Chesterfield County, VA - Deed: Multi-Party Agreement, 1822 Submitted for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Slater ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ Multi-Party Agreement October 31, 1822 This agreement made and entered into this thirty-first day of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty two between Asmath Dance, the widow of Ezekiel Dance, deceased late of the county of Chesterfield and Edward Moore and Lucy, his wife, William Jackson and Nancy, his wife, Nelson Farmer and Rebecca B., his wife, Peter Ivey and Sally L., his wife, William S. Dance and John W. Dance; said Lucy N. Moore, Nancy F. Jackson, Rebecca B. Farmer, Salley L. Ivey, William S. Dance and John W. Dance are the heirs and distributees of Ezekiel Dance, deceased. Witnesseth: that the said Widow and heir of Ezekiel Dance , deceased, in order to have a division of the real and personal estate of the said Ezekiel Dance, deceased, between the widow and heirs of Ezekiel Dance in the county of Chesterfield, have agreed and do hereby agree as follows, to wit: That in order to a division of the real estate aforesaid, it is hereby agreed between the parties to this wording, that James Howell, Thomas B. Stone, Baker Wells and Joseph Gill (or any three of them) assisted by the county surveyor, shall lay off and divide the real estate of which the said Ezekiel Dance, deceased, ____ in the county of Chesterfield in the following manner, Viz.: They shall allot to the widow of the said Ezekiel Dance, deceased, one full and equal third part of the lands of the said Ezekiel Dance, deceased, to be held by her during her natural life as her dower in the land aforesaid. They shall then divide the remaining two thirds of the said land into five parts having regard to quality as well as quantity and shall allot one part thereof to Lucy N. Moore, another part thereof to Nancy F. Jackson, one other part thereof to Rebecca B. Farmer, one other part thereof to Salley L. Ivey, one part thereof to William S. Dance and the remaining sixth part to John W. Dance. And the parties aforesaid hereby bind themselves each to the other to stand to and abide by the division and allotment so to be made as aforesaid of the said lands. And whereas that portion of the said tract of land purchased by the said Ezekiel Dance of William H. Vadon which constituted the eastern end of the said tract is subject to the eventual right of dower of Mrs. Eustacia Vadon, the wife of the said William Vadon in case of her surviving her husband. It is therefore agreed by and between the parties aforesaid to this _____, that the person or persons who shall ____ that portion of the said land are subject as aforesaid to dower, shall in case of his or her eviction therefrom or of any part thereof by the said Eustacia Vadon in the event of her surviving her husband receive from the other parties signing this agreement a yearly compensation for the same as long as he or she shall be so held out of possession of the said land, which said compensation shall be paid by the several parties in proportion to the amount of the estate received by them, respectively, and shall be ascertained in case the amount be agreed upon by the parties by any two disinterested persons mutually chosen by them or by the ____ in case of their disagreement. And as to the personal estate of the said Ezekiel Dance, deceased, it is hereby expressly agreed and stipulated by and between the said parties that the said Assanath Dance shall take and receive two Negro men named Lewis and Peter to be held by her during her natural life as her dower or third part of the Negroes belonging to the estate of the said Ezekiel Dance, deceased, and as to the remaining portion of the Negroes belonging to the said estate together with all the rest of the personal estate of Ezekiel Dance, deceased, that the same be sold by the administrators of Ezekiel Dance on a credit of six months and that the proceeds of the Negroes be equally divided by the said administrators when collected, between the children of the said Ezekiel Dance. And as to the proceeds of the whole of the personal estate, except the Negroes aforesaid of the said Ezekiel Dance, deceased, the same shall be divided by the said administrators between the widow and children of the said Ezekiel Dance, deceased, according to law. And the parties agree that the decision hereby intended to be made is to be in the same manner as if Assanath Green Dance (a daughter of Ezekiel Dance), who died of age unmarried and without issue subsequently to the said Ezekiel Dance and who was entitled to a portion f the said Ezekiel Dance=s estate had died previously to the death of her father, and that her portion of the said estate is to be considered as part of and divided as the estate of Ezekiel Dance, deceased. As witness, our hands and seals the day and year first herein written. John Perkinson Asinath Dance G. B. Gill Edward Moore Joseph Gill Lucy H. Moore James Rowlett William Jackson Baker Wells Nancy F. Jackson Joseph Gill Nelson Farmer Rebecca B. Farmer Peter Ivey Sally L. Ivey William S. Dance John W. Dance