Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1872-08-09
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
THOMAS E. WATKINS AND OTHERS,
vs..
SUSAN A. ROBARDS AND OTHERS.
In The Circuit Court for Montgomery County,
as a Court Of Equity.

HNHE OBJECT Of this suit is to procure q
a decree for the sale of certain real estate
lying and being in Montgomery County, of
William Pitt Hunt, died seized and possessed,
for partition among the heirs-at-law OF said
intestate.
The bill states that a certain William Pitt
Hunt was in his lifetime seized and possessed
OF II certain tract, part of a tract or parcel of
land lying and being in said Montgomery
County called part of " Tusculum" being
portion of a tract originally called " Broth
er's Industry" and containing one hundred
acres of land, more or less, and being SO
seized and possessed sometime in the year
seventeen hundred and ninety seven, whilst
residing in Charlotte County in the State of
Virginia, departed this life, intestate as to
his said lands in Montgomery County, leav
ing as his only heirs-at-law, three sons and
daughter, viz William p. Hunt, Jr., James
W. Hunt, the complainant, Thomas Hunt
and Ruth Hall Hunt.
The bill further states that sometime in the
year eighteen hundred, the said William p.
Hunt, Jr., departed this life intestate, unmar-
ried and without issue, and sometime in the
year eighteen hundred and seventeen, the
said james w. Hunt departed this life intes-
tate, leaving one child, viz John James
Hunt, who died in the year eighteen hundred
and thirty three, aged sixteen years, unmar-
ried and without issue.
The bill further states that the said Ruth
Hall Hunt intermarried with CERTAIN Joseph
Watkins, and has with her husband departed
this life leaving as her only heirs-at-law, the
following children, viz Prank b. Watkins,
now residing in The city of Richmond, in the
State of Virginia, Susan A. Watkins who
intcrmarried with II certain William j.
Richards ofGranyille County, in the State of
North Carolina, and whose husband, the said
William I Inns simon dnnortnl thie life Rpftin
j. Watkins who interma FRIED with a certain
Horace l.. Robards of the same County and
State and whose husband, the said Horace
L., is also now deceased, and Josephine f,
Watkins who intermarried with certain
Joel Watkins of Charlotte County in the
State of Virginia
The bill further states that the said Joel
Watkins and Josephine F. Watkins his wife
have both departed this life and that the only
heirs-at-aw Of the said Josephine f. Watkins
are her six children, viz the compliments
Thomas Il. Watkins, William l.. Watkins,
Frank B. Watkins, James G. Watkins Susan
f. Lacy and Mamie e. Stewart.
The Bill charges that the said real estate is
not susceptible of division or partition among
the parties entitled thereto without loss or
injury to the parties interested, and that the
complainants are entitled to have the same
sold and the proceeds thereof distributed
among the said parties in proportion to their
respective interests.
The prayers of the bill are for sale of the
said real estate and distribution Of the pro-
ceeds thereof among the parties entitled
thereto in proportion to their respective in
terests and general relief.
The bill further states that the said Frank
B. Watkins, Susan A. Richards and Bette J.
Robards do not reside in the State OF Mary
land
1t is thereupon this 23th day OF July, in
the year eighteen hundred and seventy-two,
by the subscriber, Clerk of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery county, adjudged and Or
dered, that the complainants by causing u
copy Of this order to be inserted in some
newspaper printed at Rockville, in said Mont
gomery county, once in each of four success
sive weeks before the Goth day of August next,
give notice to the said absent defendants
of the object aud substance OF this bill
and warn them to appear in this Court in per-
son or by solicitor on or before the twenty
| fifth day of November next, to answer the
premises and show cause if any they have
why decree ought not to pass as prayed.
Il. b. PRETTYMAN, Clerk.
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il 2G-4t EB. PRETTYMAN, Clerk