The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-05-01

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suit. ~ ~ IT, % if7 - -i1iafts' 5ls' on,
I am, very respectfully, your obedi
ent servant, LeE.sz .-r,!si..z..s i 4 III.
80 (Signed) D. JOHN. PoPE,
aars. MqJor General Commanding.
THE G1RDiNER WILL CASE.
Mrs: En-PreaIdent ,TyIer:on the wit
ness stand.
From The Court Proceedings in the NeU HOrI
| rf.s-4 -.s. ItHIeS Of Sunday.
Mrs. Julia G. Tyler sworn, direct ex
animation by Mr.. EVarts 1 am the
only daughter OF Juliana Gardiner, and
am the widow of Ex-PreSident Tyler
have been a widow since July II, 1862
was residing at Sherwood Forest and In
Richmond, Va, at the time OF Mr.. Ty.
ler's death; he died In Richmond; at the
time Of my marriage Mr.. Tyler owned
a plantation OF ], 100 acres on the James
River and sixty slaves-they are usual.
ly called servants" in the South; the
plantation! was we'll stocked, he re.
tanned the plantation until his death; II
was called .4Shefwood ForestI' thep pro.
ducts of the plantation were principal
| ly grain; we had no means of support
except this property; had no personal
PropertyS except slaves; the plantation
l
wheat and 500 barrels of corn; there
was a small wool crop $50 sleepy the
principal paIt of the income was from
| grain; the total value Of the products
was generally about S4.500 a year; the
slaves were allowed privileges that en-
abled them to buy their own groceries;
the income, after supporting the slaves.
was. probably 8, ,000. or s., 900. never
received any money from my mother g
estate; was prevented from coming
North sooner by sickness; / had three
attacks of brain fever (the witness was
here overcome by her feelings and wept;)
1 came through the lines North Vid
Fortress Monroe; went there by a flag
of-truce boat; my mother was wait
ing for me thers;i hadt been
allowed to communicate with my moth
ier before this time, while Mr. Tyler
lived; the land on the Virginia planta-
ton remained to me at the time my
mother died; the crop Of 1868 was not
gathered owing to the armies occupy
ing the country; the slaves LEFT the
plantation: the slaves were estimated
by my husband at 81 GOO each; Mr.. Ty-
Ter made will; 1.-THE willwaS produced, j
1t gives Mrs. Tyler a life estate in the
whole property as long as she remain
ed single; II she married this was to
cease and she was lett her dover; at
her death the property goes to the
- WItnessl conttnued-The plantation
has been entirely uninclUsed since the
war; the fences were all destroyed dur
ing the war; it was used at one time as
the headquarters of General Burnside,
and at another time by the Confederate
General Wilde; regiment of negro
soldiers afterward occupied 1t, and
they were more destructive than Gen,
Burnside's armyj there will be ne
cessity of selling the farm very soon to
pay the debt on 1t; it originally cost
$11, 600; the property at Point Comfort
WAS purchased with. my means, deriv.
ed from my brothers estate; It Is now
occupied by freedmen, 1t cost IS, 600;
the house has been very much injured;
Il have received no rent from 1t since
the beginning of the war; It may now
be worth 81 600 to S., 600 or 81 600; am
anxious to dispose OF ii; L have no 9TH
er source of income except what 1 get
from my mother'sEwill;i1 came North
with MY mother and children, all rex-
cept the eldest boy, and arrived here on
Thanksgiving Day, 1862; have resided
at my mothers house ever since, with
the exception of short time I was
South, up to the time the instructions
written to Mr.. Clark about the will,
three days before mothers death, ! had
no knowledge of what were to be its
contents; can't tell how much was
worth when / came on North, in 1862;
left some relatives of Mr.. Tyler in pos
session of my plantation when I came
on here; not much of the land has Been
under cultivation since that time; l
have tried to lett 1t since mothers death;
tits good land, in a favorite portion OF
Virginia; the Point Com fort property
contains about six houses; 1t iB now oc-
cupied by freedmen and their teachers;
with the improvements 1t cost SIC, 600;
Mr.. TylerTs Indebtedness at the time OF
his death amounted to SIC, 600 oF$l7, 900;
can'tsay how much of 1t have paid
since he died; I found out in going ito
Richmond the other day, that Mr.. Ty-
ler's estate would not sell for enough
to pay the debts; bought five bales Of
cotton to enable me, to come North at
the time 1 came by the way of Bermu-
dai have no cotton now, I am sorry to
say, nor any interest in cotton or other
personal property;i at the time mother
destroyed the will, she also destroyed
two notes amounting to three or four
thousand dollars. givenby John Tyler
to my brother Alexander; Mr.; Tyler,
myself and family came on here and
visited my mother in 1852, '53, '55 and
81, and stayed most OF the summer; we
did not spend all the time at my moth
er's. sIis ag 7Esaiac.z Il. .,i5'sI lt,5Is-' !
sold my dresses for 5000 and
bought five bales OF cotton TO come
North; ran the BLOCK never had any
conversation with David about the
war; knew he was in favor OF the
tHorthi he used to be aoDemocrat, and.
then became Republican.
The testimony closed with Mrs. Ty-
Ter, and the Court adjourned to 10H a..
m: ,na on Monday, when the case VIII be
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