Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-09-05
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
No. 1912 Equity.
Frank l. Davis. ct al,
Plaintiffs,
VS..
John T. Williams, ct al,
Defendants.
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The object and substance of this
suit is to procure a decree for the
sale of real estate for the purpose
of partition. The bill states in SUBJ
stance as follows: That a certain
Francis T. Williams, late of Mont
gomery County, Maryland, departed
this life sometime in the year 1906,
intestate, seized and possessed of
1O81a acres of land, more or less,
described in a deed of conveyance
from William H. Talbot, ct ux, to
Francis T. Williams, dated July 10,
1900, recorded among the Land Rec
ords of said County, in liber T. D.
IA, folio 312, and other land situate,
lying and being in said County. That
the said Francis T. Williams left
surviving him his widow, Mollie Will
liams, now deceased; and brother,
John Henry Williams; a brother,
Arthur Williams, and sister, Mary
Emma Davis, as his only heirs at
law. That the said John Henry Will
liams departed this life on Novem-
Der Z, 1909, a resident of said Coun-
ty, leaving a will, dated October Is,
1909, probated by the Orphans
Court of said County, and by an
agreement among those interested the
real estate, of which the said John
Henry Williams died seized and pos
sessed, was conveyed to Sarah White
Williams, widow, for life with re-
mainder to Annie E. Edmonston,
Carrie Poole, Emma W. Pyles, Sarah
Ward, Mary Williams, Nora Will
liams, Harry M. Williams, Otis Lee
Williams, William W. Williams,
Francis T. Williams and Harry M.
Williams, Trustee for Mortimer Will
Hams and Claire Williams, as will
more fully and at large appear by
reference to deed dated November
%, 1909, recorded among said Land
Records in liber 21O, folio 100. That
the said Carrie Poole departed this
life sometime in the year 1880, a
resident of said County, intestate,
leaving surviving her her husband,
William Wallace Poole, and two chill
dren, William Wallace Poole, Jr.,
and Virginia L. Poole. That William
Wallace Poole, Jr., departed this life
in 1882, intestate, resident of said
County, leaving surviving him as his
only heir at law his father, William
Wallace Poole. That Mary C. Will
1iams departed this life on December
%, 1918, a resident of said County,
intestate, leaving surviving her her
mother, Sarah White Williams, upon
whom her interest in said Land de-
volved by inheritance. That the said
William W. Williams departed this
life on or about January 9, 1926,
interstate, a resident of said County,
leaving surviving him his widow,
Frances P. Williams, and one child,
William E. Williams. That Sarah
White Williams, widow of John
Henry Williams, departed this life in
June of 1928, intestate so far as her
interest in said land is concerned,
leaving surviving her as her only
heirs at law the following named
children and grandchildren: Stephen
N. Williams, Harry NJ. Williams,
Otis Lee Williams, Annie E. Ed
mondson, Carrie Poole, Emma W..
Pyles, Sarah ]. Ward, Nora l.. Clag-
EFT, Francis T. Williams, and a
grandchild, William E. Williams, sur
viving child of William w. Williams.
That Stephen N. Williams is nom
resident of the State of Maryland and
his whereabouts have been unknown
for more than 80 years; the wife or
widow of said Stephen N. Williams
being dead, his only known children
and heirs at law are the defendants,
Claire Headley and Taliaferro Head
ly, her husband, Mortimer Williams
To vN;11.o,1,e - xry.fn TIL Of
Arthur Williams, brother of Francis
T. Williams, departed this life on
March Is, 1928, a resident of said
County, leaving a will admitted to
probate in Orphans Court of said
County, by which he devised all of
said real estate to his wife, Anna
Dawson Williams will Book H. c. A.
26, folio ALP. That Annie Dawson
Williams departed this life on May
IA, 1884, a resident of said County,
leaving a will admitted to probate
by the Orphans Court of said Coun-
ty, recorded in Will Book H. G. c. 5,
folio 321, by which she devised her
interest in said land to her son,
John T. Williams. That Mary Emma
Davis, sister of Francis T. Williams,
departed this life about years ago,
a resident of said County, intestate,
leaving surviving her as her only
heirs at law and next of kin, her
husband, Horace M. Davis, a daugh-
ter, Edna Earle Hersberger, a son,
Horace M. Davis, son, Frank L.
Davis, and two grandchildren, name
ly, Edna James and Mamie Carr,
Jr., children of Mamie Davis Carr,
a deceased daughter of Mary Emma
Davis. That Horace M. Davis de-
parted this life, a resident of the
City of Baltimore, State aforesaid,
on or about February 8, 1885, leav-
ing a will duly admitted to probate
by the Orphans Court of Baltimore
City, an exemplifed copy thereof
being recorded in the Orphans Court
of Montgomery County in Will Book
H. G. c. IL, folio SO, by which he
devised all of his interest in said
land to his wife, Lucie Dodson Davis,
in fee. That all parties to this suit
are unmarried except plaintiffs,
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