Chancery Record, Court Case, Admr of Isaiah Humphrey Dec'd  vs. Elijah Brown,
Albemarle County, Virginia

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Chancery Record of Albemarle County, VA  1831-148

The Commonwealth of Virginia to the sheriff of Albemarle County, greeting.
We command you to summon Jrehonius? Yancey administrator of Isaiah Humphrey ____
deceased.  to appear before the Justices of our County Court of Albemarle at the
Courthouse on the first Monday of November next to answer a Bill of Injunction
in chancery exhibited against him in our said Court by Elijah Brown   and this
he shall in no wise emit and have then there this writ.
Witness Alexander Garrett Clerk of said Court this seventh day of October 1816
in the 41st year of the Common wealth.
Alex Garrott CC

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in memory sitting your orater Elijah Brown respectfully represents to your
worships that some two or three years since your orater was _________ to a
certain John Wood in a certain some of money by open account who drew a draft in
_____ of a certain Isaiah Humphrey for the sum of 50$ which draft your orater
accepted and proceed to pay the sum of two pounds 7/10.  But sudden  ________
and death prevented his making the proper credits that in certain Jechonias
Yancey administrator in the estate of said Humphrey and ____ sixty has been ____
in the accepted order and ____ to a judgment and executor without marking the
proper ____ for 27___ which sum your orater  was unable to establish at the ___
at law.  He therefore prays that the judgment and ___ may be ____ for the sum of
27__ and the said Yancey us administrator.

Know all men by these presents that we Elijah Brown and Tallon Brown are held
and firmly bound unto Jeconais Yancey administrator of Isaiah Humphrey decd in
the just and full sum of five pounds fifteen shillings and eight pence to be
paid to the said Jeconias Yancy administrator of aforesaid his certain attorney,
his heirs, executors and administrators, to the payment whereof well and truly
to be made, we bind ourselves and each of us, our and each or our heirs,
executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Sealed with our seals, and dated this 7th day of October 1816.

This condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bound
Elijah Brown hath obtained from the country Court of Albemarle an injunction to
stay all further proceedings on a judgment obtained in eh said Court by the said
Jeconais Yancy admin of Isaiah Humphrey declared against Elijah Brown and John
H. Brown for $154 72 cents to be discharged by the payment of $77 72 cents with
interest whereon from the 1st Dec 1815 ___ paid for debt and 554 cents costs so
far as  ____the sum of 27 10? pounds. until further order of the said County
Court now if the above bound Elijah Brown and Tallon Brown do and shall well and
truly pay and satisfy the judgment and costs aforesaid and also all such other
costs, damages and charges as shall be awarded by the said County Court in case
the injunction aforesaid shall be dissolved then the above obligation to be void
or else to remain in full force and virtue.  Alex Garret, Elijah Brown, Tallon
Brown
Albemarle County
The above named Tallon Brown this day made oath before me Alexander Garrett
Clerk of court of said county that after payment of all his just debts, his
estate is worth five pounds fifteen shillings and eight pence the penalty of the
above bond.  Given under my hand this 7th day of October 1816  Alex Garrett CC.