Lenoir County, NC - Nancy Hines Dower Petition, 1847

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State of North Carolina }   Superior Court of Law
          Lenoir County }   Spring Session   1847

To the Honourable the Judge of the Superior Court of Law for Lenoir county. 
The petitioner of Nancy Hines, widow and relict of Daniel Hines, deceased of 
the County of Lenoir, Humbly complaining shewith unto your Honor that the said 
Daniel Hines was in his life time, and at the time of his death, seized or 
entitled in fee simple in possession of the following tract of land situate, 
lying and being in the County of Lenoir and Duplin viz. lying and being on Poly 
Bridge Swamp adjoining the lands of Daniel Hines, Jr., Joseph Hines the heirs 
at Law of Isaac Hines dec’d, Jesse Hardy, Jr. and Jesse Hardy, Sr. as will 
minefully appear by reference to the deeds of title papers for the same which 
are now in the hands of the defendants hereafter named, his heirs at Law. Your 
petitioner further shewith unto your Honour that the said Daniel Hines departed 
this life intestate on or about the _____ day of _____ A. D. 18____ leaving your 
petitioner his widow and James Hines, Ivy Hines, Charlotte Hines, Betsey J. Hines, 
Ivy Hines, Henry Hines, Buckner Hines, Charles Hines and Mary Ann (later on she 
is listed as Nancy Ann) Hines and that Betsey J. Hines has intermarried with 
Jesse Hardy, Jr. his only children and heirs of Law. Heirs surviving to whom the 
aforesaid tract of land descended as tenants in Common subject to the dower 
therein of your Petitioner.  Your petitioner further shewith unto your Honor that 
no settlement or provision in lieu of  dower having been made upon as for the 
benefitt of your petitioner upon or before her marriage with the said intestate.  
Your petitioner upon the death of her said late husband became and is now entitled 
to dower in or out of all the aforesaid tract of land which he was seized in fee 
at the time of his death as aforesaid being one third part of the same including 
the house or mansion as part in portion thereof in which he dwelt most generally 
next before his death together with the building and improvements belonging and 
appertaining thereto and your petitioner being entitled in manner aforesaid hath 
frequently applied in a friendly manner to the said defendants and requested them 
to assign and set apart by metes and bounds to your petitioner a full third part 
of said lands, as and for her dower therein and Your petitioner well hopes that 
they would have complied with such reasonable request as in justice and equity 
they ought. But now so it is may it please your Honor that the said defendant for 
certain reasons unknown to your petitioner utterly refused to comply with such 
request to the end therefore that the said defendants may answer the premeses and 
that in case any of the said defendants are infants of tender years with(out) a 
Guardian duly appointed, some suitable and discreet person may be appointed by 
this Honorable Court to defend the rights and interest of said infants in this 
suit and that dower of one third part of the aforesaid lands may be assigned and 
set apart so that your petitioner may hold and enjoy the same in severalty as and 
for her dower according to the statute in such case made and provided and that to 
effect that object a writ of dower may (be) issue(d) to the Sheriff of said County 
commanding him to summons a jury of good and lawful men to lay off and allot by 
metes & bounds to your petitioner her dower as third part in the lands aforesaid 
and put her in possession of the same and that your Honor would grant unto your 
petitioner such other and further relief in the premises as the nature and the 
circumstances of the Case may require, and to your Honor to grant unto your 
petitioner a copy of this petition for each one of the said defendants, together 
with a writ of Subponea as notice to be directed to the said defendants, James 
Hines, Ivy Hines, Charlott Hines, Ivy Hines (repeated here and earlier), Henry 
Hines, Buckner Hines, Charles Hines, & Nancy Ann Hines (listed earlier as Mary Ann) 
and Jesse Hardy & Betsey his wife commanding them at a certain day and under a 
certain _____ therein to be limited personally to be and appear before your Honour 
in this Honourable Court and then and there full true direct and perfect answer 
make to all and ________ the premeses, and further to perform and abide (by) such 
further order direction and decree therein as to your Honor shall _____  ______.  
And Your Petitioner shall ever pray.

                                          Bryan      Solicitor


The outside cover:

                           Nancy Hines
                               Vs
                        James Hines, Ivy Hines,
                        Charlotte Hines,
                        Jesse Hardee & wife & 
                        others heirs at Law 
                        of Daniel Hines and 
                        Petition for Dower
                        To Lenoir Superior
                        Court  March Year
                             1847
                        To be served on
                        Jesse Hardee & wife
                        Betsey Jane

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