Liberty advocate., 1845-05-10

STATE Of MlDOloolIIIi IIoudte SouIti
Amite County. March Term, l845.
John C. Anderson Est. Petition for publica.
tion.-By Mary An.
derson.
that said petition be pub
Ished in the Liberty Advocate for
four successive weeks.
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, I
ANTE COUNTY.
To all persons interested in The Real Is
tate ofJoHN c. ANDERSON, deceased
GREETING:
X7OU are hereby cited to be and per-
sonaly appear before the Probate
Court Of said County,
On the Fourth Monday Of April nert,
and show cause, if any you can, why an
order should not be granted, agreeable
to the following petition, to-wit:
7othe Honorable JonN WALKER, Judge Of
Probate, in and for Amite County:
YOUR Petitioner, Mary Anderson,
widow and reict Of John c. Anderson,
late Of Ami,e county, deceased, would re-
spectfully represent unto your honor
that in the lifetime Of her said husband,
he was seized and possessed of one molety
of the following real estate, to which
your petitioner hath not at any time re-
Iinquished her right Of dover, viz: lots
one and two, in square ten, Of the plan
of the town of Liberty. Also, lot three,
in square ten. Also, lot one, in square
fifteen Of the plan Of said town. Also,
the South west quarter of section nine,
townShi p two, range four east, in districts
o: lands sold at Washington, Mississippi.
Also, lot .hree. in square ten, of the plan
Of the town Of Liberty. Also, lots three
and four, in square eight, of said town of
Liberty. Also, the north west quarter of
section ten, in township two, range four
east. Also, lot two, in square nine, oI the
plan of the town Of Liberty. Also, one
lot adjoining said town of Liberty, and de-
scrbed as lying west of line beginning
at point one hundred links from the
north west corner Of lot two, in square
fifteen, in said town OF Liberty, and run
ming thence due south TO stake on the
southern boundary line Of said lot, toge-
lher with all the privileges and apPurIe-
nances to the same belonging, or IN any
manner appertaining. All OF which SAID
above described real estate is situate, ly-
ing and being in the county Of AmIe and
State Of Mississippi.
To all Of which said described real es-
tate your petitioner hath not at any time
relinquished her right to dover as the
statute in such cases provides. Your pc
tilioner would most respectfully repre-
sent, therefore, unto your honor, that her
said husband, John G. Anderson, lately de-
parted This life in said county, leaving at
The time OF his death eight children, and
that, according TO the statute relative TO
dover in this state, your petitioner is le-
gally entitled to one third part of one un-
divided moieiy of said above described
real estate, in which said third part your
petitioner is advised that she can make an
election as TO what part thereof. as well
as the location Of the same, shall be set
off to her by the commissioners to be
hereafter appointed by the Sheriff Of
Amite county.
Your petitioner would therefore pray
your honor 10 issue writ, or cause the
same to be done under your honor's order,
10 the Sheriff of Amite county, command
ing him to summon FIVE good and discreet
freeholders, not connected either by the
ties of consanguinity or affinity, to act
as Commissioners as the law in such
case provides, whose duty it shall be TO
alIot and sci off by metes and bounds to
your petitioner, her dover, as aforesaid,
and your petitioner as 10 duty bound, will
every pray, &c, &c.
MARY ANDERSON, Petitioner.
Issued for publication this Gath March,
l845. Attest:
S. r. DAVIS, Cl'k.
By B. w. Smith, Dep. CPk.
March 20, 1845. Ava