, 1840-12-19

In tie Circuit court OF salu county. OF tHe teI" VI
October, to wit, on the 18th day of October, ls4e'
SAMUEL MUsGRovE,
Nancy r Cowgirl,
and Others, Plaintiffs, p.,,;o,e r.. pa,,;,;o,.
ABRAHAM 5 Inflow,
and Others, Defendants
A ND now, at this day, come the said Plaintiff,
IA by their attorney, and filed their petition setting
forth in substance, that on the Goth Of February, 1887,
William Reed, of Marion county, Kentucky, died
in said county, leaving a will ~disposing of most OF his
estate, but died intestate as to a certain tract ofland,
lying in the county of Pike, and known as the undi.
vided half of six hundred and forty acres patented to
Jonathan Hurley, or his legal representatives-which
patent includes the south east f. or. of section (2s,)
the s. W. fr. or. of section q, the n. f. Or. OF sec
ton 80, the N. W. or. Of section "a, and the West
part of the N. E. or. Of section "a; all in township
30 nortl, in range three west of the fifth principal
meridian; that the other undivided half of said land
belongs to one Abraham ;. Inflow, OF Pike county,
that said William Reed, deceased, left no widow,
but left the following persons his sole heirs at law:
! lst. Mary Reed, his daughter, who Is now in a de-
ranged state, and residing in Mason county, Ken
lucky. I'd. John NJ. Reed, son, who resides in said
county. Sd. Julia Ann Reed, now Julia Ann Brow
ming, by reason Of her intermarriage with Ludwell Y.
Browning, both of whom I've in Mason county Ky.
18th. Rebecca Field, formerly Rebccca Reed, widow
of Greenbeny Field, deceased, who lives in Clark
county. Missouri. 5th. William Reed, his son, who
lives in Clark Co. No. 9th. Nancy r. Cowgirl, former
~ Nancy X. Reed, widow of George Cowgirl, de-
ceased, who lives in Clark county, Mo. Ith- Eliza
beth Musgrove, formerly Reed, who married Samuel
Mus-rore, one of the petitioners, died in Clark coun-
ty. No, leaving the following children, minors OF
said marriage, at her death, viz: Mary x. Musgro,e,
William x. Musgrove, DcKalb Mu.grove, Joseph J.
Musgrcve aud Elizabeth MusSrove; but that said
Elizabeth Musgrove hath since departed this life. Sth
Sarah Brown, formerly Reed, who married David
Brown, both since dead, leaving by said marriage. the
following issue. lst. Charlotte Glenn, formerly Char
lotte Brown: who has intcrmarried Joseph Glenn,
both of whom reside iu Marion county, No. ID.
Mary Ann Seward, formerly Mary Ann Brown, who
married Richard Seward, both of whom live in Clark
county, Mo. 3D.. Nancy Throop, formerly Nancy
Brown, who iu,ermarried with Benjamin u. Thruop.
both OF whom Iivein Clark county, No. i;h. Sophia
Lacy, wife Of Logan Lacy, the residence Of whom IL
not known TO the petitioners. 9th. Elizabeth Lacy,
who was formerly Elizabeth Brown, and irtcrmaricd
with Charles Lacy, both of Shelby county, No. ah.
the children of Jacob Reed, deceased, to wit: 1t.
Joseph Reed, a minor, now in CLARK county, of whom
the said Samuel MusgrOve Is Guardian. %. Mary
Reed, now Mary Kihe, wife OF IIrzrkiah ki.c, whose
residence is not known TO the petitioners. I'd. Re
becca Garvin, formerly Rebccca Reed, who intermar-
ried with one John b. Garvin, whose residence is not
known: that said Rebecca died and left a child who
tltu oib. but d = al az az ~ ~ hhoN wv lb
other child-that the said undivided half of the tract
Of land aforesaid should be divided by law, as FOL.
lows, TO wit: to Mary Reed, one equal ninth part;
to John VI. Reed, one equal ninth pat; TO Julia Ann
BIowning, wife Of LudweIl Y. Browning, one equal
ninth part; TO Rebccca Field, formerly Iirbccca Reed,
widow aud relict Of Grcenberry Field, one equal
ninth part; TO William Reed, one equal ninth part;
to Nancy K. Cowgirl, formerly Reed, widow Of Geo.
Cowgirl, deceased, one equal ninth part; 10 tie heir.
at law of Elizabeth Mussrove, formerly Elizabeth
Reed, one equal ninth part; 10 the heirs at law of
Sarah Brown, formerly Sarah Reed, Que equal ninth
part: and further represents, that the said Elizabeth
Mnsgrove and Sarah Brown each died without will
and prays that the said Abraham :. IHlow be made
a party, defendant TO this petition, that the said Ma.
~ Reed, Julia Ann Browning, formerly Julia Ann
Reed, ami her husband Ludwe!l Y. BGowniug, and
John VI Reed, who live in Mason county, ky-Rc-
becca Field, formerly Rcbecca Reed, widow OF.
Greehbeuy Field, deceased, who lives in Clark coun-
~ Mo Mary X Mu'grove, William Il. Musgrore,
DeKalb Musgroye and JOSEPH J. Musgrovc, minor.
and children Of Elizabeth Musgrove, deceased, who
live in said county of Clark. Charlotte Glenn and
Joseph Glenn, who live in Marion county, Mo-. Ann
Seward and Richard Seward, who live in Clark coun-
ty, No, Nancy Throop and Benjamin b.. Throop,
who live in CLARK county Mo, Sophia Lacy and Lo-
gan Lacy, whose residence is unknown, Elizabeth
Lacy and Charles Lacy, who live in Shelby county,
Joseph Reed, minor, resident in Clark county afore
edIus Lhdfl ME, anu i1CLthldu Mic, WnO- rt-lucnCC
is not known, Nancy Reed, daughter Of Jacob Reed,
n minor, whose residence is not known, and John D.
Garvin, who lives in ST. Charles county, Mo, be made
defendants to this petition and true answers make
thereto, and praying further that Guardians, af Hisnl,
may be appointed for the minor heirs Of Elizabeth
Musgrove, deceased, and for the minor heirs of Jacob
Reed, deceased, and that upon asccTtainins the re
spective rights Of the parties the court order u parti-
ton Of the said land among all those interested there
in according to their respective rights, and that for
this purpose commissioners be appointed by the court
TO review the premises and report thereon, and that if
partition thereof cannot be had without prejudice TO
the owners that a sale thereof be ordered and the pro-
ceeds divided according to the respective rights, or
held by the Court for such as are absent or of un-
sound mind, and the said petition being seen, heard,
and fully understood by the court,-Iti is ordered that
process be issued against the several persons therein
named who are residents of this state, and have not
become parties to this petition, and that said Mary
Reed, John NJ. Reed, Ludwell Y. Browning and Ju
liza Ann, his wife, Log,n Lacy, and Sophia, his wife,
and Hezekiah Kile and Mary, his wife, be notified Of
the filing of tins petition, and that unless they shall
he and appear, and file their respective answers herein
on or before the first day OF the next term of this
Court, she said petition and all the matters and things
therein stated, will be taken for confessed against
them. And, it is further ordered, that n copy hereof
be published in some ncwspapcr in or nearest to the