Greene County, NC - Court - Rogers vs Vines, 1845

4035 – ROGERS vs VINES

NC Supreme Court Case found at the NC Archives, Raleigh, NC

Greene Co – 12 August 1845 Stephen Rogers sent out a writ against 
Samuel Vines of Pitt Co

Court to be held on the 2nd Mon after the fourth Monday of Sept – that 
Vines render unto Rogers a certain Negro slave named Esther valued at 
$400, Negro slave Wilis valued at $500, Negro slave named Mary valued 
at $400, Negro slave Hilliard valued at $300, Negro slave Martha valued 
at $300 – Vines has detained them – and damages of $2000

Edward Stanley and George Mordicie attorney for Vines

There was another slave Abram – Negroes were property of Rogers – a 
bill for divorce and alimony was filed in Greene Co at the fall term 
1837 by Elizabeth Rogers wife of Stephen and at the spring term 1838 a 
decree was made in her favor divorcing her from bed and board and 
setting apart Negroes Esther, Wilie and Mary, the two last named being 
the children of said Esther and of the age of six  - Elizabeth to have 
alimony and maintance out of the estate of the def (sic) of ½ of the 
saw mill tract for the year 1838 and 1839 and after the year 1839, 1/3 
of the rent of the lands and mill conveyed by Benjamin May to the def 
by deed dated 15 Nov 1803 – also Negroes Esther & child Wilie and girl 
Mary  - John Joiner and Samuel Vines authorized to rent out land and 
pay the parties -  they are to surrender the Negroes within 5 days -  
Hilliard, Abram and Martha are the issue of the woman Ester born after 
the rendering of the divorce and they were taken into the possession of 
sd Elizabeth under the same decree – Ester and her three children 
Wilie, Mary and Hilliard were purchased by the def from Elizabeth on 
the 13 Aug 1838 for $1000 and the other children born after the 
purchase – rent from the land was $180 per year which sd Elizabeth was 
entitled to 1/3 – Negroes were no profit to sd Elizabeth but were 
expensive to her – Elizabeth Rogers died about the 3 or 4 of May 1845 
and the Negroes have remained in the possession of Vines – Pft demands 
the Negroes – Esther now valued at $350,Wilie at $400, Mary at $275, 
Hilliard at $200, Abram at $200 and Martha at $100

Bill of Sale from Elizabeth

I, Elizabeth Rogers of the county of Pitt for $1000 paid by Samuel 
Vines of Pitt have sold one Negro woman Esther with her several 
children named Wilie, Mary and Hilliard – 13 August 1838
WIT J. Joyner, J. Joiner Jr

Question is whether the plf is entitled to the Negroes – local court 
found for the plf

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