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    1. [BREEDLOVE-L] Elizabeth Breedlove in King William Co., VA (1790s)
    2. Mark B. Arslan
    3. Here's a lawsuit in King William County, VA. Who is Elizabeth's father Clifford Breedlove and how does he fit into the Charles Breedlove's family? VA, King William Co., Records Book 3 (1793-1800) pp. 144-145 July Court MDCCXCV [1795] "Whereas in a suit in Chancery lately depending in the County Court of King William there was a Decree made in the cause in . . . at a Court cont'd & held for King Wm. County the 30th day of May 1792. Elizabeth Breedlove an infant under the age of twenty one years by Wm. Waide her Guard'n & next friend (plt) against Mary Seay, Henry Madison, Marinnia Breedlove, Wm. Breedlove, John Breedlove, Lucy Leigh, & Mildred Madison (deft). This cause having abated as to Mary Seay, Henry Madison, & . . . Breedlove by their deaths & now coming on to be heard on the . . . examination of witnesses and other exhibits, as well as the arguments of . . . on both sides and the heard and considered, the Court is of opinion . . . decreed and ordered accordingly that the Complainant ought to be . . . in her title to the Land in the Bill mentioned as the said Mary . . . by declared before & after the execution of the Deed in the Bill mentioned . . . to give the same to Clifford Breedlove the father of the Complainant . . . the execution thereof that she had given the same to him and . . . to the Court that the said Deed was fraudulently destroyed by . . . decreed that the person now holding the said land under Henry . . . of the Defendants in this cause who hath departed this life since his answer therein, shall release all right and title to the . . . to him or her under the said Henry Madison to the said . . . unless upon having notice of this Decree he or she shall . . . to the contrary and the Court is further of Opinion and it is . . . accordingly that the Complainant be confirmed in her title . . . Deed of Trust in the Bill mentioned . . . the increase . . . since the . . . of this . . . of the said slaves pending this suit and deed so possessed and that they . . . in possession of the Defendants or some of them. It is further decreed and ordered that such of the Defts as are possessed of the said slaves or any of them do deliver them to the Complainant by her Guardian and next friend & that they do settle an account of the profits of all such slaves before James Hill, James Quarles, Isaac Quarles and Thomas Butler Junr. or any three of them allowing a compensation of said young or disabled slaves . . . . . . The Complainant Elizabeth Breedlove intermarried with one James . . . who was thereupon made a party in the said suit . . . held for the said County of King William in August 1794 . . ."

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