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CITATION.I* m Dwrairr Cotar tr RaBunavCbvutv, 8rATI m Tum—N«. AM.TO PKAFKCATTTLA~M 3oom.Hm.rnoLm Tm 8tatb or Tiui,Commty of Hmrr.om. r« tU Kktftfo/ m3 manly. (.aianae iWHISKAS, on tha IO\h day of May, A I 1. im, RoUflaa M. Jon** Aled bit pa. | **•} ,n lhacla/fc’a ufic. of I ho District Court »f Harnoon coaniy, m the Nuto of Totaa, in ■•Uixr oa follows, lo-wil :“ Thai heretofore, to-wih on Iho — day of | unc, A. l. 1840, plaintiff became the owner ' r.Q possessor by (iftrol purchase from William fill lau of the county and aUto aforesaid, ow deceased, of one hundred and aialy acroa f land, lying and being in Ihdeountycf liar. i*oii. a part of (ho head right aurvey of one Villiaa Steel; aaid land betnu oilaaled and ounded aa follows, to-wit: • On tle east by 1 bo land* of T. l. Powell and Htepheh Terry.! n the aoutli by tha land* of Wyatt Uodbolt,feat by the land belonging lo the heir* of Villiaa llill, dt ranaed, and onthe north by to land of John 8 Powell; that on the day nd dale la*t aforesaid, the aaid William Hill■rgaincd, eold, and agreed, to convey by parol.* aaid plaintiff the land aforeaatd, for and in , irnatderation of the aum of five hundred dobra, which pluuiiff then undertook and prom-ad to nay, In consideration of the conveyance i f the land by maid llill to petitioner by deed f conveyancePetitioner avere that he hat paid the entire :nouot of the purrhaae monev agieed uponla•r the land three hundred dollars to ihe said till in hit life time, and two hundred dollara lt;Abaolem II. Slone. legal representative of lid Hill aincr hia death, and that atill relying pon Ihe said llill in hia life time eireuling »d delivering loliiui a deed of conveyance for iid land inacrofdance witn the contract afore, ud Petitioner s*cr- that in the I if* lime uf ( •id Hill being possessed of the land, made , -ling, peroianent.and valuable improvrirent* lereon, cleared, and fenced in, and redeced to high state of cultivation, forty acre^ of land, great expense, ihe value of two hundred •lUrs, an* erected and bo'll thereon one • riling hou«e of the value three hundred•liar-, one kitchen of the value of one hao. d dollar*, -nuhe house,wtable. and com crib, the valor of ftfiy dolUi* eacil, that the im-(•Vt'Oirtils hsve greatly riihaocrd the value »f r I .mil, io.«il, Ihe sum of fifteen hundred illar-, flint tie rala'.e of Mid llill Is Utterly id whuilv insolvent and unable to refund any ft of Hie purchase money, nr any part of the lur of '.he improvements, and that petitioner , ill sulfrr a great and irreparable loss and mage unless ihe honorable court will order, j judge, and decree the title of aaid land to IHioner. Petitioner aver* that said llill de. rted Khia life oil Ihe — day of - A. I. 1*41. leaiate, and afbrward* at the Hepu oiher , vrtu 1*51, of ihe county court of the county [ rrsaid, pertaining to e-uies uf do ea-e.1 rsona, Abatdrm II. Htonu was by -aid court, pointed administrator de 6usi« no*, of the , late of said llill deceased and is li«w tin ( ministrator thereof.Petitioner aver* that on the — day of — 141, Catharine llill wife of William llill de! ased, dr parted this life intestate,and llial tier late i* unadmmiatered, and that William llill ceased. left I iqi aurmlng. Jaiucs llill, Jo*eph !. llill, and William 8 llill, residing in ihe ate of Alabama, and »W*h Ann ll.ult;d and lartaaa Garrett. residing in the Hn.tr of .North irolina, Mary I.. Jones, wile of petitioner, arriett I.. Uarnes,Zarhanali l» llill, Marm K. ill, John A. IMI, Georgn H lull, and Char-tie K. llill, r?s»d* III the county of ILrrison, the Stale of Triaa, aon* and daughters of i I'llliam llill drceaaed Petitioner pray- that iini « llnl, Joseph W Hill. illism A llill, arah A. Hand, and Clariasaa Garrett, I# cited , f publication. jThese are therefore to command you to sum-on Jame* llill, Joseph W. llill, Williuin H , ill, Sarah I land, and Clarissa Garrett, by •blicalion of Hus citation for four aucressive reka m the Teiaa Republic; n. a newpuper ihlished in liie town of Msrehall, H*rnson ; •unly, m the Slate of Trias, to be and appear cfore the District Court of Harrison county, ( Ihe'courthoase in Ihe lown of Marshall, on j e 14th Monday after the third Monday in I larv h I HAS. then and there to answer the |*e. | lion of Douglas M Jones. in a certain suil 11* rein I lie s* d Douglas M. Jones is plaintiff. I r.d James Hi I, Josrpli W. llill, William H | hll. Sarah Ann Hand. Clarissa Garrett Z*ch* nah l» llill. Maria K llill, Harriet L flames, olin A. llill, George II. llill, and Cliaflulte h. III. are defendants to perfect idle»ID*i.i* l»il uot, and make duereturn hereof.Test L. R Ford. Clerk of said court. Given under mv hand J and seal of n«re at Marshall, this 1th dir of May, A. II. 1*55.' L II FOKD.CTk D C.IIy W. L. lUgMKTr, Uwp'y.jeJ May llth. I*5Jt K Fubd, CVk D CWa L. Barralt, Dop'y.«ned in ndftc# May II. A. D. IflM. and d to the editor ol tha Texaa Republman day for aublieatnm.S. R. PKRRY, SVIT.W. A. 1-istoLs, Depdty. iy 14. I»lt;M 44 4t
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Marshall Texas Republican
Marshall, Texas, US
Sat, May 14, 1853
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