Frederick Co, MD - Equity Court Abstracts - JS-12 336-350 - BENTZ, SHELLMAN, BRISH, LINE, HEYSER, HAUER, REYNELS, SLAVE, CLINE, HART - Feb 1833 Ezra BENTZ and Henry BENTZ - Petition for Sale of Real Estate Jacob BENTZ, dec'd (will filed 29 Dec 1785) leaving children, d/ Barbara BENTZ d/ Catharine w/o Jacob SHELLMAN d/ Elizabeth BENTZ d/ Margaret BENTZ ---- Margaret BENTZ, dec'd (will 21 Jan 1804), leaving children, d/ Barbara widow of David BRISH d/ Elizabeth BENTZ sons-in-law - George BENTZ - Jacob BENTZ - Jacob SHELLMAN - Henry LINE Witnesses: Henry BAER, Jacob BRUNNER, George HAUER ---- Elizabeth BENTZ d/ 13 Oct 1827 (will 13 Oct 1827, 19 Oct 1827), leaving sis/ Barbara BRISH d/ 6 Sep 1832 bro/ George BENTZ, dec'd - his 5 children .......Ezra BENTZ .......Henry BENTZ .......Margaret BENTZ (d/ abt Sep 1833) .......Harriet BENTZ .......Elizabeth BENTZ w/o William HEYSER - PA sis/ Catharine SHELLMAN, dec'd - her 3 children, .......Catharine w/o George HAUER .......William SHELLMAN .......Jacob SHELLMAN Jr. sis/ Margaret LINE, dec'd - her children, .......Jacob LINES - VA .......George LINES - KY .......Elizabeth LINES w/o Adam HEYSER - KY .......Catharine LINES w/o George REYNELS - VA .......Daniel LINES, since died, leaving son, .......---Henry LINES, a minor - VA SLAVE - negro girl, MARIA (to be freed upon Elizabeth's death) Executor was John FRITCHIE. Witnesses: David SCHAEFFER, John EBBERT, George HAUER. ---- Land - 1/2 part of Brick House and Lot in Frederick Town, 2 acres, (conveyed to Margaret BENTZ [widow of Jacob BENTZ] by George BENTZ in 1787 which had been willed to George by his father). Margaret BENTZ willed the property to Elizabeth BENTZ and Barbara BRISH as tenants in common; lies on north side of main road leading from Conococheague to Baltimore Town and adjoins lot of Samuel NIXENDORFF and between the main road and Carroll Creek. - 1/4 part of triangular lot lying on south side of the Great Road leading from Conococheague to Frederick Town, fronting 100 feet. - 1/4 part of 4 Lots lying contiguous to John WALTZER/BALTZER and the Ole Town line in Frederick Town. The 1/4 shares were devised to Barbara BRISH, Catharine SHELLMAN, Elizabeth BENTZ and Margaret BENTZ as tenants in common by the will of Jacob BENTZ. Trustee was George HAUER; on 12 Oct 1833, sale made to Casper CLINE for the 1/2 interest in House and Lot at $1,010; sale of 1/4 part of 4 Lots to Jacob HART at $127; sale of 1/4 part of triangular lot to Jacob SHELLMAN at $135; total sales $1,272. Each 1/3 share was $387.54; finalized 10 Dec 1833. ======================================== - Dorinda Shepley - Dorinda@MidMdRoots.com www.MidMdRoots.com