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Husband: Richard LEE The Squire Father: Henry LEE Mother: Mary BLAND Wife: Sally POYTHRESS Children... 1. M Child: Richard LEE Spouse:Young 2. F Child: Mary LEE Spouse: Thomas JONES 3. F Child: Lettice LEE Spouse: John Augustine SMITH 4. F Child: Richardia LEE Spouse: Presley COX <[email protected]> Hello Flora....noticed your question on Lee mail.....I did some study of the Rolfe ....years ago ...and it seems to me that Sally Poythress Lee ....would have been the grandaughter of Francis Poythress born 1639 John Rolfe's wife was the daughter of Frances Poythress Sally Poythress/ William /John /Francis/Frances.. Dont quote me .......Just a theory .....Libby ( I am from the John Esq line ) and my theory: POWHATAN - 1--POCAHONTAS born about. 1595; died 1617. - sp-John ROLFE born about 1585; died 1622. - - 2--Thomas ROLFE born 1615. - - sp-Jane POYTHRESS. - - - 3--Jane ROLFE; died 1676. - - - sp-Robert (Colonel) BOLLING. - - - - 4--John (Colonel) BOLLING born 1676; died 1729. - - - - sp-Mary KENNON. - - - - - 5--John BOLLING. - - - - - 5--Jane BOLLING. - - - - - 5--Mary BOLLING. - - - - - 5--Elizabeth BOLLING. - - - - - 5--Martha BOLLING. - - - - - 5--Anne BOLLING. She had 1 descendant Flora Now I understand that a person has uncovered a line from Poythress to Newby and or Rolfe would someone share that line with me and any other information Flora

In a message dated 8/14/01 4:03:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Subj: Poythress Familly > Date: 8/14/01 4:03:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time > From: [email protected] (Curtis Lane) > To: [email protected] > > Dear Maynard" > Was it Dinwiddie County Virginia from where the Poythress moved to Burke > County Georgia? If incorrect can you advise the County and approx.year,if > known. Do you have any genealogy contacts in the County from which the > Poythress left. Seems I remember you saying a brother of George stayed in > Virginia. My reason for asking- perhaps the wife of Thomas Poythress may > have been Martha Muir,just a long shot. > Thanks for a reply. > J.Curtis Lane > > Curtis: > > Actually it was Brunswick County where Thomas was "last seen" but by then > his sons seemed to be all over the place. George likely still in Brunswick > with him. > Meredith Sr. and the brother who remained behind (Lewis) were in > Mecklenburg. The year? That one is hard to pin down as they came at different times and there is considerable evidence that some of them went back and forth between Burke/Screven and Virginia. I'd only be able to guess at a "window" and I'd be inclined to place it between 1782 and 1792. > I am copying the entire 85+ Poythress listserver to see if anyone has a Muir > in their tree that relates to Thomas or just about any of those Virginia > people. The only name(s) I have seen for Thomas' wife are Martha and Patsey which is a nickname for Martha (or at least it was in those days).....and the Muir doesn't ring any bells with me. Perhaps someone has a clue for you here. Best, Maynard

Maynard, thanks for posting the copy of Carol's comments to the List (copy below). In the interest of having the clarifying comments available in the List-Archives along with the record being discussed, I'm captioning this message to be in a thread with the one from last week. And actually one further small correction to your earlier (below) message: the comments on 2/20/01 that are quoted below were mine (not Lyn's) in which I had been commenting on Lyn's posting that day of the various Mecklenburg Co items indexed as having Poythress in them. These were the comments that I expanded upon in my 8/7/01 message captioned as above. Cheers, Barbara [BPN] = = = = From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 17:18:16 EDT Subject: Lewis Poythress To: [email protected] Note that Carol has set me straight.....nice to have a lawyer and a first rate genealogist "on retainer" (free that is) for one's list Re [Maynard's message earlier today, "Subject: Chancery Meck. 1889-007" in which he said:] > Lyn....couple of observations re your comments....(quoted by BPN 2/20/01)...: "In the Deed indexes, I see that in 1797 there was a Mecklenburg Deed between grantor John Cleaton and Grantee Lewis Poythress (DB 10, p. 62) and a 1799 Dower Release between Grantor Martha Cleaton and Grantee Lewis Poythress (DB 10, p. 96.  And I note that, more likely the Thomas name heree may be related to the Thomas in # 5 and # 6 above, and may furnish further info from the same earlier tie-ins." [Maynard had said:] Dower release Grantor Martha Cleaton to Grantee Lewis Poythress (DB 10, p. 96) would seem to raise some questions.  If this is Lewis Poythress (1) doesn't he have to be married in the first place to need a dower release from Martha Cleaton. The "Martha" in there could be 4th child of William C. Cleaton & Jane Poole.  Wouldn't this then infer that Lewis (1) had THREE wives with Martha Cleaton in there in addition to Patsey Giles and Rebecca Taylor...which seems pretty illogical to me. And if its Lewis' son "Lewis Y." getting the dower release, did he even have a chance to marry Martha Cleaton?  Big time gap here. = = = = Carol Morrison sez: Maynard, Release of dower rights has nothing to do with whether or not the grantee (i.e., Lewis Poythress) is married or not.  As the purchaser or grantee of the property, Lewis Poythress would want a release of dower from the wife of the grantor (i.e., John Cleaton) as he/Lewis certainly doesn't want to have to deal with Martha's 1/3 life time right in the property being conveyed if she should happen to survive John Cleaton. So, the *Martha Cleaton* would be the wife of John Cleaton who conveyed the property to Lewis Poythress.  She would not be the 4th child of William C. Cleaton and Jane Poole. Carol  = = = Thanks, Carol. Maynard

Note that Carol has set me straight.....nice to have a lawyer and a first rate genealogist "on retainer" (free that is) for one's list >>> Lyn....couple of observations re your comments....(quoted by BPN 2/20/01) You say: "In the Deed indexes, I see that in 1797 there was a Mecklenburg Deed between grantor John Cleaton and Grantee Lewis Poythress (DB 10, p. 62) and a 1799 Dower Release between Grantor Martha Cleaton and Grantee Lewis Poythress (DB 10, p. 96.  And I note that, more likely the Thomas name heree may be related to the Thomas in # 5 and # 6 above, and may furnish further info from the same earlier tie-ins." I said: Dower release Grantor Martha Cleaton to Grantee Lewis Poythress (DB 10, p. 96) would seem to raise some questions.  If this is Lewis Poythress (1) doesn't he have to be married in the first place to need a dower release from Martha Cleaton. The "Martha" in there could be 4th child of William C. Cleaton & Jane Poole.  Wouldn't this then infer that Lewis (1) had THREE wives with Martha Cleaton in there in addition to Patsey Giles and Rebecca Taylor...which seems pretty illogical to me. And if its Lewis' son "Lewis Y." getting the dower release, did he even have a chance to marry Martha Cleaton?  Big time gap here. Carol Morrison sez: Maynard, Release of dower rights has nothing to do with whether or not the grantee (i.e., Lewis Poythress) is married or not.  As the purchaser or grantee of the property, Lewis Poythress would want a release of dower from the wife of the grantor (i.e., John Cleaton) as he/Lewis certainly doesn't want to have to deal with Martha's 1/3 life time right in the property being conveyed if she should happen to survive John Cleaton. So, the *Martha Cleaton* would be the wife of John Cleaton who conveyed the property to Lewis Poythress.  She would not be the 4th child of William C. Cleaton and Jane Poole. Carol  Thanks, Carol. Maynard Release of dower rights has nothing to do with whether or not the grantee (i.e., Lewis Poythress) is married or not.  As the purchaser or grantee of the property, Lewis Poythress would want a release of dower from the wife of the grantor (i.e., John Cleaton) as he/Lewis certainly doesn't want to have to deal with Martha's 1/3 life time right in the property being conveyed if she should happen to survive John Cleaton. So, the *Martha Cleaton* would be the wife of John Cleaton who conveyed the property to Lewis Poythress.  She would not be the 4th child of William C. Cleaton and Jane Poole. Carol

Lyn....couple of observations re your comments....(quoted by BPN 2/20/01) You say: "In the Deed indexes, I see that in 1797 there was a Mecklenburg Deed between grantor John Cleaton and Grantee Lewis Poythress (DB 10, p. 62) and a 1799 Dower Release between Grantor Martha Cleaton and Grantee Lewis Poythress (DB 10, p. 96. And I note that, more likely the Thomas name heree may be related to the Thomas in # 5 and # 6 above, and may furnish further info from the same earlier tie-ins." Lyn, I sort of walked my way into the jungle here: 1) taking the simplist (maybe simplistic) approach, I'd be inclined to not make anything out of John Cleaton to Lewis Poythress (DB 10, p. 62, 1797). I'd assume this John Cleaton to be 2nd child of our "orginal" William C. Cleaton/Jane Poole and therefore in same generation as Lewis (of "the brothers"). The Date 1799 would fit here. Therefore, this would be a transaction of no genealogical significance unless we see the deed and can make something more out of it. Would you lean that way? 2) Dower release Grantor Martha Cleaton to Grantee Lewis Poythress (DB 10, p. 96) would seem to raise some questions. If this is Lewis Poythress (1) doesn't he have to be married in the first place to need a dower release from Martha Cleaton. The "Martha" is there could be 4th child of William C. Cleaton & Jane Poole. Wouldn't this then infer that Lewis (1) had THREE wives with Martha Cleaton in there in addition to Patsey Giles and Rebecca Taylor...which seems pretty illogical to me. And if its Lewis' son "Lewis Y." getting the dower release, did he even have a chance to marry Martha Cleaton? Big time gap here. Just some thoughts. It's beginning to look to me like the Cleatons, Poythresses, Thomases and Taylors all lived in the same house <g>. These guys are as tangled up as the Screven County people. Maynard

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Barbara and Craig, great work. Thanks so much for sharing. This is another confirmation of William L. Poythress as the son of Thomas M. Poythress and Lucy Thomas of Mecklenburg County, Virginia. It also confirms his military record. This agrees, by the way, with WLP's 1909 pension application, which is available in the LVA digital collection. William is the father of Foxall Poythress and others, and the ancestor of many, many descendants that still bear the Poythress name. Best regards, Lyn P. Baird [email protected] ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Barbara, thanks for yet another transcription and, Craig, yet another capture. These chancery court proceedings are great fun, like hitting a new vein of gold after exausting other veins. For those interested, this Thomas M. Poythress is the son of Lewis Poythress and Rebecca B. Taylor of Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Best regards, Lyn P. Baird [email protected] ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Barbara, thanks for transcribing and sharing. Craig, thanks for capturing from LVA. It's great to see the hard confirmation that John is son of Lewis. I'd like to propose this also strengthens the claim that Edward Poythress is a son of Lewis. Otherwise, there must be a sister of Elizabeth Giles who, like Elizabeth, also marries a Poythress, and parents Edward. I think we have all the Giles daughters accounted for and only Elizabeth marries a Poythress. Wouldn't it be interesting if this Milly Nance is the same Mahala Nance that marries Edward Poythress (1828), first cousins marrying? Edward's Mahala is listed as age 47 in the 1850 census. I've checked back through the archive and could find nothing direct about Milly Nance's parents. However, I did run across a 1795 Mecklenburg marriage of Thomas Nance to Elizabeth Giles. This is only three years after the Mecklenburg marriage of Lewis Poythress to Elizabeth Giles. Being Giles family ignorant, I'll offer a wild speculation: Could this be a recording error and Thomas Nance actually married _____ Giles, sister of Elizabeth, with Thomas and _____ becoming parents of Milly? Best regards, Lyn P. Baird [email protected] ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

Barbara, thanks for transcribing and sharing this interesting artifact. And Craig, thanks for retrieving this from the library. This is another evidence that Meredith Poythress of Georgia was also Meredith Poythress of Mecklenburg, that Meredith was in Mecklenburg at least as late as 1792, and that Meredith was in Georgia at least by 1808. Maynard, we look forward to seeing this folded into your Meredith P. timeline. Best regards, Lyn P. Baird [email protected] ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.

You should check the USGenWeb sites for those counties. There are people in many Southside Virginia counties who have plotted out the location of a number of different pieces of property, and I think on those websites you would see references to that process. The Land Tax records (filed at the Library of Virginia) exist for many years, and for many counties. Those records list each property owner each year, no matter how that owner acquired the land. Good luck. BPN

Need some instructions/advise: In 1727, an ancestor rec'd a grant of land in Surry Co, VA, probably in present Sussex Co. A few years later, he or his son rec'd additional acres. The description is somewhat vague, but waterways are mentioned by name. I've been told that in southside VA, a parcel of land can stay in the family to the present generation without transfer of title, sale, or showing up in a will. If this is an accurate statement, then it is quite possible that descendants are living on that parcel today. How can I prove/disprove this? How would it have been taxed? I thanks, jbv .

[The below was transcribed by Barbara Poythress Neal, in August 2001, from two photocopies provided by Craig R. Scott of one of the records found in Mecklenburg County, Virginia Circuit Court Records at the Library of Virginia, where this record has Index Number 1880-030. On his trip to Library of VA this Spring, Craig (who graciously copied some of the records for us, for transcribing here to the List) did not have time to copy all the Mecklenburg County Circuit records that refer to POYTHRESS; he was not able to copy all of this particular record, but did copy parts of two of the documents, transcribed below. Square brackets enclose punctuation and comments that were added by this transcriber. The first block of info below is the index info about this record found online at the chancery court index on the Library of Virginia website.] Mecklenburg County, VA Circuit Court Records Index Number 1880-030 CC Plat? NO LVA Reel Number: Not filmed Local Reel Number: Not filmed Image Number - Plaintiffs P1: WILLIAM L PORTRESS (WILLIAM L POYTHRESS) Defendants D1: EXR OF NANCY THOMAS Surnames: ATKINS BOYD BURTON GREGG LEE LOVE PORTRESS POYTHRESS RIGGAN THOMAS Wills: NONE Original Local Case Number: NONE [SHEET 1 is only the first side of a document, and it breaks off in mid-sentence:] To the Hon. A.D. Dickinson[,] Judge of the Circuit Court of the County of Mecklenburg. Humbly complaining sheweth unto your Honor, your Complainant William L. Portress, who is sometimes called William L. Poythress, that Nancy M. Thomas, the grandmother of your Complainant departed this life in this County in the month of December of the year 1864, having first made and published her last Will and Testament in writing, which was duly proved and admitted to Record by the County Court of Mecklenburg, by an order of said Court at the December term thereof which came on the 19th day of December of the year 1864, by which she the said Testatrix, bequeathed by her said will to your Complainant by his name of William L. Poythress, the entire residue of her personal property, after having previously provided by her said Will for the delivery and payment thereout of certain small portions of personal property to and among certain named legatees, [end of the photocopy of this side of this document] [SHEET 2 is only the first side of a different document, and it also breaks off in mid-sentence:] The Deposition of William L. Poythress taken before me this November 3rd 1879 to be read as evidence in behalf of himself, Plff, in a certain matter of account referred to me for settlement by a decree of the Circuit Court of Mecklenburg at its June Term 1879 in the chancery cause of Poythress vs Riggan, Exor &c Present A.S. Lee atty for Plff " [ditto indicating that also present was:] R.T. Thorp atty for Deft - W.L. Poythress, being duly sworn, testifies & says -- 1st Question by Plff's atty What was the relationship of the testatrix, Mrs. Nancy M. Thomas, you you, who it appears died in this county in December 1864? Ans [underlined] She was my Grandmother. 2nd Question by same Where were you at the time of her death and in what kind of service were you at that time engaged? Ans [underlined] I was in the Confederate Army at Petersburg in Company "D" 44th Va Battalion - 3rd Question by same State any conversation you may... [end of the photocopy of this side of this document]

We still need photocopies of this document for transcribing; it can be found in Mecklenburg County, Virginia Circuit Court Records at the Library of Virginia, indexed as number 1867-027, and their index notations are at the bottom of this message. On his trip to Library of VA this Spring, Craig Scott (who graciously copied some of them for us, for transcribing here to the List) did not have time to copy all the Mecklenburg County Circuit records that refer to POYTHRESS. Expanding on my Feb 20, 2001 email to this List about these Mecklenburg County, VA Circuit Court documents, I note regarding this particular record which we still need: having just transcribed and posted Index Number 1858-015 CC [re Plaintiff Jones Etc vs Defendant Admr of Harwell Etc, which refers extensively to Nancy Thomas and her children, including one married to George W King, and another who was a widow of a King] it seems possible to me from the King name listed in this one which we still need (Index Number 1867-027) that this record could tie in with Index Number 1858-015 CC. The Library of Virginia index lists this record which we still need photocopied as: Mecklenburg County, VA Circuit Court Records Index Number 1867-027 CC Plat? NO LVA Reel Number: Not filmed Local Reel Number: Not filmed Image Number - Plaintiffs P1: EVERETT KING Defendants D1: MANSFIELD R SEYMOUR ETC Surnames: BOYD KING POYTHRESS SEYMOUR Wills: NONE Original Local Case Number: NONE

We still need photocopies of this document for transcribing; it can be found in Mecklenburg County, Virginia Circuit Court Records at the Library of Virginia, indexed as number 1889-007, and their index notations are at the bottom of this message. On his trip to Library of VA this Spring, Craig Scott (who graciously copied some of them for us, for transcribing here to the List) did not have time to copy all the Mecklenburg County Circuit records that refer to POYTHRESS. Expanding on my Feb 20, 2001 email to this List about these Mecklenburg County, VA Circuit Court documents, I note regarding this particular record which we still need: having just transcribed and posted Index Number 1858-015 CC [re Plaintiff Jones Etc vs Defendant Admr of Harwell Etc, which refers extensively to Nancy Thomas and her children] it seems likely to me from the Thomas name listed in this one which we still need (Index Number 1889-007) that this record could tie in with Index Number 1858-015 CC. The Thomas name here appears to be further be related to the Thomas name in another Mecklenburg County, VA Circuit Court document, part of which I'm transcribing & posting today, listed as Index Number 1880-030 CC [having Plaintiffs William L. Portress/Poythress and Defendants Executor of Nancy Thomas, which record lists numerous surnames: Atkins, Boyd, Burton, Gregg, Lee, Love, Portress, Poythress, Riggan, Thomas, Thrower] In addition, as noted in my Feb 20, 2001 email, other information found in my review of other Mecklenburg County material indicates a possible further tie-in of interest to us, as follows: - In the Deed Indexes, I note that in 1797 there was a Mecklenburg Deed between Grantor John Cleaton & Grantee Lewis Poythress (DB 10, p.62) and a 1799 Dower Release between Grantor Martha Cleaton & Grantee Lewis Poythress (DB 10, p.96). When Craig Scott earlier this year sent photocopies of several of these Circuit Court documents to me for transcribing, his pencilled notes indicated regarding this one (1889-007 CC) noted from his brief examination of it that day: "No information on earlier tie-in. A.J.Poythress as a neighbor is stating that he and others rented her land. Mention of brother of A.J. is not named. Has to do with 35 acres." The Library of Virginia index lists this record which we still need photocopied as: Mecklenburg County, VA Circuit Court Records Index Number 1889-007 CC Plat? NO LVA Reel Number: Not filmed Local Reel Number: Not filmed Image Number - Plaintiffs P1: R P CLEATON Defendants D1: HARRIET THOMAS ETC Surnames: CLEATON POYTHRESS RAINEY THOMAS Wills: NONE Original Local Case Number: 24

[The below was transcribed by Barbara Poythress Neal, in August 2001, from photocopies provided by Craig R. Scott of one of the records found in Mecklenburg County, Virginia Circuit Court Records at the Library of Virginia, where this record has Index Number 1858-015. Square brackets enclose punctuation and comments that were added by this transcriber. The first block of info below is the index info about this record found online at the chancery court index on the Library of Virginia website. Though that numbering indicates that the Library of Virginia indexed it as a document from 1858, the year shown on these documents appears to me to be "1856" with the final digit of the year being written quite differently from the second digit of the year. My review of these photocopied documents indicates to me that there could have been additional documents for this case at some time, whether or not any other documents currently exist. Perhaps other documents for the case could indicate some court action in 1858.] Mecklenburg County, VA Circuit Court Records Index Number 1858-015 CC Plat? NO LVA Reel Number: Not filmed Local Reel Number: Not filmed Image Number - Plaintiffs P1: JONES ETC Defendants D1: ADMR OF HARWELL ETC Surnames: BRACEY CHILDRESS GRIFFIN HARWELL JONES KING PENNINGTON POYTHRESS PURYEAR SMITH WALL Wills: NONE Original Local Case Number: NONE [SHEETS 1-4 are one large piece of paper. Please note that the handwriting of this document is extremely angular, small, and difficult to read. Further, in places the ink bled through from the other side of the paper, making the writing even more difficult to read. Thus anyone having a strong interest in this document is strongly encouraged to examine the original at Library of Virginia. When folded, SHEET 1 serves as the label for this document:] Jones &c v Harwell's admor &c Bill & Exht 1856 July Rules [or possibly Ruler] Bill & exhibit filed. Spa n. ret'd executed on Puryear, Pennington[,] Childress & wife, Poythress & wife, Griffin[,] King, T Thomas, Bracey, D Thomas, N Thomas, E Thomas & B Thomas. Others no Inhab. ord: publication[.] RB Baptist appn. Gdn. ad litem fro David S Thomas to defend his interest. David S Thomas An Infant. [SHEET 2:] To his honor John W Nash[,] Judge of the circuit court for the county of Mecklenburg. Your complainants William Jones & John P Smith respectfully represent unto your honor that at the last term of this court a decree was rendered against your complainants and Reuben A Puryear[,] Sheff [i.e: Sheriff] and administrator of James M Harwell in favor of William A Jones and Rebecca his wife for the sum of $75.10/100 with interest thereon from the 1st day of July 1849 and in favor of William M Tanner & Mary his wife for the like sum of $75.10/100 with interest thereon from the 1st July 1849 - and the costs of Suit which amounted to $39.02 all of which will more fully appear from a copy of the decree which is herewith filed and prayed to be taken as a part of this bill. These decrees were on record against the administrator of the said Harwell for money due from the said Harwell in the distributions of the estate of H F Tanner, on which the said Harwell qualified as Administrator, and against your complainants as his Securities in the administration bond, as those decrees executions issued, and the administration of the said Harwell having no assets of his intestate in his hand to be administered & your complainants not wishing to have their property Levied upon, paid then which will appear from copies of the executions and returns thereon which are herewith filed & prayed to be taken as a part of this bill and by which your complainants became entitled to all the rights of the Plffs in said suit against the estate of the said Harwell. He removed some years since from this commonwealth and died having no estate or assets which had come to the hands of his administrator. But your complainants charge that the said James M Harwell had an interest in remainder in the land and Slaves held by Nancy Thomas[,] widow of Bennett Thomas deceased as tenant for life. The said Bennett Thomas departed this life in 1843, leaving a will[,] a copy of which is herewith filed and prayed to be taken as a part of this bill. [SHEET 3:] By his will the testator gave all his estate consisting of [blank] acres of land lying in the county of Mecklenburg and Several Slaves to his wife during her life or widowhood and after her death to be divided among all his children. The estate of the testator having been properly administered and all his debts paid[,] the land and Slaves were Surrendered to the said Nancy as tenant for life and are now held by her. The Testator at the time of his death left the following children: Charles O Thomas, Richard Thomas, Kadizah Thomas who intermarried with Benjamin Childress, Emaline Thomas who intermarried with George W King, Tabitha Thomas who intermarried with John Wall, Lucy Thomas who intermarried with Thos M Poythress, Rebecca Thomas now Rebecca Griffin a widow, Amanda Thomas now Amanda King a widow, David S Thomas, Ew'd Thomas, Bennett Thomas, & Taylor Thomas, who are remainder heirs and entitled to the said land and slaves after the death of the tenant for life, and your complainants charge that Taylor Thomas one of the remainder heirs sold and conveyed all his interest in this said land and slaves to James M Harwell and Paschal Bracey which will appear from a copy of the deed executed by the said Taylor Thomas & herewith filed and prayed to be taken as a part of this bill & from this deed it appears that the consideration for the said deed was $125 of which $75 was paid by the said James M Harwell. Your complainants are also informed that Charles O Thomas has sold and conveyed his interest in the said land and slaves to William F Pennington. Now the said Reuben A Puryear[,] Sheff and administrator as aforesaid suposes[?] to Sell the interest of the said Harwell in the land and slaves aforesaid to pay the money due to your complainants as aforesaid and the said interest not being liable to an execution against the goods & chattels of his intestate and your complainants being relievable only in a court of equity they [freely?] trust the said Reuben A Puryear[,] Sheff and administrator a[or possibly "&"] aforesaid Nancy Thomas[,] Charles O Thomas, Wm T Pennington[,] Richard Thomas[,] Benj Childress and Kadiza his wife[,] George W King & Emaline his wife[,] John Wall and Tabitha his wife[,] Thomas M Poythress and Lucy his wife[,] Rebecca Griffin[,] Amanda F King[,] Taylor Thomas, Paschel Bracey[,] David S Thomas[,] Ew'd Thomas & Bennett Thomas may be made parties defendants in this suit and be required to answer all the allegations herein contained, and that Nancy Thomas be required to file with [illegible: possibly "land and slaves"] a schedule seting [sic] forth the number, names, ages & sex of the slaves held by her as tenant for life and that the interest of the said James Harwell in the said land and slaves may be Sold by an order of this court and the money paid by your complainants on the judgments and executions aforesaid may be paid to them from the proceeds. The said James M Harwell died a non resident of commonwealth many years since and it is believed that he owes no other debts and if there be other creditors, your complainants are advised that they have priority over them, as these debts paid by your complainants were due from the intestate as the administrator of the said H F Tanner, and that you have or may grant to your complainants all such other and further[?] ask[?] of in the promises as in Justice and equity they may be entitled to and they will ever pray for. [SHEETS 5-6 are back and front of one document, with Sheet 5 serving as the label when the document is folded. The handwriting of this document is much clearer than that of the above document on Sheets 1-4. SHEET 5:] List of Legatees to trust fund held by Nancy Thomas [SHEET 6:] A list of legatees in the trust fund held by Nancy Thomas, widow of Bennett Thomas dec'd[:] Chas. O. Thomas Richd. Thomas Kadizoh Thomas now wife of Benj Childress Emeline Thomas now wife of Geo W King Tabitha Thomas now wife of John Wall Lucy [note "Lucy" was written heavily to cover "Rebecca" which had first been written] Thomas now wife of Thos M Poytress Rebecca J[or possibly "I"] Thomas now Rebecca Griffin, a widow Amanda Thomas now Amanda King a widow David Thomas Edwd Thomas Bennett Thomas Taylor Thomas whose interest was purchased & is now owned by the Estate of James M. Harwell decd and Paschal Bracy - consisting in Real & Personal property to wit - Amt of Real, according to affidavit of W T Pennington & D S Thomas $1,800. Amt of Personal, according to affidavit of D.S. Thomas & T R. Moss $8,375 [underlined] [total of two figures shown as:] $10,175.00 1 Share being 1/12 is $804.58 1/4 & 1/2 of which is 432.29 1/8 & being the interest owned by the Estate of Jas M. Harwell [SHEETS 7-8 are back and front of one document, with the bottom portion of Sheet 8 serving as the label when the document is folded. The handwriting of this document is clearer than that of the above document on Sheets 1-4. SHEET 7:] Mecklenburg Circuit Court[,] September Term 1856 Wm Jones and Jno P Smith Plff, In Chancery against R.A. Puryear shff & admor of Jas M Harwell decd[,] Nancy Thomas[,] Chas O Thomas[,] Wm T Pennington[,] Richd Thomas[,] Benj Childress & Kadizo his wife[,] Geo W King & Emaline his wife[,] John Wall & Tabitha his wife[,] Thomas M Poythress and Lucy J his wife[,] Rebecca Griffin[,] Amanda F King[,] Taylor Thomas[,] Paschal Bracy[,] David S Thomas[,] Edward Thomas[,] & Bennett Thomas[,] Defts It appearing to the Court that the plaintiffs have proceeded agreeably to the [note: ink bled through from the other side of the paper makes one word hard to read here, perhaps "amoile"? or perhaps "amode"?] proscribed by the act of assembly against the absent defendants and more than one month having elapsed since the order of Publication was completed[,] the Court on motion of the plaintiffs by Counsel doth take the bill for confessed as to the absent defendants Chas O Thomas[,] Richd Thomas[,] and John Wall and Tabitha his wife[,] and it appearing to the Court that the process awarded against the [note, a crossed out word appears here, perhaps with "home" written over it] defendants have been duly executed and they still failing to appear & answer the Court on motion of the plff by Counsel doth take the bill for confessed as to them except as to David S Thomas, whereupon this cause came on this day to be heard upon the bill answer of David S Thomas by RB Baptist his Guardian ad litem exhibits examination of witnesses & was argued by counsel on consideration whereof the Court doth adjudge[,] order & decree that one of the Commissioners of this Court take an account of the admon [i.e: "administration"] of Reuben A Puryear shff & as such[,] admor of Jas M Harwell[,] that the said Comr also take an account of the real & personal estate belonging to the said Jas M Harwell & in what it consist & [note: apparently this "&" just indicates that the document is continued on the back] [SHEET 8:] and the value thereof & report the same to the court[,] & the court doth further adjudge[,] order & decree that the said Comr also take an account of all the debts owing by the estate of the said Jas M Harwell with their assignation & prioraties [sic] if any after having first posted notice of the time & place for taking the same at the front door of the court house of this county on the first day of Two successive Terms of the County Court and report the same to this Court together with any special matter deemed pertinent by himself or Required to be so stated by the parties A Copy Teste R.B.Baptist C Cir Co Jones &c v Harwells adm &c A Copy [note: a circle is drawn around "A Copy" here]

[The below was transcribed by Barbara Poythress Neal in August 2001, from one of the records found in Mecklenburg County, Virginia Circuit Court Records at the Library of Virginia, where this record has Index Number 1808-008. Square brackets enclose punctuation and comments that were added by this transcriber. The first block of info below is the index info about this record found online at the chancery court index on the Library of Virginia website.] Mecklenburg County, VA Circuit Court Records Index Number 1808-008 Plat? No LVA Reel Number: Not filmed Local Reel Number: Not filmed Image Number - Plaintiffs P1: JOSHUA SMITH ETC Defendants D1: HUTCHINS FERRELL Surnames: COLLIER FERRELL FOX HOLMES LARK POYTHRESS SMITH TAYLOR WRIGHT Wills: NONE Original Local Case Number: NONE SHEETS 1-2 are two sides of the same paper. SHEET 1 has the following information, which serves as a label after the document is folded up:] Smith Jo[?] vs Ferrell to be filed in the papers. This paper was filed the 13th day of May 1808[? Note that throughout this record the year's last digit is difficult to read; at times it looks more like 1806. 1808 is used since the more knowledgeable Library of Virginia staff has indexed it as a record from 1808.] [signed by] John Dortch SHEET 2, back of SHEET 1:] Whereas We Hutchins Ferrel [sic] of Mecklenburg Virginia and Joshua Smith of Franklin County[,] North Carolina do agree that said Smith shall be allowed untill [sic] next August Court to be holden in Mecklenburg County Virga., to take the deposition of Merideth Poythress & return said deposition to the aforesaid Court, but if said Smith shall not bring forward to the aforesaid Court the aforesaid deposition, then the said cause of Smith & Ferrell shall be heard & a final decree granted by the aforesaid Court. And whereas it is further agree'd that if said Smith shall at the aforesaid Court bring forward the aforesaid deposition, the aforesaid Ferrell shall be allowed untill [sic] November Court to take the depositions of William Collier and John Wright [Note: blank space here] to invalidate the testimony of said Poythress, but after next November Court no further indulgence shall be granted to either party. [signed by] H. Ferrell, L.S. [ornate circling around L.S.] [and] Joshua Smith, L.S. [L.S. is circled] Signed in presence of J.G. Baptist N. [or possibly W.] Baptist [SHEETS 3-4 are both sides of one piece of paper. SHEET 3:] Sir[,] Please take Notice that we on Monday the 9th of June next will proceed to the Deppossition [sic] of Mr. Meradith Poytross of Georgia[,] County of Scriven at the House of the sd Poytress, to be read as evidence in a suit of Chancery which we have defending in the County Court of Mecklenburg Virginia wherein Joshua Smith & others plaintiffs & Hutchin Ferrell Defendant at which time & place you May attend if you please [signed by] Joshua Smith [and] Capt. H. Ferrell [SHEET 4, back of SHEET 3:] I acknowledge the within Notice Test J.P. N. Meredith [signed by] H. Ferrell 13th May 1808[?] [SHEET 5 is quite confusing. From this photocopy it appears that a total of three pieces of paper were on the photocopier at once, with all three being of different sizes, and two of them being much smaller pieces than the one behind them. The smallest piece of paper is the most clear, but it obstructs view of the second small piece behind it, and both of those obstruct view of part of the larger piece behind them.] [SHEET 5's smallest piece of paper:] Mr. Joshua Smith Take notice that on Tuesday the 25th Inst. at the store house of Delowe[?] & Abernathy in Mecklenburg county I shall proceed to take the deposition of William Collier to be read as evidence in a suit instituted in chancery in the said county wherein yourself and others are plaintiffs and myself defendant at which time & place you may attend if you please. Yours respectfully H. Ferrell 12th Nov 1808[?] Mr. Joshua Smith [SHEET 5's next larger piece of paper may be another fold of the above piece. This is the most-obstructed piece on this photocopied sheet; in view are only some words from the top line and some words at the left edge, with the remainder being covered by the smaller piece, above. What is available of this one reads as follows, with dashes indicating covered material:] [on the top line:] The Cou--- --- --- --- --- Parham Lewis Parham, Seal Mark al--- ye that circum--- witnesses --- [something crossed out which may have read "Plts"] comm--- at se--- your d--- your se--- two or --- migh--- of Me--- witho--- return--- Baske--- Novem--- C--- [SHEET 5's largest piece of paper, which is partly obstructed by the two smaller pieces above, is viewable enough to determine that it is duplicated below as SHEET 8; therefore see below for full transcription of it.] [SHEET 6 is apparently the left side of a larger piece of paper, so that when folded this portion served as the label for the piece. Some of the paper is torn off and missing. What remains reads as follows:] ad Smith &al William Colliers depos retd Sealed the 25 day of Novr 1808[?] [and written perpendicular to the above, the paper is addressed to:] The Clerk Mecklenburg Court [and separate from that writing, written at the fold, to serve as a label when looking at one side of the folded-up piece:] Smith &al v Ferrell papers 1808 August dismissed on argumt with Costs [and across from the above, to serve as a label when looking at the other side of the folded-up piece:] Smith &al v Ferrell No. 8 [SHEET 7, which is the right side of the same large piece of paper as SHEET 6, above. The upper portion is torn, but readable as follows. Note that I have added question marks to the questions listed:] [Depo]sition of William [Collier] taken at the store [---] & Abernathy in the County of Mecklenburg on Tuesday [---] November 1808[?] in a suit chancery in the said Count[y] filed by Joshua Smith and others against Hutchens [Ferre]ll. The said William Collier being of lawful age and first sworn deposeth & saith that before this suit was brought he happened at the house of Hutchens Ferrell and saw Meredith Poythress there; and after a while Poythress observed that he understood Joshua Smith was about to sue Ferrell for some negroes, and that Smith had been to his house a few days past and wanted him to be a witness for him in the sd suit. Poythress observed that his reply to Smith was that he knew but little about it, but that he should be a better witness for Ferrell than him. Question by the deft. Did not [lined out: "Mrs. Lark app-"] Mr. Poythress say, that the negroes now in dispute (or at least two, George & Nell, of them) were at another plantation at the time he was at Frederick Colliers, and Mrs. Lark came there? Answer. Yes he did. Quest. Did not Poythress tell you that the negroes run away that night and went to Larks? Answer. Yes - and further I believe myself that they did for I staid [sic] there all night. Question. Did not Poythress tell you that Collier went off the next Morning (to Larks as he supposed) and shortly returned with the negroes? Answer. Yes he did. [SHEET 8, which from the distinctive torn edges is the back side of SHEET 7, above. Parts of the top line are torn away and missing. Again note that I have added question marks to the questions.] [---] by the pr[---] business at the house of Fred---k Collier [---] she was there with the waggon? Answer. She came there in the Morning [I] supposed to carry her daughter home [---] to prevent her from killing herself by drinking. Question. Did she demand anything but her daughter, or was there anything put in the waggon? Answer. Nothing but a chest that I recollect. Quest. Was you well acquainted with Mr. Robert Lark, and was he a man of punctuallity [sic]? Answer. I was intimately acquainted with him, and frequently worked for him & he allways paid me as soon as the work was done --, and as far as I know or believe that was his general character. [Lined out: "Quest. Did you underst"] [signed by:] Wm Collier The deposition of Samuel Holmes of lawful age and [duly?] sworn taken by consent who deposeth as followeth [---] Robert Lark was a man of honesty & punctuallity, who as far as this deponent knows or believes generally complied with such promises as he made. Question by the deft. Did you ever hear that Robert Lark advanced money to assist Frederick Collier in purchasing Pennington's Land? [Note: this is the bottom of that piece of paper; none of the other sheets copied in this record appear to be the continuation of this deposition of Samuel Holmes.] [SHEETS 9-10-11 are all from one large piece of paper. SHEET 9 is one side of it, which after folding was used as the outside; it bears the remainder of what appears to be a wax seal; one can see that the sealed paper had been addressed to:] William Baskerville, CCC of Mecklenburg, Virginia [Written perpendicular to the above address is the following, used as a label:] Smith &al v Ferrell Meredith Poythresses depos--- sealed 8 Aug 1806 No. 9 [Other folds in view bear the signatures of those who took the deposition in Georgia:] Joseph Reynolds JJC David Emanuel, J.P. [SHEET 10:] State of Georgia Scriven County By virtue of a Commission from the County Court of Mecklenburgh[sic] State of Virginia[,] to us Directed we have caused to come before us, Meridith Poythress[,] the person in the said Commission Named[,] who being duly sworn, Deposeth and Sayeth that Some time in the fall of the year 1792 he was at the House of Mr. Frederick Collier, where he had not been long before he Saw that there was Something that Disturbed Mrs. Ann Collier at which he felt uneasy, and the 1st Convenient opportunity Asked Mr. Frederick Collier the cause of his Wife's uneasiness. Said Colliers Answer was that the Devill had got into them all and that Mr. Robert Lark was going to send for his [Collier's] Wife Ann Collier, and every thing that came here with her[,] at which he says he says [sic] he felt uneasy and talked of going Home. Said Colliers reply was that they were all going to leave him and Said Deponant should stay all night with him and not for him the said Deponant to mind it, for all would be at Home in a Day or two again - in some short time after, he heard a Waggon Driving in the yard of the said Colliers, the Said Deponant says. That this Waggon was [the wagon of] Mr. Robert Larks and the wife of said Larks - Mary Larks - was with the Waggon and her Negro Man Dave, all which he was Acquainted with. This Dep[onan]t further sayeth that the said Mary Lark came into the House of the sd F. Colliers and after Talking awhile with the sd Ann Colliers[,] her Daughter[,] in a low tone of Voice immediately turns to the Sd Colliers and Says ["]Robert has sent Me for Ann and every thing that came here with her.["] Said Colliers reply was that ["]there it was, take it all and Carry it along["] this Deponant further sayeth that he stayed all Night with the sd Collier and in the Morning Mrs. Ann Collier was gon [sic] with some of Household Furniture and Certain Negroes, George and Nell, and the Said Collier said that he would go and Drive them all Home again. he Started off and the Next time the Sd Poythress says he saw Sd Colliers [SHEET 11:] Colliers [sic] he told him that he had got all back again & More too & further the Deponant sayeth not. Subscribed and sworn to, Before us this 9th Day of June 1806 Jos. Reynolds JJC, Seal D Emanuel JP, Seal [signed:] Meredeth poythress

[The below was transcribed by Barbara Poythress Neal in August 2001, from one of the records found in Mecklenburg County, Virginia Circuit Court Records at the Library of Virginia, where this record has Index Number 1820-012. Square brackets enclose punctuation and comments that were added by this transcriber. The first block of info below is the index info about this record found online at the chancery court index on the Library of Virginia website. When Craig Scott furnished the photocopy of this record to me, he noted "This Lewis Poythress is likely the widower of Elizabeth Giles, deceased, daughter of Edward Giles." For additional clarification: we know that Elizabeth Giles was the first wife of Lewis Poythress; they married in Dec 1792, in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. After Elizabeth died, Lewis second married Rebecca B. Taylor, in April 1802. We now have further confirmation of an earlier conclusion that we had made in our Poythress research. Sheets 2 and 3 (below) state that Lewis Poythress is the heir of the John Poythress who was one of the two grandsons named by Edward Giles, Sr. in his Will (recorded 16 March 1818). My recollection is that we had earlier found/concluded in our Poythress research that the John Poythress who was named as a grandson in Edward Giles, Sr's will was the Jack Poythress whose will, recorded 17 Aug 1818, devised to his own father what his Grandfather Giles had willed him. The copy of Jack's will that we had earlier examined was very difficult to read. A better copy of it is on Sheet 5 below. We had earlier presumed that Jack's will read that his father was Lewis Poythress. These documents verify that. The spelling of "Poythress" varied widely, as shown below, throughout this record, which is an excellent reminder that we should always be checking for Potress, Portress, and Poytress, as well as Poythress.] Mecklenburg County, VA Circuit Court Records Index Number 1820-012 Plat? No LVA Reel Number: Not filmed Local Reel Number: Not filmed Image Number - Plaintiffs P1: LEWIS POYTHRESS Defendants D1: EDWARD GILES ADMR ETC Surnames: BASSEY GILES NANCE POTRESS POYTHRESS Wills: NONE Original Local Case Number: NONE [SHEET 1 of the photocopied record shows two items that are referred to here by transcriber as "A" and "B." Note that item "A" shows labeling on the outside of a folded sheet that was apparently used to wrap the other items of this suit's package of papers. The back side of "A" and "B" are shown on Sheet 2, below.] [SHEET 1, item A:] Poythress vs }mens fa [sic] Giles }sent [SHEET 1 - item B:] 28 of July 1820 Executed on a Martha Giles and on 31st of July 1820 Executed on Edward Giles --- [note: this long heavy dash appears to have been used by the deputy or the clerk to cover over an "&" which had initially been placed there; the long heavily-inked dash is followed by the following 5 names and comment.] Milly Nance[,] Edward Poytress[,] & Jane B Basey [sic] and Wm Giles & John Giles no[t] Inhabitants of this county. [Note: from the spacing and the use of "&" and "and" here, it is not completely clear to transcriber whether the deputy or the clerk meant that only the final name, or possibly the last two names, were not inhabitants of the county, or whether all of the last five named were not inhabitants] [signed by] Jones Daly [Daly's title] Dpy of Lewis Parham Sheriff [The following labeling is written perpendicular to the above info, so that when this item was folded up, the following label would show at top:] [in upper right corner, a squiggle that could be "21" or could be "Le" or "Sl"] Poythress's Adm v } Sub: Chy Edwd Giles' Admr &c 20 Aug't 1820 [SHEET 2 of photocopy set, showing the other side of both items A & B. SHEET 2, item A:] The Commonwealth of Virginia to the Sheriff of Mecklenburg County[:] Greeting you are hereby commanded to Summon Edward Giles adm'rs of Edward Giles dec'd & Milly Nance, Edwd Poythress, Martha Giles, Jane B. Bassey, John Giles, Wm Giles legatees of said Edward Giles dec'd __ [a long blank line extends to the paper's edge] to appear before the Justice of our County Court of Mecklenburg at the Courthouse of this said County on the first day of August __ [a long blank in mid-line; no year given] Court next[,] to answer a Bill in Chancery exhibited against them by Lewis Poythress adm of John Poythress dec'd[,] and this they should in no wise omit under the Penalty of £100:0.0. ___ [a long blank line extends to the paper's edge] and have then there this writ witness Edward L. Tabb Clerk of our said Court the 27th day of June 1820 in the [note: blank spot] year of the Commonwealth. [signed by] Edwd L. Tabb [SHEET 2, item B:] Lewis Poythress admr of John Poythress agt Edward Giles adm'r of Edward Giles decd. Examine wife of Edw Giles Sr and of John Poythress and bring a writ in chancery for a Legacy left by Edw Giles Sr to John Poythress and which was willed by J.P. to Lewis Poythress. [Note: these initials, JP, apparently refer to the aforementioned John Poythress] [SHEETS 3-4 are front & back of one sheet, labeled at the bottom of the document as "Copy Edwd Giles Will." SHEET 3:] In the name of Almighty God..Amen. I Edward Giles of Mecklenburg County and state of Virginia doth make this my last Will & Testament. It is my Will & desire that all my just debts and funeral expences [sic] be first paid from the sale of my Estate's crop of Tobacco[,] Bacon and corn remaining in hand and after these debts are paid, It is my Will and desire that all my remaining property both real & personal be sold on twelve months credit and from the moneys arising from such sale or sales to be distributed as follows Item first. I give and bequeath to my Grand-daughter Milly Nance two hundred dollars to her & her heirs. Item second. I give and bequeath to my Grandson Edward Poythress twenty five dollars to him & to his heirs. Item 3rd. I give & bequeath to my Grandson John Poythress one hundred dollars to him & to his heirs. Item 4th. I give & bequeath to my Grand-daughter Martha Giles daughter of my daughter Betsy P Giles two hundred dollars to her & to her heirs. Item 5th and last, after all my just debts funeral expences [sic] and the above Legacies are first paid it is my Will & desire that the remainder of my Estate be equally divided amongst my four living children Jean P. Bassey, John Giles, Edward Giles & William Giles to each of them & their heirs. Given under my hand this 10th day of March 1818. I appoint Edward Giles Jr & Jno Bassey Exers. to this my last will & Testament. Signed & sealed in presence of Bushrod Webb} John Cook Sr} Edward + Giles, his mark, L.S. ["L.S." is circled] Henry + Wartman, his mark} [SHEET 4, back of SHEET 3 above, containing further info about the Edward Giles, Sr. will:] At a Court held for Mecklenburg County the 16th day of March 1818 - The within written last Will & Testament of Edward Giles decd was exhibited in Court & proved by the oath of three witnesses thereto subscribed and ordered to be recorded --- And on motion of Edward Giles Jr one of the Exers therein named who made oath and gave bond and security according to law --- certificate is granted him for obtaining probate of the said Will in due form --- Reserving liberty to the other Exer to join in the probate where he shall think fit Teste Edwd L. Tabb A Copy Teste, Wm B. Easlryn[?] [Note: below a fold in the paper, just below that signature is the following label, which would show at the top of the folded document:] Copy Edwd Giles' Will 70 [Note: "70" is circled] ex'd [SHEETS 5-6 are front & back of one document, a court copy of the Will of Jack Potress. SHEET 5:] In the name of God Amen. I Jack Potress of Mecklenburg County being in sound mind and memory do make and ordain this my last Will [&] Testament hearby [sic]. I desire what my Grandfather Giles left to me[,] I wish it to be paid to my farther [sic] his heirs Liwis [sic; not capitalized here] Potress[.] Edward Giles} James L. Nance} Jack + Potress, his mark, L.S. Milly Nance} At a Court held for Mecklenburg County the 19th [or the number may be "17th"] day of August 1818 This Will was proved by the oath of James L. Nance - one of the Witnesses thereto & was ordered to be recorded - at another Court held for said County the 18th day of January 1819[.] The same was further proved by the oath of Edward Giles another witness thereto - and on motion of Lewis Portress who made oath and gave bond and security according to Law --- Certificate was granted him for obtaining letters of administration of the Estate of the said Jack Portress with his Will aforesaid annexed in due form[.] Teste, Edwd L. Tabb CC [or CoS?] A Copy Teste, W.B.Easlyrn[?], D.C. [SHEET 6, back of SHEET 5 above, bears the following info toward the center of the sheet, so that the following info would appear as a label on the outside of the folded-up document:] Copy Jack Poytress Will 70 [Note: "70" is circled] [Then, below that, in a different fold-panel, and beginning at the center of the sheet below the fold line in such a way that the following info would also show on the outside of the folded-up document:] Poythress vs Giles &al Papers for suit in Chy. Subp. to Augt Court. Enquire [sic] of Lewis Poythress, which of Edw Giles['] Giles legatees are married, & who are their husbands, also as to the infants & order subpena in Chy. Milly Nance of age & single Edw. Poythress of age [next the name "John" was lined out] Martha P Giles infant by John Nance Gurdn. Jean B. Bassey wife of Jesse Bassey John Giles North Carolina Edw Giles William Giles Tennessee [SHEETS 7-8 are the left and right sides of a large sheet of paper, folded down the center. SHEET 7:] To the worshipful Court of Mecklenburg County in Chancery sitting humbly complaining sheweth to your worships your orationer Lewis Poythress, that some time past a certain Edward Giles departed this life having first published his will which is of record in the County Court office of Mecklenbg, and is here refered to, where in he bequeathed to John Poythress a legacy of one hundred dollars. That some time after the death of Edward Giles the said John Poythress died having first published his will where in he bequeathed the said legacy to your orator, -- which is also of record and is here refered to as a part of this bill. --- That a certain Edward Giles Jr qualified as Exor on the Estate of Edward Giles the testator. That frequent applications have been made to the Exor aforesaid both by the said John Poythress during his life time and by your orator since his death for a payment of the Legacy aforesaid which he has always refused. That the other persons entitled as legatees of the said Edward Giles decd are Milly Nance, Edw Poythress, Martha Giles an infant, Jean B. Bassey wife of Jesse Bassey, John Giles, Edward Giles and Wm Giles. Your orator who has also qualified as admr on the Estate of the sd John Poythress, prays that the sd Edward Giles Exor as aforesaid and the said Milly Nance, Edward Poythress, Martha Giles by a Guardian to be appointed her, Jesse Bassey and Jean B. Bassey his wife, John Giles, the said Edward Giles in his own right and William Giles may be made defts hereto. That the said Edward Giles Exor as aforesaid may be compelled to render an account of his actings and dealings as Exer, and to set forth what Estate there is in his hands belonging to the testator first mentioned. And finally that your worships will decree that he shall pay to your orator the said Legacy of one hundred dollars with its interest. To which end may please your worships to award a writ of subpena &c. [SHEET 8, which is the left side of the same large sheet of paper as SHEET 7, and which when folded would have the following info appearing as a label and summation on the outside surfaces:] Poythress vs } Bill & Exhibits Giles &c. 1820 Augt Bill filed No farther step taken[?] notice __ " Sept Cout [sic] at rules[?] __ " Octr plesd[?] __ [Below the above notations are the following two columns of figures & one lower notation] 18 8 8 18 18 18 26 26 [line drawn under this figure, for these 8 numbers to be totaled] d 140 60 105 [line drawn under this figure, for these 2 numbers to be totaled] cr 1.65 Atto[?] fare[?] 6.00 [To the right of all of the above info, is the following one short column:] d--- 1.14 l--- 81 Atto[?] Fare[?] 6.00 [this bottom figure is underlined]