Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Abstracts JS-14 449-473 - SMITH, THOMAS, HOWARD, GIDDINGS, McPHERSON - Jul 1836 George THOMAS vs Joseph L. SMITH, Elizabeth THOMAS and John McPHERSON Joseph L. SMITH was indebted by mortgage to George THOMAS of Henry and also to John McPHERSON, one of the notes paid to Elizabeth THOMAS. Land - 260 acres, from will (HS-3, 594) of Joseph L. SMITH's father, Joseph SMITH, where Joseph L. SMITH and Edward HOWARD then resided. Another tract of 100 acres on Catoctin Mountain was included in a mortgage to McPHERSON. Trustee was William ROSS; on 29 Dec 1836, sale made to James GIDDINGS for 360 acres at $10,800. McPHERSON was paid and Thomas received $1,959.99 out of the $2,213.26 owed him; finalized 16 Mar 1837. =========================== - Dorinda Shepley Mid Maryland Roots Website www.midmdroots.com