The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-11-01

II the CLERK oiI't va WV -,
Court of the county of Wise on the Jlst
day of October, 1900.
The Mineral Development Co..PlG.
! ~ - ". InCh'y
W. p. Pepper. ct AL Defendants.
The general object Of this suit il 50 eX-
tract the legal title TO the lands In the
lin mentioned from the heirs at law ot
Ceoroe :. Pepper, deceased, and others
said lands being fully described IN the
hill filed i'm this cause, being a portion OF
fine lands described more fully IN four
several deeds dated December 2'th, looJ'
from VIM. d. Jones and wife 10 Jos. Is.
Altemus. Edwin y Benson and William
Nct;eoree. Jr.. one thereof recorded ~
Wise County d. b. &. p. 2!9, onother
thereof recorded ia Lee County D. b. ~
u. .}GJ. another thereof recorded in SCOT
County d. B. -, p. 3G6, and the "the
thereof recorded ia DicAenson County
g. D. BOB. and being portion OF the
same interest which was subsequently
CONVEYED by Edwin y. Benson to the
said George ;. Pepper: and an AFFIDAVIT
having been made and filed that the de-
PENDANTS v. Z. Pepper Joseph Is. Alte-
mus. William McGeorge, Jr.. Henry Lew
j.. Lemuel e.. Altcmus, G.. W. Norton, TX
ecutor of tx. Norton, Deceased, VIM. T.
Norton. Fix. Norton, Jr., George Burnham
Edward 4. Treat, Everett II. Converse
Thomas b. Martin, faAny ii. Lewis, m
Draper Lewis, John " Pepper, Fredcrlck
:. Pepper. Susan W. Gibson, Adalne "
PEPPER. Elizabeth Norris Brook
Rawle. VIM. Brook Rawle, Mary
Cuiun. Emily Naux. George
Wharton Pepper, Frances Pepper Scott
Joseph Allison Scott, Frances ;. Pepper
VIM. Pepper, Jr., b. Franklin Pepper
Oliver Hazard Perry Pepper, Maria !
Gerhard, John :. Gerhard, Sarah Pepper
Leonard, Catherine Bidde Leonard, Fam!
p. Wright, sydney l.. Wright, Ethel [
Harris, Francis C.. Harris, Marion watts
Henry NJ. Watts, VIM. Carlton Watts
Isaac Norris. Bessie Ebbs Norris, Henr!
Pepper Norris, Joseph Parker Morris
Mary Norris Cochran, Travis Cochran
George Pepper Norris, Margaret Price
Norris. Charles Camblos Norris, julia
Gardette Maury, J. Robb Maury, Edwar'
Pepper, VIM. Platt Pepper. Davi'
Pepper, VIM. Pepper, Jr, ant
t;eorge Wharton Pepper, surviving tx
ecutors of the estate OF Vim. Pepper, De
ceased, Adeline ". Pepper, John W. Pep
per, Frederick ; Pepper, Jr., Executor
of the estate Of Frederick :. Pepper, De
ceased, VIM. Brook Rawle, Executor o
the estate OF Henry Pepper Norris, De
ceased, ". =. Pepper and John ). Ger
hard, Surviving Trustees of, and John ;
Gerhard and Joseph Norris, surviving
Executors Of the Estate of George ). Pep
per, Deceased, j. b. Altemus, VIM. Nc
George, Jr., and Henry Lewis, Trustees
George ". Pepper, Executor Of James /
Leonard. deceased; Edwin X. Worth
lneton, and Thomas Randolph, Tx
ecutors OF Edward Eastburn, de
ceased, and Edwin r. Worthingto
and Warren Worthington AT
not residents OF the State OF Virginia it
ordered that they do appear he:e, within !
DAYS after due publication hereof and d
what may he necessary to protect thei
interest in this suit. And it j. furthC
ordered that COPY hereof be publishe
once a week for four weeks in the Ri
Stone Gap Pos. and that
COPY he po led at the front door of tn
house OF this county on the first da
of the next term Of the County Court.
a copy-leste:
". +. KlLGoEE, Clerk.
BY c. 4 Johnson, d. c.
X. T. IRVINE, p. u.