This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 edition. Excerpt: ...that Thomas Murphy, of Madison County, died in 1815, possessed of negroes and other personal property; that his estate was unembarrassed and free of debt; that he left his widow, Frances JMurphy, and two infant children; Nancy, of whom he, the petitioner, was guardian, and John, of whom Clifton was ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 edition. Excerpt: ...that Thomas Murphy, of Madison County, died in 1815, possessed of negroes and other personal property; that his estate was unembarrassed and free of debt; that he left his widow, Frances JMurphy, and two infant children; Nancy, of whom he, the petitioner, was guardian, and John, of whom Clifton was guardian; that the widow was appointed administratrix of the estate, by the County Court of Madison, and shortly afterwards intermarried with Clifton, and that she died in 1827. Whereupon, he prayed a legal distribution of the estate. The cause was submitted to the decision of the judge of the County Court, under an agreed statement of facts, which was in the following words: /Ve agree that the property referred to belonged to Thomas Murphy, W110 died at the time stated in the petition, leaving his widow, Frances J. Murphy, and two children named in the petition; that the said widow administered upon the estate of said Murphy, and, after obtaining the grant of administration, intermarried with Thomas Clifton; that the property was in possession of the said Frances from the death of the said Murphy till her second marriage, and from that event, in the possession of herself and the said Clifton till her death, which occurred at the time mentioned in the petition, and that no distribution of said property was ever made between the said Frances in her lifetime and the children of Murphy. Upon this statement of the facts, the County Court decreed that the property should be divided between the children of Murphy and Thomas Clifton, it being the opinion of the Court that Clifton was entitled to the distributive share of his deceased wife, although there had been no distribution made in the lifetime of the wife. Mayfield prosecuted his...
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