The Arkansas advocate., 1836-09-09
Pulaski Circuit Court, February Term, \. Il. Is36. In Chancery.

ABsALoM Fass.s; e;,r-
 viving Administrator of
 Robert Crttenden de- ceased, Defendant. sHiS day came the Complainant by his Solicitor
 A and the Defendant Tn his proper person. and thg cause coming on for final hearing by consent of parties and the Court having heard and considered Of the bil answer exhibits and evidence taken by consent in tbs ease the substance o Gompiainants bill and eybib Its appeared to be, that Robert Crenden deceased on the fourth day of February in the year of Christ on thousand eight hundred and twenty-sx morteaucd ta the said Complainant the slaves n said bill described to Wit Susan, and her three chiidren Mary Isabella ana Rachel, to secure the said Complainant against certain Premissory note of date with the said orf gage, executed to Ann nnes Eyectrx of Harry Jhnea deceased, by the said Crttenden as principal and inc said Complainant us his security for the sum of nine hundred and fifty dollars current money of the ITnfed States and which said mortgage be void in case the said Crlttenden should pay of and satisfy the said promissoy note, and keep the said Complainant freq from any loss damage therein which said mort uara was duly acknowledged the thirteenth day Of Febr;i. ary, A. D. lS26 by the said Robert Crttenden before A H. Rennick, Clerk of the County Court for the Coun ty o Franklin, State of Kentucky, and recorded in tba office o the Clerk of Pulaski County the Territary of Arkansas, the first day of January A D. ls:35 an1 that the said Robert Cfttenden during his lifetime ena trey failed to pay up and satisfy the said promssory noe or the interest thereon, any part of either cept the sum o iityhve dollars the nineteenth day of December A D. 1897, and the of fifty olafs on the twehetii tay of aiareh, A. D. 1s31 nor did Ben Desha and Absalom Fowler, Administrators, nor Absa om Fowler, surviving Administrators Of the said Crit tenden pay and satisfy the said note nor the uterx thereon nor any part of either, aerhe death of the sad Crittenden, and that the said Complainant was not kept harmless or free from damage loss therein but that after the death of the said Crenden to wit on the twenty third day of February 4. D. 1885, he the said Complainant paid up and satisfied the said note in full amounting to the gum of thirteen hundred and one dol lars and sixteen cents therefore, that the said nortpare may be forecosed and the sad slaves sold for the payA ment of the said last mentioned and the interest duo thereon and to be relieved, is the scope of the Com. pla ffa hnra 4hoh haf, t.1t. Is the surviving Administrator Of the said Robert frit tenden, deeeased that he we'll acquainted with inc hand writing of the said Crittenden, and believes tIe signatures purpoftng to be his, the said note and mortgage to be genuine; and generally not denyinp the facts set forth n said bill; and that he has i'll his possesa sioh as Aamnlsfaor aforesaid, certain slaves, wit, susan, and her three children, Mary Isabella and Ra. che1 and that the said slaves have ncrease snce they have been Ill his possessions wit two children named Charles and William Henry, and praying that each cfhd may be sold together with it's mother, and the fund arising hererom divided according the apprais. ed value of each mother and child ii said onswor set forth Whefeupon the Court here having heard and con sdered of the b answer, exhibits and evidence aore. said and being fully advised of and concerning the pre- misses, doth order, adudge and decree that Absalom Fowler, surviving Administrator aforesaid do pay to the said Complainant the ofthrteen hundred and seye ty-sx dollars and eighy-sx cents, being the amount SO as aforesaid paid for the said Crtteden by the said Complainant together with interest thereon from the date o said payment up to the date of this decree on or before the twenty day of February instant and in the event of failure pay said last mentioned sum- Il Is further ordered, adudgcd and decreed that said slaves to Wit, Susan, Isabella Mary and Rachel and their increase Charles and William Henry be sold to pay said deb and that the said Defendant be- and he s hereby precluded from redeeInng sad slaves and that all equity ofredemption ofsad slaves be- and sane s hereby forever barred against the said Defendant gry vng Administrator aforesaid, and against any and all other representatives of the said Crtten9en and his cirs or asslgns and Is further ordered adudpcd and de- creed that unless the said last mentioned amount ba pad, with interest thereon accrung from the date of this decree according to law, before the 27th day of febfuary nstant the said saves Susan Mary Isabella and Rachel, or so many o them may necessary to pay the said last mentioned amont and the interest as aforesaid together with their increase, Charles and Will liam Henry. be sold, each mother together with her chlld and each mother and child to one purchaser on the last Monday Tn December, eighteen hundred and thtysx at the Court House door in the City of Little Rock, for cash in hand public yendue gvinr public notice thereof by advertisement published at least BLK successive weeks previous to said day of sae in tho Arkansas Advocate newspaper published in this City: and that Absalom Fowler and Charles P Bertrand be appointed Commissioners to make such sale, and hat he or they execute decd deeds to the purchaser or purchasers of said slaves sold and that they divide the proceeds of said sale of said mothers and children into two parts according to the appraised value of sud slaves as set forth in his said answer; and that out of the proceeds of the said Isabella and Raeel and of that part o the proceeds of the sale of the said Susan and Mary and their infants corresponding the appraised value of the mothers he satisfy to the said ompainant the said of thirteen hundred aad dollars and eghtysix cents, with the interest thereon accrunr from the date of this decree until the same be paid with the costs of this suit and that he hold the residue of the moneys arising from said sale his hands as assets of the estate of the said Robert Crende deceased and 1t further ordered that this cause be continued until the next term of this Court
 True Copy from the Record.
 JOHN r. FIELD, CITE p c C