Estate Papers related to Tarlton Maddox, 1844

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Chatham, North Carolina, United States
Surname/tag: Maddox

Contents 1 Summary 2 Transcription of the Lawsuit 3 Related profiles 4 Sources

Summary

Suit of Henry and Blake Maddox, et al., against Calvin and Woodson Maddox ^[1]

Brothers suing to have their father, Tarlton Maddox's land divided equally amoung his children and their heirs.

The land was ordered divided in Nov 1844 and a new deed was drawn up in 1845, listing Tarlton's heirs and how the property was divided. ^[2]

Finally, in 1846, Tarlton's household was divided among his children, as listed in his estate papers. ^[3]

Transcription of the Lawsuit

North Carolina Chatham County

Court of Pleas and ___ ___ August (Ten or Term) 1844.

To the Justice of said Court

Blake and Henry Maddox, Francis Drake and his wife, Betsy, John Scoggins and his wife, Polly, Emaline Copeland, minor heir of Nicholas and Nancy Copeland by her sure friend, Henry Maddox. (against) Calvin Maddox and Woodson Maddox Humbly Complaining your petitioner represent onto your worship, that their ancestor, Tarlton Maddox departed this life on the day of __ 1844. seized and pop... of a large tract of land, containing four or five hundred acres, more or less, situated on the Southwest side of Cape Fear River on Brush Creek near the lands of Thomas Dickens, Green Womack and others, not having disposed of the same previous to his death by any cash, will or testament.

Related profiles

Blake W Maddox (1811-)

Henry Maddox (1803-1860)

[[Francis Drake

Elizabeth Maddox (1809-)

Polly Maddox Scoggins (1800-)

John W Scoggins

Woodson Maddox (1795-)

Nancy Maddox (1805-)

Nicholas Copeland

Emaline Copeland

Calvin Maddox (1814-bef.1848)

Sources

1. ↑ "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9PGG-DVM?cc=1911121&wc=Q6WB-SYF%3A183209501%2C183347401%2C195518101 : 21 May 2014), Chatham County > M > Maddox, Tarlton (1844) > image 4 of 31; State Archives, Raleigh.
2. ↑ [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G987-Q6QM,
3. ↑ North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 for Tarlton Maddox Wills and Estate Papers (Chatham County), 1663-1978; Author: North Carolina. Division of Archives and History (Raleigh, North Carolina); Probate Place: Chatham, North Carolina Accessed on ancestry.com, August 2021.
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"North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9PGG-DVM?cc=1911121&wc=Q6WB-SYF%3A183209501%2C183347401%2C195518101 : 21 May 2014), Chatham County > M > Maddox, Tarlton (1844) > image 4 of 31; State Archives, Raleigh.