Robeson County NcArchives Court.....Josephine Mercer, Sarah E. Purnell Vs 1867 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sam West sam.west.1@gmail.com October 5, 2015, 1:07 am Source: Court Of P's & Q's Written: 1867 Sarah E Purnell { } Widow of Travis Mercer { Petition } Vs { for } On motion, it is ordered by Josephine Mercer { Dower } that a writ be iSsued to the the court sheriff of Robeson County Commending her to summona jury to allot to the petitioner her dower in the lands of her late husband Travis Mercer, which said lands are described in her petition according to The Act of the General ASsembly in such case made and provided. Source: Robeson Co NC Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, Nov Term 1867, p 230 Additional comments: Travis Mercer was a son of Rowland Mercer, Sr. and first wife Ora Smith Mercer. His wife was Sarah E. Ward, married first to Mercer, then second to Riley Parnell [Purnell]. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/robeson/court/thecourt896nwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb