Union County NcArchives Court.....Henry Bivens, Margaret Bivens V. 1846 ************************************************ 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 February 14, 2008, 2:54 am Source: Charlotte Journal Written: 1846 1 May 1846 State of North Carolina Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions Union County April Term 1846 Margaret Bivens vs. Henry Bivens and others Petition for Dower In this case, it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that Robert Shepherd and wife, Sarah, defendants, reside beyond the limits of this State: It is therefore ordered by the Court that publication be made for six successive weeks in the Charlotte Journal notifying said defendant non- resident to be and Appear at our next Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions to be held for said County at the Court House at Charlotte on the 1st Monday in July next. Then and there to plead, answer or demur to this petition filed: Otherwise judgment will be taken pro confesso and the matter will be heard ex parte will be made as to them. Witness Hugh Steward, Clerk of the said Court at office on the 1st Monday in April AD 1846. Hugh Stewart C.C.C. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/mecklenburg/court/henrybiv285nwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 1.5 Kb