Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Records - HS-1 135-162 - RADCLIFFE, GAVER, DAVIS, DEAN, MANNICAY, ELLIOTT, TAYLOR, FISHER, PRATHER, WAGERS, SLAVES - Oct 1834 Estate of Thomas RADCLIFFE/RATCLIFFE Joseph RADCLIFFE, dec'd (will 7 Mar 1814; 19 Feb 1816) d/ Sarah GAVER d/ Elizabeth DAVIS d/ Catharine DEAN, now Catharine MANNICAY s/ Thomas RADCLIFFE d/ Susannah DAVIS - her children, .....Luke DAVIS .....Sophia DAVIS SLAVES - conveyed in trust to son, Thomas in 1811. - negro man ARCH (to daughter Elizabeth) - negro JAMES (for daughter Catharine's children) - negro man JOHN (to son Thomas) - negro girl MILLY (to grandson Luke Davis) - negro girl SUSANNAH (to granddaughter Sophia) Land divided among all children except Sarah. Executors were son Thomas and son-in-law Gilbert DAVIS. Witnesses: Philemon GRIFFITH, Robert ANDERSON and Plummer IJAMS. Thomas RADCLIFFE d/ 1816, leaving 9 children, d/ Sarah RADCLIFFE, now w/o Jessee H. ELLIOTT s/ James RADCLIFFE, d/ since 1816 intestate, w/o issue s/ Joshua RADCLIFFE, d/ since 1816, w/ Ann M. (Taylor) leaving children, .....Mary RADCLIFFE, a minor - Louden Co, VA .....Sarah RADCLIFFE, a minor - Louden Co, VA .....Harriet RADCLIFFE, a minor - Louden Co, VA .....Thomas RADCLIFFE, a minor - Louden Co, VA d/ Mary RADCLIFFE, now w/o Seth FISHER s/ Joseph RADCLIFFE d/ Elizabeth RADCLIFFE, now w/o Henry PRATHER s/ William RADCLIFFE s/ Thomas RADCLIFFE, d/ since 1816 intestate, w/o issue s/ Upton RADCLIFFE Land - Lot #1 of "The Rights of Man", 126 acres, 1/4 share from Thomas' father's estate, which was sold to Barbara WAGERS for $2,200 with William RADCLIFFE as acting trustee; lies next to "Resurvey on Beall's Good Will" and "Duvall's Forrest" and by Elisha BEALL. Deeds list - "The Meadows", 114 acres, (part of original tract "Rich forrest"), at bottom of Bush Creek and next to "Resurvey on Seth's Folly", conveyed to Thomas Radcliffe from Elisha FALCONER (w/ Sarah) in 1801. - "Resurvey on Seth's Folly" and "Hard to Find", 81 acres; "The Meadows" or "Meadows Resurveyed", 21 acres, located on Bush Creek, next to land of William HALL of Henry to Nicholas HALL; also next to Israel FRENCH's lot from Anthony POULTNEY, from William WOOD and w/ Mary of Jefferson Co, Ohio in 1814. Guardian was Ann M. RADCLIFFE, the children's mother; according to family bible, she was born 2 Feb 1804 as Ann M. TAYLOR; she received 2/15 of his share, $39.48. Each 1/7 share to the living descendants was $296.12; finalized 11 Aug 1835. ================== - Dorinda Shepley MidMdRoots.com _________________________________________________________________ Get in the mood for Valentine's Day. View photos, recipes and more on your Live.com page. http://www.live.com/?addTemplate=ValentinesDay&ocid=T001MSN30A0701