Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1959-10-22

and
SARAH Z. ADAMS
LENA /. ROUND
Brinklow, Maryland
Plaintiffs
VS..
LAVINIA +. HOOD, II liv-
ing, or the unknown heirs,
devisees or personal repre-
sentative of Lavinia F. Hood
II she be dead
and
SARAH ]. THOMAS, If liv-
ing, or the unknown heirs,
devisees or personal repre-
sentative of Sarah ]. Thomas
II she be dead
Defendants
Order of Publication
The object of this Bill OF
Complaint is to obtain a decree
that Plaintiffs have absolute
ownership and the right of dis
position of a parcel of land as
described in a deed dated Jan
uary Fl, 1885 from Benjamin F
Thomas, ct al, unto Lavinia F
Hood and Sarah ]. Thomas, anc
recorded among the Land Rec
ords of Montgomery County il
Liber EBP "a, Folio 339, more
particularly described as fol
lows:
All that lot of land in Mont
gomery County, Maryland of
which the said Richard
Thomas died possessed being
part of a tract decided by Ig-
natius Waters to the said
Richard Thomas, recorded
February 4, 1851 in Liber SITS
5 at folio sos being part of
Pigmans Inheritance, de-
scribed as follows:
Beginning at a stone
marked IWMC planted at or
near the end of SO perches on
the first line of Pigmans inner.
itance and running thence
North 784 East S0A perches
to a stone marked 3 at the
end Of the 3rd line of said
tract, then with the lines of
said tract ga West 117la
perches to stone, South
S91s' West 43 perches to
stone, North 26' West 70
perches to a stone now plant.
ed at or near the beginning
of Pigman Inheritance and
then North % East 80
perches to the beginning con.
tanning AK acres. Saving and
excepting therefrom, how
ever. that tract or parcel of
land decided by the said Rich.
ard Thomas to John Webster
under date May 80, 1853, said
tract or parcel Of land being
bounded and described as fol-
lows:
Beginning at a stone plant
ed at the end of the Bird line
of said tract and marked 3
and running thence South
7S%' West 81 perches to a
stone, South SO perches to a
stone East 24i2 perches to
stone now planted on the attn
line of "Pigmans Inherit
ance", thence reversing said
Z line North ga East 711a
perches to the beginning con-
tanning 1914 acres.
The Bill states in substance
that Plaintiffs own said land as
the surviving heirs at law OF
Thomas Walter Pugh, who died
November 10, 1854, leaving a
Last win and Testament di
recting that said land be sold
and the proceeds divided equally
among the aforesaid heirs and
others; that said viii has beer
admitted TO probate and the
Plaintiffs, Thomas r. Pugh and
Willis T. Pugh named executors
of said estate, as will appear by
reference to 1851 Administra
tons in the Orphans Court OF
Montgomery County; that
Thomas Walter Pugh obtained
title to the above described land
by deed from ]. Forest Walker
Treasurer of Montgomery Coun.
ty, dated November 4, 1880 and
recorded among the Land Rec
ords aforesaid in Liber $40 II
folio 24S; that said land was
assessed to the said Lavinia +.
Hood and Sarah J. Thomas and
was sold unto the said Thomas
Walter Pugh for non.paymenl
of State and County taxes as
will appear by reference 20
Item SO in 1924 Miscellaneous
Petitions in the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County; that
the deed to Lavinia +. Hood and
Sarah ]. Thomas, as recorded In
Liber EBP "a, folio 339, consti-
tutes a hostile, outstanding
claim affecting the title of the
Plaintiffs; that ii is not known
whether the said Lavinia r.
vrI - c.wnL Thomas he