Holly Springs gazette., 1844-12-20
JAMES C. ANDERSON Clerk


JAMES G. ANDERSON Clerk.
ABsFRAcr OF BILL
Charges, Ibat sometime III the year lo
3j and about The FIST Of tie year 1886 one
Eli 5 Snoues eu1 one Jdmss 9 Watson.
beth lh,n oflhe CoGu3Y Of AaScogee and
STATE uf Ceofeia. entefed iu.o m agreement
to putchase lansis in CopadaershiP, IN toe
ChIckasaw Cessian State of Mississippi and
that about an ,qasl dgseant ot titles was to
be taken ia The name Of aca that II was tut'
ther agtetd that each of them should, II he
i 81 "a 81 90 d1tuhe in as "A partner with
aitn. and ID snare uIth hin, his interest ~
sad cogl lr1ership. such other person or per-
sons as ne might select and agreee with.
/ that IN pursu nee of said agreement said
Shorter .$. Watson. purchased very large
I amour. OF lands iu said Chjckas7w CessIJn,
/ taat I'D order that each pailner might
( have some evidence Of the interest, which
! ne hal 10 the itt is, titles 10 which are IN
( he aa.ua ofthe ether, said Watson executed
alG delivered to slil shorter, an iast.umeLt
I Al wiring showing thai Shorter j. entitled
! ro sI agLitiIai haIf at .ouy-nlae Q'arteI
+ s-c,jrrs oi Land, ;.e i.!es to which were ln
I .H. hsaIs ot said Watson. SAID Shorter b1v-
/ ja- 7Iii one h5.f the cost, dated p teorua-
/ ri. 1876 sfij * ifson executed aud deliver
I ,L tl. slid Shorter. nu iu7tIImeu: ln WTHiog,
! aal-t Z5JIuu8lv 1895. showing that SHor-
/ ~ Is eulitI. j 20 Two cq9al undivided tEIfI
/ 5trz Of 'Pwsnty Moe OI4ter Sections, aud
ole ,qlzl unIiriI Iai.d past Of three
f. 2.arit-=. the titles os.ng ia said Watson.
! ...l SID SlOtter having paid his pu: Of the
ca4.
Tra, al or.aboulthp same time, tha, said
. WATSON. tx cuteI aud delivered 10 said
Shorter, Ihe ttvo instruments Of wrui"g a.
\ h I'VE uam.d, Iur sait Shorter executed and
delivered to saiI W 4tson instruments OF
...i.,-r. shogIag lhe interest tn which Vat
s.r, was entitled iu ;he lands held IN rhr
name OF said Saouer, - wiz One s9eWIn4
re., Watson ,vas rrtitl - one uadioidrj
aa.f Of thslv four q ar,tr Sections, toe 9TH
n half brIuugiug equally 10 the >ad EII ).
/ ~b,f1,r and B-uilmlu Il FaIvcr & HUDSON
. !. Thornton Oue showing that sad jaime :
& Watson was entitled 10 one uudlTlded
EIhird Dtrt OF forty five QIaner Sections.
And one showing th "a sand James [. Watson
was yutif fieI 10 tQnai undivided thIId pare
I.f Eve Quaiter Sections. That said Eli ,
shorter. departed this ite iu,esla!e, sonetIm'
IN the monln Of December 1880, leaving q
.yiI4yy Sonha Shorter and three children
nis nj : VIZ. Reuben q. Shorter since o
r tHe are of twenty one years, and Mary
lane Shorter. since interma ried with john
: II,ouhaft. AMI Of the age OF maJoruy
and VIRGINIA Shorter one of Compliments
and maj Comb. james H. Shorter, - con
nexior. with the widow, administered on TN
Estate of said Eli ). Shorter in Georgia.
= That saiI James &. Watson deParttc
n sbis Inf. sometime early 10 the year lo42
n .,d - C.omolainants have been informed
L -. on4 executed a last Will and Itsta
' ,,.,, and lef three chi dren as heirs o
q .lavisr.s M nelly, r omas W. Watson
d T,h, = W.tson aud Mary Walker, clh
% af Beri.luiu ~ Walker, that SAID III
9 Shorter h-ii utia papers for 5 " ana
quarters of Sc 8, Township l5 hingr
-a.t n Cnicklsaw county, out COmDi> not
no memorandum or wrlunG showing an
interest Ia said James Z. watson, nor "'
they bpIirve said Watson had any rnteres
whatever therrin, bot ComPl mention slI
woq1arters, in ordar That justice may b
le lone If It 5houli appear that SAID WATSON
= interested ~ them.
> 'Yaat said Eli ! Shorter, in ms i'te TIM
r. held tile papers for thirty quarter Sec'ion'
4 which belonged equally 70 sad Shofte'
}, R-uilmin u. Tarvet, aud Itmes 81 ohode'
. t,omplnin lnts But Compls H"d no mem
!. ,rand1m or writing amongst 'he papers
,id Eli = Shorter, which show any inter
il ~ saii James c Watson, nor % comPt
h.li.vr NJ was entitled to or had any IntrI
3" :. in the same, out SCI ont thr same th'
y iastice NAV be done if II should hefe'iie
,nosar tina: said Watson had any latefe
therein.
t. Tha, said Benilmin p. Tarver depaFte
D abis life sometime ia the year lo4U maxim
IA will bv which will be brqueathed all h'
: ,o,eres,. OF. in and to the lands, before an
hereinafter described. 10 three compiaindn
William Tarver, Elijah w Tarvt
+ ,nd lanes NJ. Tarver-That IS 70 say
Elijah w Tarver one hail. TO james !
IN raIver. each one eqnal share Of the ONE
batf THAT said En- S Shorter, about 'l
ann April 1886. made aud executed al Il
.t,nment IN wiring showing me resPee
,vp interests al saId James g. Watson a1
i sr,i,mia p. Tarver. and Compl James
n sb,J,-r had aud held n the lands aoaN
:. described and ctAeFs not beiore h'.i''is'
!, n ali seventy fanr qulrtef sections s''o'
/ tnc that James q Watson &Co. own n
eird. Eli Shorter, Benjamin L lafVef %
f,mes n Shos.er each two nintdss eae
a ,ar,y having pald his iuii share OF iae Pe
.hassmoney. .-SsidE!i Shorter. about
April 1886, made and executed ano'h e
strument in writing. showing that eign'et