Facsimile
Transcription
284
[Following text is upside down relative to the top of the page.]
24 } The State of Alabama } For the Circuit Court Clerks office 14~
Interrogatories } Franklin County Viz } January 1837 S W Probarco Esqr. Solicitor
to Sml Jones } For Complainant William S Hoskins, in the Circuit Court of Said
County in Chancery, vs John W Jones, George W Carroll, Nancy
Jones, Wylie B Jones, Jacob Haigh and Isaac Winston, And
other Respondents, In the above Cause the following questions will
be put to Samuel Jones, to get his deposition to be read in
evidence in the Trial of Said Cause on part of Respondents,
Please file your Cross Interrogatories, To wit,
1 Question, State Sir, if you were And Are acquainted with
the paries above, And Said Arthur Jones deceased &c?~
2d Where were Said Arthur, And Said Nancy Jones, formerly
Nancy Hoskins, married, and at or about what day and time?
3.d Did you reside in the neighborhood at that time, And
Are you a relative of Said Arthur Jones decd?
4~ Look on the Copies of agreement between Nancy Hoskins
And her Son William S Hoskins, now before you dated
20 Nov 1828 whereby they appear to admit that Said William
held a deed of gift from his mother for Sarah and her
two children Swift & Martha, And that Said Nancy was about
to marry Arthur Jones, and Said William gives his mother
Nancy a life estate in Said Negroes And their increase-
Also look on the Copy of An instrument purporting to be
a deed of gift of Same date and year for said Negroes from
Nancy to Said William S, State whether Said Arthur
had Any Knowledge of the Same, Anterior to his marriage
with Said Nancy, So far as you Know?
5th Please tell whether Arthur Jones before Said Marriage had
Any Knowledge of a desire on the part of his Said intended
wife to make Any Such Conveyance, or other if Any, And what
Conveyance, of her Said property, or others of her effects, And if
he did, did Agree or disagree to the Same, And what did he
Say touching it, Was Such intention on Said Nancy's part So
to Convey represented to Said Arthur as being by her
Notes and Questions
Nobody has written a note for this page yet
Please sign in to write a note for this page