Frederick County, Maryland - Equity Court Abstracts - ES-2 729-744 - SLAGLE, EASTERDAY, KNOTT, CUNNINGHAM, KEMP, DUVALL, MAUGHT - May 1854 Joseph EASTERDAY and wife, Sarah A. N. vs Francis A. KNOTT & Others Frederick SLAGLE d/ 5 May 1854 intestate d/ Sarah A. N. w/o Joseph EASTERDAY d/ Ruth W. w/o Francis A. Knott d/ Elizabeth D. dec'd w/o Edward C. CUNNINGHAM - St Charles City, Missouri .....Frederick CUNNINGHAM, a minor - Missouri .....Edward L. CUNNINGHAM, a minor - Missouri .....John M. D. CUNNINGHAM, a minor - Missouri Land - Home Farm, 105 acres, on west side of Catoctin Creek and onFrederick & Harpers Ferry Ridge Road in Middletown Valley, half waybetween Frederick and Harpers Ferry and adjoining lands of RebeccaHILLEARY, Heirs of Solomon BLESSING and Heirs of Henry SLAGLE;has 2-story brick house with back building, a barn granary and a wellwithin 3-4 yards of the house; also has fields with running water. - 2nd Farm, 80 acres, then occupied by Francis A. KNOTT; lies twomiles from the Home Farm and adjoins lands of Henry C. DUVALL,Joseph CARTZENDAFFNER and is on county road leading from PetersVille to Point of Rocks; has log house, barn, corn house with five fieldswith running water. - Wood lot, 15 acres, one mile from Home Farm, adjoining land of ThomasCLAGETT, David CARTZENDAFNER and Rebecca HILLEARY. The above farms lie 3-5 miles from Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road andChesapeake & Ohio Canal and are in the vicinity of several large merchantmills. Testimony was heard from Henry BOTELER and Andrew KESSLER;trustees were Francis A. KNOTT and Joseph EASTERDAY.On 2 Feb 1855, sale was held, high bidders were: - William A. KEMP for the home farm at $6,752 - Henry C. DUVALL for the second farm at $3,971.55 - Samuel MAUGHT for the lot at $684.75 Distribution of $4,408.30; court costs $535.97; - Sarah A. N. EASTERDAY, 1/3 or $3,624.11 - Ruth W. KNOTT, 1/3 or $3,624.11 - Children of Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM, $1,208.03 each. Closed 6 Apr 1855. ====================== www.MidMdRoots.com