This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2YB.2ACI/2078.1 Message Board Post: Don't know if this will only muddy the waters still further, or help to clear them ....but Samuel Carey, et al, vs Ruth McPherson, et al. (Filed March Term, 1835) Partition. Plaintiffs Samuel Carey and Anna, his wife, late McPherson, Thomas Davis and Elizabeth, his wife, late McPherson, Harman Davis and Martha, his wife, late McPherson, of Highland County, allege that they have an interest in 319 acres on Lee's Creek in Biddle's Survey No. 2716 and Rose's Survey No. 4006. The defendants, David South and Mary, his wife, late McPherson, of Virginia, Ruth, Daniel, Stephen, John, and Joseph McPherson of Clinton Co., Ohio; Merab and Benjamin McPherson; David Crispin and Rachel, his wife, late McPherson; Job Smith and Charlotte, his wife, late McPherson; Daniel, Mary, and George Hayworth, minors, residing in Indiana with their father, Jonathan Hayworth, who is a tenant by courtesy, are the heirs of their mother, Sarah Hayworth, late McPherson, dec'd., are all tenants in common with plaintiffs. Mary, widow of Daniel McPherson, dec'd, is entitled to dower. (Record 4, page 673) Common Pleas Court Records of Highland County, Ohio 1805-1860 by David and Jane McBride, p. 149