The Arkansas advocate., 1836-09-23
Pulaski Circuit Court, February Term, A. D. ls''o' In Chancery.

Robert Crittenden, de-
 ceased, Defendant.
 YTSHIS day came the Complainant by his Solicitor, x and the Defendant in his proper person, and tAie cause coming on for final hearing, by consent ot pares and the Court having heard and considered of the b answer exhibits and evidence taken by consent in this case the substance of the Compliments bill and eXhlb- its appeared to be- that Robert Cttenden, deceased the fourth day of February in the year o Christ one thousand eight hundred and tweny-six mortgaged to the said Complainant the slaves IT said bill deserbed to wit, Susan, and her three children, Mary, lsabella snd Rachel, to secure the said Complainant against certain promssory note of date with the said mort pare executed to Ann Innes Executrix of Harry Innes deceased by the said Grittenden principal and the said Complainant his security, for the of nine hundred and fifty dollars, current money of the United States and which said mortgage to be void, i'll the said Crittenden should pay of and satisfy the said promissory note and keep the said Complainant free from any loss damage therein; which said mortgage duly acknowledged on the thirteenth day of Febru ary A. D. 1926, by the said Robert Crttenden, before A. H. Rennick Clerk of the County Court for the Con- tY of Franklin State of Kentucky and recorded i'll the office of the Clerk of Pulaski County in the Territory of Arkansas, the first day of January, A. D.. 1885; and that the said Robert Crttenden during his lifetime trey failed pay up and satisfy the said promissory note the interest thereon, any part of either cept the sum of tY-fve dollars on the nineteenth day of December, A. D. 1927, and the of fifty dollars on the twentieth day of March, A. D. 1884, nor did Ben Desha and Absalom Fowler, Administrators nor Absa om Fowler, surviving Administrator of the said Crit tendon, pay up satisfy t6 iote M interest thereon, any part of either, after the death of the said Crttenden and that the said Complainant was not kept harmless free from damage or loss therein bat that after the death of the said Crtenden to Wit oil the twenty third day of February A. D. 1885, he the said Complainant, paid Up and satisfied the said in full amounting to the of thirteen hundred and one dol lars and sixteen cents therefore, that the said morgaee may be forecosed and the sad slaves sold for the pay ment of the said last mentioned and the interest due thereon, and to be releved the scope of the Com o1Ix 4f-t Is the surviving Administrator of the said Robert Crit tenden, deceased that he is we'll acquainted with the hand writing of the said Crenden and believes the signatures purpotng to be his, to the said note and mortgages to be genuine and generally not denying the facts set forth in said b and that he has in his posses sion Administrator aforesaid certain slaves to wit Susan and her three children Mary Isabella and Ra- che and that the said slaves haye ncrease since they have been III hs possession, to wit two children named Charles and William Henry and praying that each child may be sold together with it's mother, and the fund arising thererem divided according to the appras- ed value of each mother and child in said sci forth Whereupon the Court here having heard and sidered of the bill answer, exhibits and evidence aore said and being fully advised of and concerning the pre- misses, doth order adIudge and decree that Absaon Fowler surviving Administrator aforesaid do pay to the said Complainant the ofthrteen hundred and seven tysx dollars and eghty-sx eents benr the amount sf aforesaid paid for the said Crttenden by the sait Complainant, together with interest thereon from tt date of said payment up to tho date of this decree on
 
 Tn the event of failure to pay said last mentioned sum 1t IS further ordered, adudged and decreed that sat slaves, to wit Susan, lsabella Mary and Rachel ant their increase, Charles and William Henry be sold t pay said debt, and that the said Defendant be- and he hereby, precuded from redeemng said slaves and tha all equity ofredempton of said slaves be- and the same hereby forever barred against the said Defendant srv ving Administrator aforesaid and aoainst any and other representatives of the said CrttenGen and his heirs or assigns; and 1t Is further ordered adudgod and de- creed, that unless the said last mentioned amount he paid with interest thereon acerung from the date of this decree according to law. before the 27th day o February instant the said slaves Susan Mary sabela and Rachel many of them may be necessary to pay the said last mentioned amount and the interest as aforesaid, together with their increase Charles and Will Ham Henry, be sold, each mother together with hel child and each mother and child to one purchaser or the last Monday ill December, eighteen hundred ane thirysix, at the Court House door in the City of Little Rock for cash III hand, at public vende giving public notice thereof by an advertisement published at least six successive weeks previous said day of sae in tht Arkansas Advocate, newspaper published in this City and that Absalom Fowler and Charles P. Bertrand bt appointed Commissioners to make such sale, and tha he or they execute deed deeds to the purchaser purchasers fsaid slaves sod and that they divide the proceeds of said sale of said mothers and chdrer into two parts according the appraised value of sat slaves set forth his said answer; and that out proceeds of the said Isabella and Rachel and of tha part o the proceeds of the sale of the said Susan anf Mary and their infants corresponding to the appraised value ct the mohers he satisfy to the said Companan ee sale sum thirteen hundred and scventysx dollars and eghysx cents with the interest thereon accruino 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 in his hands as assets o the estate o the sad Robert Crittenden deceased and it is further ordered that this cause be continued mt the next term of this Court.
 A True Copy from the Record.
 JOHN P. FIELD, Crk P. c. c.
 by l.. R. LINCOLN Dept. Crk.