Frederick Co, Maryland - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-3 457-473 - CROMWELL, SLAVES, BOONE, JARBOE - Oct 1855 CROMWELLs vs CROMWELLs Richard CROMWELL d/ 1844 (Will written 7 Apr 1840; filed 9 Apr 1844) - widow - Caroline Jane d/ Mary Elizabeth M. CROMWELL s/ Richard CROMWELL S/ Stephen A. CROMWELL s/ Curtus A. CROMWELL, a minor d/ Teresa C. CROMWELL, a minor d/ Emily S. CROMWELL, a minor SLAVES - (not named), allowed them to be sold to another master of their choosing, and not to be sold out of state nor to any person they are unwilling to live with. Exec/ widow - (Children were not named in the Will.) Witnesses: M. E. BARTGIS, Samuel DUER and James M. HARTING Everything was to go to the widow and upon her death to be divided amongst the then living children. The widow and older children petitioned for sale to reinvest monies for support of family. Land - Lot #6 of "Carrolton Manor", 1+ acre, from Catharine HARPER of Baltimore City in 1833; next to "Good Luck" - Lot #6 of "Carrolton Manor", 22 acres, from Catharine HARPER of Baltimore City in 1839, (previously to Harper from Charles CARROLL of Carrolton in 1821). - "Good Luck", 89+ acres, from James HENDERSON SR (w/ Sarah) in 1803; located on the north side of a long glase that falls into Ballinger's Creek and along Manor Road; also part "Addition to Carrolton" and "Richards Amendent", 11 acres. The estate totaled 122 of surveyed acres, 12 acres wooded with hickory and oak, an apple orchard, a fine cistern beside a never failing pump close to the house and a never-failing pump in the barnyard; it has a brick and frame dwelling with a bath house attached, a stone barn, hay barricks, stabling for 24 horses, graneries, corn house, ice house, dairy, meat house, poultry houses, etc, including outhouses for servants. There are three mills within three miles of the farm; the farm being five miles from Frederick and one mile from the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road. Guardian was Jerningham BOONE; testimony was heard from Robert BOONE and Dr. Jerningham BOONE. Trustee was Mrs. Caroline J. CROMWELL with sureties as Stephen A. CROMWELL Richard CROMWELL, Mary E. M. CROMWELL, Robert BOONE and Benedict BOONE. After a failed public sale, private sale was made to John S. W. JARBOE at $11,010.93. Distribution: court costs, $447.30 leaving $10.563.63 in the hands of the trustee. Closed 26 Apr 1856. =================== www.MidMdRoots.com