Wayne County, NC - Needham Waters Estate, Partition of Lands, 1857

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State of North Carolina               Superior Court of Law
Wayne County                          Fall Term A D 1857

To the Honorable the Judge of the Superior Court of said County.
           The petition of LEMUEL SUTTON and wife EASTHER, JOHN B. 
WATERS and MARTHA WATERS, the two last by their next friend & guardian, 
PENELOPE WATERS, all of said county respectfully sheweth unto your 
Worships that NEEDHAM WATERS of the county of Wayne dec'd, was in his 
lifetime, and at the time of his death, seized in fee simple as of some 
other good estate, of inheritance to him and his heirs, of three 
several piece, parcels or tracts of land, and one tract lying in Wayne 
County on the waters of Walnut Creek adjoining the lands of JOHN 
WOOTEN, ELIJAH BIZZELL and FRANKLIN WHITFIELD containing three hundred 
and fifty three acres, (353) one other tract lying and being in Lenoir 
County on the waters of Neuse River adjoining the lands of WILLIAM 
DAWSON, JEREMIAH WATERS & others containing three hundred and twenty 
acres (320). Also one other tract lying and being in Greene County, 
adjoining the lands of AVY FARMER, ELI JONES and others containing 
sixty-eight and one-half acres, (68 1/2). (THIS 68 1/2 ACRES WAS 
PENELOPE HILL'S INHEIRITANCE FROM HER FATHER RICHARD HILL'S ESTATE.) 
And being so seized, the said NEEDHAM WATERS did depart this life 
intestate leaving EASTHER wife of LEMUEL SUTTON, JOHN B. WATERS and 
MARTHA WATERS his children and heirs at law him surviving and upon his 
death the said lands descended and came to your petitioners as tenants 
in common in the proparation of one third to each. Your petitioners 
further show unto your Honor, that they are desirous of having a fair, 
just and equal partition of said lands made between them, in order that 
their respective shares and proparations thereof may be allotted, held 
and enjoyed in severalty.
       To the end therefore, that a partition may be made of said lands 
between your petitioners; that each one's share or proparation then may 
be allotted and conveyed to them and their heirs and assigns; and that 
your petitioners may severally hold and enjoy their respective 
allotments of said lands, according to the nature thereof, in 
severalty, and that all proper & necessary conveyances and assurances 
may be executed for carrying such partition into effect, And that your 
petitioners may have such other and relief in the premises as the 
nature and circumstances of this case may require, and to your Honor 
shall deem ____ and proper. May it please your Honor to appoint five 
commissioners to divide and appropriate said lands between your 
petitioners, as herein before prayed for, According to the act of the 
general Assembly in such cases, made and provided, as to your Honor 
shall deem proper and requisite. And your petitioners will ever pray 
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                                       E. A. THOMPSON   Seal
                                       for Petitioners 
Estates 1782-1937
CR 103.508.161
Folder 1857 NEEDHAM WATERS
NC State Archives, Raleigh, NC

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