Frederick Co, MD - Equity Court Abstracts - JS-12 149-168 - GRAFF, MARTIN, FLACK, BIGGS, SLAVES, KEPHART, ZACHARIAS, WHITMORE - Sep 1829 Henry GRAFF Estate - Sale of Real Estate Henry GRAFF, dec'd (will 9 Oct 1821; 12 Feb 1824), leaving 5 children from 1st marriage, - Mary w/o John MARTIN - Joseph GRAFF - Rebecca GRAFF - Catharine w/o George FLACK - Elizabeth, dec'd - her children (not named) (gave them plantation "Graff's Content", 130 acres and 1/2 of "Timber Plenty", 154 acres) 2nd wife and widow - Elizabeth (1/3 of "Rich Level") and 6 children, - Elie GRAFF and w/ Amanda - Jeremiah GRAFF - Delilah w/o Benjamin BIGGS - Henry GRAFF (d/ bef Sep 1829 intestate, single & under 21) - Dorcus GRAFF, a minor son - Sarah GRAFF, a minor (age 16 on 18 Jul 1829) (gave them "Rich Level" and 1/2 of "Timber Plenty") SLAVE - negro man JACK; negro woman BETT Executors: son Eli and son's friend, George M. EICHELBERGER. Witnesses: William SHIELDS, Philip KEILHOLTZ and James TAYLOR. (spouses of second set of children not listed in will) Land to resolve - "Rich Level", 210+ acres, from Casper RICE (w/ Mary) in 1795, next to Monocacy River and tracts "The Fish Dam", "Resurvey on Benjamin's Good Luck" (originally to Benjamin BIGGS in 1762) and Christian THOMAS's part of "Rich Level"; - and mountain tract "Timber Plenty" Appointed to divide "Timber Plenty" was Christian HARMAN, Conrad WILHIDE and Jacob WELLER, B.S.; surveyor was Jacob FIROR, chain carriers were Godfrey SEISS and Jacob EYLER. Guardian was the mother; trustee was Elie GRAFF; in 1830, sale made to the widow for 30 acres with a small house and blacksmith shop at $800; on 7 Feb 1831, he sold the residue of the farm on the Monocacy of 182 acres at private sale to Christian WHITMORE at $3,277.80 (5 acres had previously been sold to Mathias ZACHARIAS before 1824). On 24 Dec 1829, mountain lot was sold at private sale to Jacob FIROR at $300. On 28 Aug 1832, David KEPHART testified the widow was 62 years old and her health tolerable; she was allowed 1/9 in lieu of her dower, $463.38; each 1/5 for the younger set of children was $741.41; finalized 1 Nov 1832. ======================================== - Dorinda Shepley - Dorinda@MidMdRoots.com www.MidMdRoots.com