"Brown's Plague" and "SPRING GARDEN" were once lands of my Mom's George and Mary Stevenson Brown's.,1743+ at Westminster,n mid Md. However, the Flegle-Fleagle are "not' my Dad's Fagley's. George Brown,mentioned,with a 1730's birth date would be uncle of my Capt-Lt-Rev-JP George Brown,d 1814 m Elizabeth McQueen. Henry Brown mentioned would not be the Madison Co,Ky-Clermont Co,Oh til 1810 Henry Brown, sire of [Geo ]Washington Brown m Jousha McQueen's gal,1803. He would also not be the Henry,son of Geo and Mary Stevenson Brown, whose son,Edward Brow n m 1st a Durbin. I'VE SEEN diffebaugh or De Firebaugh with my Brown's on the frontiers of Weirton,WV,and Pike Co,Oh. One went with George Crogan to Illinois 1765-70 era,or with George Morgan . Kaskaskia,ILL G On Tue, 23 May 2000 19:09:27 -0400 Richard Koch <rtkoch@newaccess.hereintown.net> writes: > FLEGLE / FLEAGLE > > Charles, Valentine, Jacob John FLEGLE ..vs.. Lawrence Mary BURKHART > > Valentine FLEGLE d/ 1801 in Frederick (now Carroll) County > Children - > 1. Charles > 2. Valentine Jr > 3. Jacob > 4. John > 5. Anna? w/o Daniel ZACHARIAS > 6. Catharine w/o John COVER > 7. Polly w/o David STONER > 8. Mary w/o Jacob DAGEY > > Land - Tracts "Brown's Plague", "Spring Garden", "Resurvey on > Molly's > Industry" purchased 17 Nov 1773 containing 149 3/4 acres. Land was > said > to be near Krider's Church. The four brothers claimed the land had > been > divided off for each to have a section upon their father's death. > The > three elder brothers had in fact lived on the land with Valentine Jr > and > > Charles having built log cabins on it. After Valentine Jr asked to > have > the land deeded to him and Valentine refusing, Jr then moved to > Reisterstown, outside of Baltimore, and took the cabin apart and > rebuilt > > it there. All three of the brothers later moved off the land but > Jacob > returned and moved into the house that Charles had built about a > year > before his mother died and remained there until the summer of 1798 > when > Valentine by jury had Jacob evicted from the land. (Act of 1793, > Chapter > > 43 - Dispossession of Tenant at Will). > > Valentine's wife died about 1797 and he being alone and helpless > (needing two canes to walk at times), hired a housekeeper. The > siblings > being concerned over losing their inheritance beat the housekeeper > and > drove her off. However, Valentine was able to convince her to return > and > > then asked her to marry him, this about 18 months after the death of > his > > first wife. The young woman he married was Mary FLYDON (about 20 yrs > old) although he was in his 70's. (Mary FLYDON had been poor and had > been bound out as a servent to a Mr SWISHER) > > This complaint had been filed as early as 25 Jul 1799 when Valentine > gave testimony. Valentine sold part of the land to Henry BROWN @ > 1800, > about a year after Valentine's second marriage. The proceedings > continued even after his death until 1810. > > Depositions were taken at the tavern of Peter SHOEMAKER on 18 Nov > 1805. > Those who gave testimony - John WAMPLER (age 32 then), John BENDER > (age > 50 then), John SLIFE (age 49 then), Dewalt YOUNG (age 48 then), > Daniel > ZACHARIAS (age @ 28 then, gr/son). Court was adjourned til the 29th > of > November at Taneytown in the house of Eli BENTLEY where John BENDER > testified - about 24 years ago, Valentine, the father, had divided > all > his land into four parts for his four sons and set stones at the > corners > > and had entered into a written agreement with them and in return > they > would maintain him in separate house; he left this agreement in the > house of Henry MYERS for safe keeping. At some point, Valentine went > to > Henry MYERS (only English clerk in the area and Chief of Writings > for > the neighborhood) under the pretence of wanting to hear it read and > snatched it and destroyed it. Unfortunately the said Henry MYERS has > moved on to an unknown location. Testimony revealed both son John > and > son-in-law Danial ZACHARIAS had offered to have Valentine live with > them. Valentine however felt his sons had treated him badly and > didn't > want to live with any of them, he wanted to disinherit them and had > offered to sell his land to son-in-law Daniel ZACHARIAS. > > Court adjourned and again met on in Jan 1806 back at Peter > SHOEMAKER's > Tavern. Depositions were heard from: John MARKER (age @ 50 then), > William DURBIN Jr (age @ 32 then), John MITTIN (age @ 63 then), > George > BROWN Sr (age @ 74 then), Daniel KLINE (age @ 65 then), Henry BROWN > Jr > (age @ 35 then), Henry STEVENSON (age @ 66 then), John DIFFEBAUGH > (age @ > > 39 then), John WARNER (age @ 67 then), William DURBIN, Merryman > STEVENSON (age @ 37 then - had a tavern about a mile from > Valentine's > house). Testimony states Valentine's daughter Catherine and her > girls > had beaten Mary FLYDON and tried to run her off > in fear she would marry him and take everything. Valentine was > angered > by this and out of spite went to have a will made in order to > dissolve > the agreement with his sons. He had decided to give his new wife > everything and his children nothing. The court ruled to go by the > wishes > > of the will and all property was given to his second wife, the now > Mrs. > Lawrence BURKHART. Final decree was issued 31 Mar 1810. > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Frederick County, Md - Chancery Case # 1759 dtd Feb 1810 > (Md State Archives, MdHR 17, 898-1759, 1-36-1-87) > *************************************************** > > > >