Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-06-16
no HWN 1890. fstsa

I Is with reluctance ID the oste fiaef -
! . pears before the Ps6IIe ,lpfa1, issaf =
b.as him TO do so, in ~ fef to slasea ate tn
self from the Effects of gres lnhsresraseufs-
lion of C. fiain transaction, Which haa hesu
WIDELY circulated 10 his pre- office =it a. 8#sfl
alleged that the subscriber iook ST Zee "
detained from Jesse A. Barton a esffaIs3 tex
70, s700O, the propr,efofship Of = lleh - 10
dispute. That this Ia untrue. tn paalie .lil
perceive by referring 10 the following sgrses
ment between the snid jesse 4. Burton ND the
ondersieneh. now on file Ia fht ~ neh surg gu
psrior Court oil ChanePry, which shows that
the sad check VA. voluntarily reli8q .isbed 10
me. Ia pursuance of an agreement form ally
entered into bet~, en- Tie said Jessa 4 Roriou
and myself, and Signed by us respectively.
Comment Is unnecessary.
=. p. BURTON.
June Oh, 1929. morsndu,n of n ssfiIeJ
| ,ncni IN AIDE between Susaru, cobbs exegu-
iria OF G. II. Cobbs, r. 4. Barton and Jesse
| \. Bnrinn, agent Of Joel Yaneey, mitnsseth
Tim, sad z. Z. Burton ana joel Yanesy lad
severslly employed the above named C. Il.
Cohbs M an agent To carr negroes To New
! Orleans, 10 sell fof them, but without any pri-
Why helw-en said Burton and faneey and
that said Burton was To give said Cobbs City
dollars per month and SAID laDeey Was 10
give him Thirty dollars per month, and his Ell
penses gong and returning ~efe to be paid
oil February. aud died on his r. turn at Nalebex
On the 4ih OF Mny. 1929. While engaged,
said Cobbs sold negroes TO a large alnount,
aud, alter paying necessary expenses, had on
| hand, NJ The time OF hrs death, Efns % cents In
cash n check on the Bank OF the United States
IN Phadelpbis, Tor $1,000, ps,able to The or
der OF &. H. Cobbs bill Of exchange on
Messis. Jos. MARI b Sou, Richmond drawn
by ". X J. Dick, of n. Orleans, payable 10 &.
II. Cobbs for $i7oo . bill of exchange on
Kerr. taskie L. Co. drawn by ". Il }. Dick of
N. Orleans, for $3lo7 90 cents all of which
money, drafts and chick were the property
of SAID Burton and Yancey and said Burton
aud faocey have agreed that said check for
S7ooo shall he endorsed % said Barton and
the other drafts 10 said fanccy, aud that tho
amounts respectively due them shall hereafter
be settled between Themselves nbouf IN anv
way involving the sad S0ssnnn Cobbs. And
as the said Susspna requires thai the ware.
due her husband for his services shall be raid
before she endorses sad bills or cheek, said
Burton does agree 10 pay sad Susannsb one
hundred and 6hy dollars, subject 10 a credit Of
p27--ihe $27 being part Of an account paid
by L. u. Cobbs for II. Mrlloiy oui Of The mn
ncy OF Burton aud Yaueey, aud said Jes.. A
Burton. agent Tor J. faneoy, does ng,e. In nv
900 subject 10 u s,edito @l7, Tor SAID an.
cey's part OF the money paid by &. X. Cobbs
Tor H. Mallory, rs above northumberland ID,
snd Jesse has noi now with him none, Of "a nj
| Yane.y's To pay said claim, hs agirea la re-
serve II out OF the drafts 10 he endorsed IN a. "a
fnnGry, aud forward II Immediately 10 Air.
Cobbs, aId be farther agreed thu IT shsll mn,
be subject to any deduction OF sci off on AZ
count ola CLAIM ~, up Wy MI Yanrey IA,
the expenses paid 10, e.. X. Cubb. IN Inn lac,
sickness, aud for his iuurtal. Aud II /. ssteed
that u MI. Ynneey ipst.i on sad CLAIM. tbat /,
hall hereafter be adjusted without "a, any w.,
interfering with the pay menis toi &. IL. Iohb.'
services, but II sad innGey does not ms n on
lis hsIng paid y MI. GobLg, saij l.. Hor,on
will pay his pHr oil II. And sad 4. +. B,,tnn
Tor himscli and The SAID Jesse A, Boyton -
agent ford. Yancsy, do hereby release MIR
Cobbs from AL ca,m OF demands what. YER. ON
account OF tiis transactions herein nenIioncJ
sAtept the claim on b.r toT the sHp,ns,. nj M,
sickness snd funeral oil e. Il. CobDs. which !.
hereafter be ADJUST d.
PIP. BURTON
JESSE a. BURTON.
Agent Tor Joel Yap,ev
The foregoing igs copy Of an erbibii m.,Lsd
! A, referred 10 III, and filed with sns.u,,
Cobbss answer, III n suit depending in ,,s
l., nchburg Chenoery District Court. whs,.i.
Joel Yaneey and NJ. &. Burton are pla,n,,er'
aud T. 4. Burton. SAID Susanna Cobbs and -.
,hers ara Deien1ans. Issie
ID. RODEs, DC.
june l6 Ia.
/ 0ohSUANl IN "A decree OF h oup,Yior
~ Court OF Cbancary. held AZ Lynelbme.