Union County NcArchives Court.....Petition For Dower, Holly Griffin 1851
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Source: Charlotte Journal
Written: 1851

5 Mar 1851

State of North Carolina
Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions
Union County

For Dower and Lands

Satisfactory evidence being produced before me, the undersigned upon the 
affadavit of Holly Griffin that James Griffin resides beyond the limits of 
this State, Therefore general notice is hereby given to the said James Griffin 
according to law, that the said Holly Griffin, widow and relict of Lee 
Griffin, deceased, will petition the next Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions 
for said County, to be held on the first Monday of April next, at the Court 
House in Monroe, to lay off and allot to her the dower and thirds in lands, of 
which her husband died seized and possessed; and unless the said James Griffin 
shall ppear and plead, answer or demur, judgment will be taken pro confesson 
as to him and the prayer be of the petitioner granted.
Witness J.M Stewart, Clerk of said Court, at office in Monroe, the 18th day of 
February AD 1851
J.M Stewart C.C.C.

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