Orange Co. VA, Chancery - Harris

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In Chancery - Orange County Order Bk, p 83, 84, 25 Aug 1803 
Thomas Harris, John Harris, Lewis Harris, James Payne and Elizabeth his 
wife and Lewis Walker and Mary his wife – Plts against Sabra Harris 
widow of Thomas Harris deceased and Frances Harris widow of Lindsay 
Harris deceased, Pleasant Hunter and Jane his wife, Elijah Harris, 
David Harris, Susanna Harris, Lucy Harris, William Harris, Hesekiah 
Harris, Matilda Harris, Brockman Harris, and Frances Harris - Defts 
On the motion of the Plts, Frances Harris is by the court afsigned 
guardian to the infant defendants, to defend them in this suit; 
whereupon this cause this day came on to be heard by consent, on the 
bill, answers, exhibits filed and agreement of counsel on both sides. 
An consideration whereof it is decred and ordered that the division of 
that part of the estate of Thomas Harris deceased devised to his widow 
Sabra Harris for life, and by her given up to be divided amongst the 
children of the said Thomas Harris deceased and according divided 
amongst them as evidenced by the exhibits called in the bill an 
obligation or agreement confirmed and that Thomas Ellis, Dabney Minor, 
John Alcock Sen., Joseph Alcock, Nathaniel Mills and Caleb Lindsay or 
any three or more of them be appointed commifsioners to value the land 
so given up by said Sabra Harris, so as to divide the same in four 
equal portions and to allot to the defts who are representatives of 
Lindsay Harris deceased that part whereupon the said Lindsay lived to 
include his plantation and to be bounded by the Lick Branch, John 
Wright's line up the ridge road and from the ridge road to the Spring 
Branch to include the house John Harris lived in and down the Spring 
Branch so as to include one fourth part of the said land, and that they 
do lay off and allot to Thomas Harris another fourth part to begin at 
the mouth of the Spring Branch at the river, thence down the river to 
the mouth of the Lick Branch, thence up the said branch to the place 
Lindsay Harris's line comes to the said branch, thence along the said 
Lindsay Harris's representatives line to the spring branch thence down 
the same to the beginning, and to include the house the said Thomas 
Harris now lives in; and to lay off and afsign to John Harris one other 
third part, to begin at the mouth of said Spring Branch at the river 
thence up the river to the new bridge, thence up the road along the 
line of Thomas Ellis, thence to crofs the plantation whereon the said 
Sabra Harris lives below the house to the Spring Branch thence down the 
same to the beginning;  
And to lay off and afsign to the said Sabra Harris the remaining fourth 
part of the said land, beginning at the spring branch at John Harris's 
corner thence up the said branch along the line of Lindsay Harris's 
representatives to the bridge road, thence up the said road to Ellis's 
corner, thence down Ellis' line to John Harris's corner, thence acrofs 
the plantation with the said John Harris's line to the Spring Branch to 
include the house in which the said Sabra Harris lives; and the court 
do further order and decree that the said commifsioners or any three of 
them do value that part of the slaves of the said Thomas Harris 
deceased, which have been given up by the said Sabra Harris, and 
afsign as many of them, as shall be equal in value to a fourth part of 
the said land to each of the Plts. Lewis Harris, James Payne and Lewis 
Walker, in lieu of their portions of the said land, so as to make the 
shares of the said Lewis Harris, James Payne and Lewis Walker in slaves 
equal to the shares of the representatives of the said Lindsay Harris, 
Thomas Harris, and John Harris in land, and if upon valuation of the 
said slaves, it shall be found that they are not sufficient for that 
purpose, then it is decreed and ordered that the said Thomas Harris the 
surviving executor of Thomas Harris deceased do sell at public auction 
for ready money the rest of the estate of given up as aforesaid by 
Sabra Harris, and out of the proceeds of the sale, pay to the said 
Lewis Harris, James Payne and Lewis Walker any difficiency on their 
shares of the said slaves as aforesaid, and divide the residue of the 
money arising from the said sale, between the said Lewis Harris, James 
Payne, Lewis Walker, John Harris, the representatives of Lindsay Harris 
deceased in right of said Lindsay and himself in equal portions; 
And it is further decreed and ordered that at the death of the said 
Sabra Harris that the said commissioners or any three of them, do sell 
at public auction on twelve months credit, that part of the land and 
slaves which are retained by the said Sabra Harris, and take bonds with 
security of the purchases and afsign the same one sixth part to the 
said Thomas Harris; one sixth to the said John Harris, one sixth to the 
said Lewis Harris, one sixth to the said James Payne, one sixth to the 
said Lewis Walker and the remaining sixth part to the representatives 
of the said Linsay Harris deceased; and that the said Thomas Harris the 
surviving executor of Thomas Harris deceased, do sell in like manner at 
the death of the said Sabra, the other property by her retained, other 
than the lands and slaves, and take bonds with security of the 
purchasers, and collect the money and pay the same, or afsign the bonds 
in the same proportions and to the same persons as aforesaid; and that 
the commifsioners make report thereof to the court in order to a final 
decree and liberty as reserved to the defendants who are infants to 
shew cause against this decree at any time within six months after they 
respectively arrive to the age of twenty one years.