PERSON COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Martha Bradsher Estate Papers 
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North Carolina}			In the Superior Court
Person County}  

Robert Lea and others		     }	
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       	vs.			     }	
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The Heirs of Henderson Bradsher      }

	Robert Lea being sworn says: that in the above-entitled action the 
Sheriff of Person Co. has returned the Summons issued to him endorsed (?) that 
“the defendants can not be found in Person County,” that the defendants whose 
names are unknown to the plaintiffs can not after due diligence be found in 
the state; that the defendants are proper parties to this suit; that they are 
non-residents of the state; that they are tenants in common with the 
plaintiffs in that tract of land of 98 acres to sell which for partition this 
action is brought.  That a great many years ago Henderson Bradsher left this 
county and made his home in the West in Kentucky or Missouri.  That plaintiffs 
have heard that he is dead for a number of years.  That Plaintiffs do not know 
the names or addresses of his descendants, who with the Plaintiffs constitute 
all the heirs of Sid Lea & Martha Bradsher who owned said land at their deaths 
as tenants in common.  Wherefore, the said affiant, one of the Plaintiffs, 
prays that an order be made by the Court, that service of summons be made on 
said defendants in some newspaper published in said Person County, NC 
according to law.

Sworn & subscribed before 			R. A. Lea
me this July 2, 1894.			


D. W. Bradsher, C.S.C.

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North Carolina}						Superior Court
Person County}					Before Clerk, July term 1894


Robert Lea, Haywood Lea, Ellen Whitfield by		}	Complaint
her next friend L. C. Hester, Annie Horton, 		}
Bettie Horton, Ella Horton, Bera Horton, Wm.		}	to sell
Horton and Jack B. Horton by their next			}
friend J. R. Horton, W.W. Walker and wife 		}	Land for
Martha Walker, Nat G.Walker, and J. S.			}
Walker and Lula Walker by their next friend		}	Partition
Mary Walker, Arch Bradsher, Rebecca Phelps,		}
Diah Wheeley and wife Martha Wheeley, J. W.		}
Bradsher, Sarah Painter, James A. Hicks, William	}
Hicks, Robert Nethery and wife Jane Nethery, 		}
Marion Bradsher, Eliza Davis, Fannie C. Bradsher,	}
Eliza Bradsher, Rainey E. Bradsher, W. M. A.		}
Bradsher, Frank A. Bradsher, Richard Bradsher,		}
John Bradsher, Miss____ Bradsher, that (?) of 		}
the heirs of Martha Bradsher, including the heirs of 	}
Sid Lea,						}
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				Plaintiffs		}
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		Against					}
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The Heirs of Henderson Bradsher				}
and all the others upon whom the land			}
of Martha Bradsher descended at her death.		}
							}
							}
		Defendants				}


The Plaintiffs above named complaining of the Defendants allege:

I.  That together with the defendant they are tenants in common and seized in 
fee of that tract of land in said County and State in Bushy Fork Township 
adjoining the lands of James Whitfield, L. C. Hester, W. F. Snipes and others 
containing ninety-eight (98) acres more or less, it being the land owned by 
Sid Lea and Martha Bradsher as tenants in common during their lives, and 
adjoining a tract of 22 acres owned by Sid Lea, and all the parties hereto are 
heirs of said Martha Bradsher, said Sid Lea having been her nephew.  That said 
land was never divided between said Lea and said Bradsher.

II.  That the interests of the parties hereto in said land, 98 acres, are as 
follows: Robert Lea, brother of Sid Lea and nephew of Martha Bradsher owns a 
2/15 interest in said land; Haywood Lea likewise owns a 2/15 interest; Ellen 
Whitfield, daughter and only heir of Katie Whitfield, a sister of Robert & 
Haywood Lea, owns a 2/15 interest; Annie Horton, Bettie Horton, Ella Horton, 
Bera Horton, William Horton, and Jack B. Horton (children and only heirs of 
Mrs. Susie Horton, a sister of Robert and Haywood Lea) together owning 2/15 
interest, each owns a 1/45 interest; W. W. Walker, Nat G. Walker, Jno. L. 
Walker, and Lula Walker (children & only heirs of Mrs. Elizabeth Walker, a 
sister of Sid, Robert & Haywood Lea) together owning a 2/15 interest, each 
owns a 1/30 interest; Arch Bradsher, Rebecca Phelps, Mildred Wheeley, wife of 
Diah Wheeley, Martha Wheeley, wife of W. B. Wheeley, J. W. Bradsher, Sarah 
Painter, Mrs. Jane Nethery, wife of Robert Nethery, Marion Bradsher, and Eliza 
Bradsher, each owns a 1/72 interest in said land, Jas. A. Hicks and William 
Hicks, children of Amanda Hicks, each owns a 1/144 interest in said land, 
Fannie C. Bradsher, Eliza Bradsher, Frank A. Bradsher,  and Savannah Gilley, 
wife of  _____Gilley, children of Andrew Bradsher are each entitled to and own 
a 1/432 interest in said land; Buck Bradsher, Richard Bradsher, John Bradsher, 
and Minnie Bradsher, children of Alex Bradsher, each own a 1/288 interest in 
said land, these last being the descendants of James Bradsher, a brother of 
said Martha Bradsher.
And the heirs of Henderson Bradsher, who lived and died in the West, own a 1/6 
interest in said land (98) acres--said heirs being unknown to Plaintiffs, but 
supposed to be living in the States of Missouri and Kentucky.

III.  That Plaintiffs desire to hold their shares or interests in said land in 
severalty (?).

IV.  That owing to the great number of tenants in common and the small size of 
their shares in said tract of land, an actual partition can not be had of 
same, without great injury to all parties.

V.   That a sale of said land will be more advantageous to all the parties 
interested than any partition can be.

Therefore Plaintiffs ask the Court to order a sale of said land for partition, 
and appoint some suitable person to make such sale and report his proceeding 
to this court and for any other process and just relief.

					W.W. Kitchin
					Atty. for Plaintiffs

Robert Lea, being duly sworn, being one of the Plaintiffs in the foregoing 
petition or complaint says the facts therein stated of his own knowledge are 
true except (?) those stated on information and belief and he believes them to 
be true.

Sworn and subscribed before me this July 5, 1894 }		R. H. Lea
		D.W. Bradsher C/C		 }	

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List of Heirs and Shares of Distribution

Robert Lea 		1/8		Jane Nethery		1/96

Haywood Lea		1/8		Marion Bradsher		1/96

Ellen Whitfield		1/8		Eliza Davis		1/96	

Annie Horton		1/48		James A. Hicks		1/188

Bera Horton		1/48		William Hicks		1/188

Bettie Horton		1/48		Eliza Bradsher		1/576

Ella Horton		1/48		Rainey E. Bradsher	1/576

William Horton		1/48		W.M.A. Bradsher		1/576

Jack B. Horton		1/48		Frank A. Bradsher	1/576

W. W. Walker		1/32		Savannah Gilley		1/576

Nat G. Walker		1/32		Buck Bradsher		1/384

Jno S. Walker		1/32		Richard Bradsher	1/384

Lula Walker		1/32		John Bradsher		1/384

Unknown heirs of Henderson
   Bradsher		1/8		Minnie (?) Bradsher	1/384

Unknown heirs of Jefferson  
   Bradsher		1/8

Sarah Bradsher		1/96

Rebecca Phelps		1/96

Mildred Wheeler		1/96

Martha Wheeler		1/96

J. W. Bradsher		1/96

Sarah Painter		1/96


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North Carolina}	In Superior Court
Person County }	Before Clerk 1897

Robert Lea et als. [sic]

   	vs.

The Heirs of Henderson
Bradsher et als. [sic]

J. R. Taylor an attorney-at Law of the city of Paragould and State of 
Arkansas, first being duly sworn deposes and says:  That he is the duly 
authorized and acting attorney for the children and heirs-at-law of the late 
Jefferson Bradsher who died in the state of Arkansas many years ago.  And that 
he is specially authorized and empowered to act and represent them in the 
settlement of the matters of in controversy arising out of the above entitled 
suit in which said children are the legal representatives of the said 
Jefferson Bradsher who was a brother of Patsy and Betsy Bradsher; and as such 
entitled to a distribution of the proceeds of the sale of said landed estate 
as set out in the above-entitled proceedings.
That he has & does hereby appoint and authorize Mess. Winstead & Brooks 
Attorneys-at-Law in the City of Roxboro, N.C. to represent him and the said 
heirs of Jefferson Bradsher in all matters of controversies arising in the 
above entitled action. And he has and does hereby further authorize & empower 
the said Winstead & Brooks to make, effect & conclude any & all settlements of 
matters assigning out of the above entitled such as they shall deem for the 
best interest of the said heirs of Jeff Bradsher.

J. R. Taylor

Sworn to and subscribed before 
me this 2d day of Feb 1897

					W. H. Ritter, N.P.
				My commission Aug 22 1900
	Received of D. W. Bradsher, C.S.C. Fifty Seven & 80/100 dollars in 
full of the 1/8 interest of the Henderson Bradsher heirs in the proceeds from 
sale of the Robt. Lea & others land.

This 12 day of May 1897
			
			Winstead & Brooks