Stokes County NcArchives Court.....Shelton- Deceased, James 1838 ************************************************ 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: Carolyn Shank Carolynshank@msn.com January 5, 2009, 1:05 pm Source: Carolina Patriot Written: 1838 May 4, 1838 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COURT OF PLEAS & QUARTER SESSIONS STOKES COUNTY March Term 1838 NATHAN R. MOOR, Administrator of JAMES SHELTON, JR., deceased Vs. WILLIAM SHELTON, NELSON SHELTON, MADISON LILLY and his wife, NANCY LILLY, SAMUEL MAYABLE and his wife, NANCY MAYABLE, RUTH SHELTON, and __________ SHELTON Petition for sale of lands It appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that two of the defendants, MADISON LILLY and his wife, NANCY LILLY, do not reside within the limits of this state: it is therefore ordered by the Court that publication be made for six successive weeks in the Patriot, printed in Greensboro, for the said defendants be and appear at our next Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions to be held for the County of Stokes in the Court House at Germanton, on the 2nd Monday in June next, then and there to plead, answer or demur. Otherwise, the petition will be taken pro confesso and heard ex parte as to them. Copy from the minutes, Witness, REUBEN D. GOLDING, Clerk of said Court, at office, on the 2nd Monday in March, 1838. REUBEN D. GOLDING File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/stokes/court/sheltond720wl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ncfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb