BRUNSWICK COUNTY, VA: CHANCERY CAUSE – KEITH ET AL VS LAFFOON, 1796 
 
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Transcribed by LaVelda R. Faull, Glasgow, KY (16 April 2005) 

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Case No. 1796-009  
Brunswick County  
Chancery Cause:  KEITH et al vs. LAFFOON et al.  
8/1796  
 
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KEATH & al          }  
  vs.                    }   Chancery  
LAFFOONS & al   }  
 
March Docketed & heard  
 & Decree for division  
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May Court for reports  
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August Court for report  
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1795 March Court for report  
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1796 Aug rept retd & Judt.  
  acc. Jly  
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To the Worshipful Court of Brunswick County in Chancery sitting  
                         Humbly complaining shew{sic} unto your worships your Orators  
vs Oratrixes viz(?) CORNILIUS KEITH & MARY HIS WIFE,  WILL HAWKS AND  
REBECCAH HIS WIFE, MARY LAFFOON, WIDOW AND RELICT OF THE SAID  
MATT LAFFOON, BENJAMIN MOORE AND ELISABETH HIS WIFE, formerly  
LAFFOON, WILLIAM LAFFOON, MATTHEW LAFFOON, JAMES LAFFOON and  
STEPHEN DENNIS LAFFOON devisees of MATT LAFFOON DEC. late of the  
aforesaid county that the said MATT being seised{sic} of considerable estate made  
his best will & testament in writing bearing date the          day of       wherein he  
devises his estate to his wife MARY LAFFOON appted(?) his estate for the  
support of his children untill{sic} they arrive to the age of twenty one years of age  
and your Orators and Oratrixes further shew to the court they have all arrive to the  
age of twenty one except SIMON, DANIEL, LUCRETIA and CELAH H LAFFOON  
and the said estate is going to destruction{?} so that a sale of the said estate  
according to the will of the testr would be much more advantagious both to the  
complainants and to the infants when your Orators & Oratrixes pray may be made  
respondents to this their bill of complainting(?) their guardian to be appointed by  
this court as they are infants and cannot consent to a sale and division of the  
said estate without(?) the interdisposition(?) of this worshipful court  to the end  
therefore that the said respond-  
 
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dents may by thier{sic} guardians full true and perfect answer make to all and  
singular the allegations as fully and particularly as if the same were again  
repeated & c. and that your worships will appoint proper persons to sell and  
make division of the said estate and that the court will make such further order  
and decree as shall be agreeable to equity and good conscience may it please  
the court & c.  
                                                                   J. WILKINS, P. J(?)  
 
The joint and several answer of SIMON DANIEL LUCRETIA and CELAH LAFFOON  
by CHARLES EDMUNDS their guardian to the bill of complaint exhibited by  
CORNELIUS KEITH and others the defts saving and reserving all benefit of  
exceptions to the many imperfections in the bill contained for answer thereunto  
or as much as they are advised is material for them to answer unto , they by  
their said guardian and say that true? it is their father left such a will as  
mentioned in the complainant's bill and that they are willing to abide the decree  
of this worshipful court & c.  
                                                                  CHAS. EDMUNDS  
                    (the signature actually looks like  
                                                                  CHAS EAMADS)  
 
{on bottom of page}  
CORNELIUS KEATH(?) et al     }  
vs.                } Chancery  
SIMON LAFFOON et al        }  
 
WILKINS, P. J.  
COLo(?) JAMES LUCAS  {think it is Colonel, not Capt.}  
FRED LUCAS  
WILL OGBURN  
____ & show & c.   ??  
 
 
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{Note:  L = lbs (don't have a lb sign that I can find)}  
 
Amount of the sales of the Estate of MATTHEW LAFFOON decd due the 24th April 1795  
and November 15, 1795 ---  
Do. of the land called BEARS ELLIMENT..........................L 39.12.0  
Do.      Do.         Do.   STILES'S ..........................................40.6.0  
Do.      Do.         Do.   HICKES.............................................24.6.0  
                                                         Amount of Land     L104.4.0  
Value of the personal Estate................................................97.6.11  
                                                                                      201.10.11  
 

From which the sum of thirty-six pounds            } 
for  specific legacies is to be deducted and        }   36.0.0  
an equal division to be made among all the children    }-----------------  
and MRS. LAFFOON.................................................... }  165.10.11  
 
In obedience to a decree of the Worshipfull Court of Brunswick County bearing date the  
24th March 1794 - we the subscribers have made sale of the lands of MATTHEW  
LAFFOON DECd and divided the Estate of the said deceased in manner following: To  
Wit:  
To MARY LAFFOON to be pd out of the bonds in the hands of the Extr......L 13.15.10  
To CORNILIOUS KEITH in the right of his wife MARY  to be pd out of  
                                                  the bonds in the hands of the Extr........  13.15.10  
To WILLIAM HAWKS in  Do.     Do.         Do. ....................Do..................   13.15.10  
To BENJAMIN MOORE    Do.    Do.         Do.................... Do. ................   13.15.10  
To WILLIAM LAFFOON....................................................Do.....................13.15.10  
To MATTHEW LAFFOON.................................................Do.....................13.15.10  
To JAMES LAFFOON......................................................Do.....................13.15.10  
To STEPHEN DENNIS LAFFOON.....................................Do.....................13.15.10  
To SIMMEON LAFFON....................................................Do.....................13.15.10  
To DANIEL LAFFOON his proportion of the sale of the Estate.......................13.15.10  
To   Do. specific legacy to be paid out of the Bonds in the hands of the Extr   12.0.0  
                                ---------------------------- (cut off here)  
                                     149.10.4  
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                                                   Brought over.........................................................L 149.10.4  
To LUCRETIA LAFFON  
      {actually looks like they wrote LUCY and then wrote over the 'y' with  
         "retia"}............................................................................................L 13.15.10  
To   Do.  for specific legacy to be paid out of the bonds in the hands  
     of the extrs..........................................................................................L 12.0.0  
                                                                                                              ___________ 25.15.10  
To CELAH HILL LAFFOON.........................................................................L 13.15.10  
To  Do.  for specific legacy to be paid out of the bonds in the hands  
     of the extrs..........................................................................................L 12.0.0  
                                                                                                              ___________25.15.10  
                                                   _______  
                                                 205.10.0  
 
                                                             FREDK LUCAS                        WILLIAM OGBURN