and further relief as the value of 
their case suggest.

                                            George W. Haywood
                                             For Petitioners

Transcribed by: Callie J. Stallings
September 12, 2002

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