Here is the transcription of the Clark vs. Towles settlement from 1844 or 1845. If you are a descendant of Stokeley Towles, this is a pretty remarkable document. The suit is in regards to a dispute over the will and estate of Stokeley's youngest son Henry, whose mother was Jane Sparks, and who had died about 8 years earlier in about 1836. Henry, who had no children, ended up with his father's plantation and a large share of the estate. In his will, he left everything to the descendants of his full sister Mary (Towles) Clark. The suit sets aside Henry's will, and redistributes the estate to all of direct descendants of Henry's father Stokeley. As mentioned with the other Towles documents, they all were apparently originally transcribed by William B. Newman around 1930. He used the document to pretty much put together the family of Stokeley and the descendants of each child. The document is basically divided by the descendants of each child. Mr. Newman wrote the names of the applicable child at the side of the various sections. I have taken his notes and put them in parentheses, in spaces over the various sections. The spaces were not in the original document. I don't know if it will all fit in a regular message, so I will break it into three parts. Rick Waggener Walnut Creek, California James Clark Administrator with the will annexed of Mary Clark, Deceased (Plaintiffs) Vs. Joseph Hume and Nathaniel Tatum executors of Henry Towles, deceased and others (Defendants) In Chancery, This cause coming on to be heard upon the papers formerly read, the report of commissioner, Humphreys under the order entered in this cause on the 18th of October, 1844, to which no exceptions have been taken, and a special statement made at the instance of James Clark, was argued by councel, in consideration whereof, the court rejecting the special statement, and confirming said report, doth adjudge, order, and decree that the defendants Joseph Hume and Nathaniel Tatum Exors. of Henry Towles, deceased pay to James Clark administrator of [Mary was the sister of Henry Towles], Mary Clark deceased the sum of five hundred and forty five dollars and thirty eight cents, with interest at the rate of six percentum per annum on four hundred and eighty three dollars and fifty nine cents, part thereof, from the 15th day of May 1845 till paid. [These are the children of John Wharton, half brother of Henry Towles] To George Wharton the sum of sixty four dollars and twenty seven cents, with like interest, on forty two dollars and twenty seven cents, part thereof from same time till paid - To William Wharton the sum of Sixty four dollars and twenty seven cents, with the like interest, on the like sum, with the same time till paid; To John Wharton the like sum, with the like interest, on the like part thereof, from the same time till interest, on the like part thereof, from the same time till paid. - To Austin Wharton, the like sum, with the like interest, on the like part thereof, from the same time till paid. To Jesse Wharton the like sum, with the like interest, on the like part thereof, for the same time till paid - To Samuel Wharton the like sum with the like interest, from the same time till paid - To Dabney Wharton the like sum, with the like interest, on the like part thereof, from the same time till paid - [These are the descendants of Henry Towles' half sister Sarah Wharton Clark] To Laura Burdine, daughter of Sallie Burdine, the sum of twenty nine dollars and ninety nine cents, with the like interest on twenty dollars, part thereof, from the same time till paid. - To Mary Anna Clark, the like sum, with the like interest, on the like part thereof, from the same time till paid - To Thomas W. Boulware and Jane his wife, the like sum with the like interest on the like part thereof from the same time till paid - To William Evans and _________ Evans, daughter of Polly Evans who was a daughter of Zachary Gibbs, each the sum of seven dollars and forty nine cents, with the like interest on five dollars part thereof from the same time till paid. To William Gibbs, Christopher Gringler, in right of his wife Sally, James L. Hudson in right of his wife Lucy, Henry Gibbs, and John H. Graves in right of his wife Jane, each the sum of fourteen dollars and ninety nine cents, with the like interest on ten dollars, part thereof till paid, for the same time. To the repre! sentatives of Jane Wilson wife of Spicer Wilson, when discovered, eighty nine dollars and ninety nine cents, with the like interest on Sixty dollars, part thereof, from the same time, till paid. To Joseph Thompson in right of his wife, Lucy, to Martha Hunton, To George Bumgarner in right of his wife Sarah, to Albert Kennedy in right of his wife Mathilda, Ishan Tatum in right if his wife, Mary, Henry Hill, Sheriff committee administrator of Fountain Hume, dec'd., Granville Kennedy in right of his wife, Mildred, William Hume, David Hume, and Henry Hill, Sheriff committee, admor. of Gabriel Hume deceased, each eighty dollars and ninety cents with the like interest on six dollars part thereof for the same time till paid - To William Clark, Sen'r son of Sarah Clark the sum of eighty nine dollars and ninety nine cents, with like interest on sixty dollars, part thereof, from same time until paid - [The descendants of Mary Sparks, Henry Towles' half sister] To the Children of Robert Sparks, when known, the sum of eight dollars and three cents, with the like interest on five dollars and thirty six cents, part thereof, form the same time until paid - To Henry Sparks, Thomas Sparks, William Hume in right of his wife Fanny, Susan Sparks, Jasper Sparks in right of his wife, Molly, Merry Aylor in right of his wife Betsy, each the sum of eight dollars and three cents, with the like interest on five dollars and thirty six cents, part thereof, from the same time till paid - To the children of Humphrey Sparks Dec'd. when discovered, fifty six dollars and twenty four cents, with the like interest on thirty seven dollars and fifty cents, part thereof from same time until paid. The children of Henry Sparks deceased when discovered, the like sum with the like interest, on the like part thereof from the same time till paid - To Thomas Sparks, James Smith in right of his wife, Mary, Frances Sparks & Milly Sparks each the like sum, with the lik! e interest on the like part thereof from the same time till paid - To Joseph Kilby, Leeroy Kilby, John Creel in right of his wife Fanny, John Kilby and Henry Kilby each the sum of nine dollars and thirty seven cents, with the like interest, on six dollars and twenty five cents, from same time till paid. To the children of Thomas Kilby deceased the like interest on the like part thereof from the same time till paid - [Elizabeth Marston, his half sister] To Henry Hill late high Sheriff of Madison County to whom the estate of Elizabeth Mastin was committed, the sum of four hundred and forty nine dollars & ninety four cents, with the like interest on two hundred and ninety nine dollars and ninety six cents, for the same time paid -