The Arkansas advocate., 1836-12-30
State of Arkansas Pulaski Circuit Court. IN cu.xcrpv Deeefaber Term \ n Io9e <

December Term, \. D. ls36
 Wednesday, the twenty eighth day of December in the
 year of Christ one thousand eight hundred and thirty Between Ann lnnes Crttenden, complainant,
 and
 Absalom Fowler, surviving Admr. of Robert Grttenden, deceased defendant.
 NILS day the complainant by her solicitor and the defendant by his attorney, and this cause CO., ming for final hearing by consent of parties upon the bill and the cross bill o Chester Ashley and Daniel Rim go, the answers exhibits and evidence taken by consent and under rule of this Gourt-and the Court hayin heard and considered of the same and being fully atyi Sed of and concerning the premises the substance of the complainans bill and exhibits appeared to be. tn Ro- bert Crtenden, deceased, the fifth day of August in the year Christ thousand eight hundred and twen yseyen, made his certain bill of sale mortgage to one John W Hunt, of Lexington, in the State Of Kentucky and thereby for and in consideration of the of hundred dollars 10 in hand paid by the said Hunt mortgaged to the said Hunt certain negro woman na med Coea, which mortgage conditioned that # the said Cftenden should pay to the said Hunt the said of two hundred dolars before the last day of pr m the year of Christ thousand eight hundred and twenty with legal interest thereon according to the Kentucky rate o interest, then the said bill of sale or mortgage was to be null and vod otherwise be and remain in full force and effect; which said bill of sale or mortgage duly acknowledged by the said Crttenden on the tWentyth day of July the year of Christ one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, at Little Rock in the county of Pulaski and Territory of Arkan sas, before Thomas ". Newton, Clerk of the Circuit Court o said county of Pulaski and further that the said John " Hunt assigned the said bill of sale mortgage to John J. Crenden after the death of the said Robert Cnttenden to Wit, the twenty day of Febru ary, 4. h. 1855, and that the said John | Crittenden afterwards to wit the twenty day of ebru- ary, in the year last aforesaid assigned the said bill of sale mortgage to the said complainant; And further that neither the said Robert Crttenden up to the time of hls death nor the said Ben Desha and bsaom Fow ler his administrators, the said Absalom Fowler, surviving administrator aforesaid since his dsath Tor up to thls time, have paid and satisfied the said of two hundred dollars, the interest thereon any part of either Therefore that the said mortgage may be tofecosed and the said slave sold for the payment there of And to be relieved is the scope of the complanants bl Nhereto the defendant alleged, That he is the vvng administrator of the said Robert Grtenden de- ceased, that he IS well Wth the hand Wrtng of the said Crttenden, deeeased and believes the mortgage to be in the hand writing of the said Crtte4 den deceased, and generally not denying tue facts forth in said bill; And that he has n his possession administrator aforesaid certain negro woman named Coela Celia; And that since she has been in his pos session she has brought forth female child Lucy Ann; that the said Coela Aas been duly appraised four hun dred dollars, and the said child hundred and tyfve dollars and therefore praying that the said child may be sold together with it's mother aEd the fund sing thererom divided according to the appraised value | of said mother and child.
 Whereupon the Court here doth order adudge and de- cree, that Absalom Fowler surviving administrator of Robert Crtenden deceased, defendant this case do pay to the said comp claimant the of three hundred and fourteen dollars being the amount of said debt due
 
 from the fifth day of August in tie year of Christ thousand eight hundred and twenty six per centum per annum, being the legal rate of interest in the State of Kentucky before the twenty third day of January next and Ill the of failure 10 pay the said aforesaid, 1t further ordered audged and decreed that the said slaye to wit Coala Celia and her increase Lucy Ann, be sold pay said debt and that the slid Absaom Fowler, administrator afore- said, be and he Is hereby precuded from reckoning said slaves and that all equity of redemption of said slaves be and the same is hereby forever barred against said Fowler, administrator aforesaid, and against any and all other representatives of the said Robert Crenden deceased, and his heirs assigns; And 1t s further dered adudged and decreed, that unless the said debt and interest be paid before the said twenty third day of January next the said slave Coela Celia and her child Lucy Ann be sold said wentythif day of January next at the Court House door in the City of Lit tie Rock public yendue giving public notice thereof by an advertisement published for at least four successive weeks previous said day of sale in newspaper three hundred and fourteen dollars and the interest which shall then have accrued thereon from the date of this de- cree, and that Charles P Bertrand be appointed Con- missioner to make such s8e and that he deed to the purchaser the slaves sod and Chat the arising from such sale shall be divided ny the said Commissioner into two parts according the appraised yaae of the said Coe1a and her child Lucy Ann set forth n said answer and that of the part thereof responding to the appraised value of the said Coea he shall satisfy the said complainant the said sum of three hundred and fourteen dollars, with the interest thereon accrung from the date of this decree until paid together with the costs of this su and the expenses of said sae and that he hold the residue of the moneys arising from such sale in his hands, to be paid to the said Fow Ter of the estate of the said Robert Crenden deceased; And it further ordered that this cause be continued till the next Term of this Court.
 X true copy from tue record Teste--
 JOHN FIELD, Clerk.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, oft h.