Frederick Co, MD - Equity Court Abstracts - JS-10 235-251 - REESE, DURBIN, READ, SLAVES, ROOP - Oct 1830 DURBINS and Christian ROYER vs John and David REESE - Sale of Real Estate Andrew REESE d/ 1822 (will 13 Oct 1820;21 Mar 1822) widow - Elizabeth (d/ bef Oct 1830) and children, - Andrew REESE (d/ bef Oct 1830), leaving ...widow - Rebecca and sons, .....John REESE .....David REESE - Elizabeth w/o William DURBIN - Catharine REESE w/o Nicholas DURBIN Plantation where George READ now lives given to wife and lots in Westminster, stocks, notes, bonds and money. SLAVES - negro woman POLL (to wife) - RICHARD, LOUISA, SALL, JACK, CHARLES, ANN (to children, Andrew, Elizabeth and Catharine) - to set free at age 38 after wife's death, to be sold and divided amongst Andrew, Elizabeth and Catharine. - to son Andrew, home plantation "Hollow Rock" and land in Baltimore County "Rochester", stock, furniture, etc. Executors were son Andrew and son-in-law, William DURBIN; witnesses: Joshua COCKEY, Geroge REED, Richard COCKEY. Land - 'REID's Farm', 200 acres, for $305 from Thomas GURLEY, trustee of William DURBIN to Nicholas DURBIN in 1830 (1/3 part was willed to wife of William DURBIN by her father, Andrew REESE). - "Friendship", "Gists Ambition", "Iron Intention", "Resurvey on Lime Pitt", contigious to each other, 220 acres; lies next to land of Daniel STONESIFER and "Bonds Meadow Enlarged" and Michael EVERHART's land, George BOCK's and Philip FRANKFORTER's; conveyed to Christian ROYER from William DURBIN, surviving exec/of Andrew REESE in 1830. Guardian was David ROOP; trustee was Col. William DURBIN; on 12 Feb 1831, sale made to David ROOP for $126 for 'residue'; title was granted for previous purchase of Christian ROYER. The widow Rebecca petitioned for her 1/3 dower calling David CASSELL, the adm/of Andrew REESE (Jr.). On 18 Sep 1831, William DURBIN testified Rebecca was 26-27 years old and healthy. The daughters' 1/3 share was $858.96 each; Rebecca, the widow, got 1/3 of the 1/3 siblings' share, $286.31, as did her sons; finalized 10 Nov 1831. ======================================== - Dorinda Shepley - Dorinda@MidMdRoots.com www.MidMdRoots.com