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An Act for the benefit of the heirs of Charles H. Davidge, deceased. 1843 123 (1843)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0414 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. satisfaction of the court, to be fair and equitable, and to the 1844 interest and ultimate advantage of the infant heir of said Le.- masters, that said parol contract should be executed, then the chancellor of the Johnson Circuit Court shall, by his decree, cause to be made to William Pelfrey, a deed, in fee simple, with a clause of special warranty, to the tract of land exchang- ed by Isaac Lemasters with said Pelfrey, upon the condition that the said William Pelfrey shall, on the rendering of said decree, make to the son and heir of said Isaac Lemasters, de- ceased, a deed, in fee simple, with a clause of general warranty to the said tract of land, exchanged with the said Isaac Le- masters, deceased, and acknowledge said deed in open court: Provided, That in the tract of land so conveyed by the said William Pelfrey, the widow of Isaac Lemasters, deceased, shall be entitled to her right of dower therein, as fully as if the said tract of land had descended to her and her sonl from the said Isaac Lemasters. Approved, January 27, 1844. CHAPTER 74. AN ACT for the benefit of the heirs of Charles H. Davidge, deceased. SEc. 1. Be it enacted btl the General Assembly of the Com- monwealth of Kentucky, That it shall be lawful for Agnes Da- vidge, widow of Charles H. Davidge, deceased, and who is the administratrix of her said husband's estate, having been legally appointed and duly qualified as such by the proper au- thorities of the State of Indiana, to exhibit her bill in chan- cery, in the Circuit Court for Trimble county, Kentucky, making Honor Davidge and Charles H. Davidge, infant chil- dren of the said Charles H. Davidge, deceased, parties to said bill, alledging in substance, that said decedent died intestate, and that he was greatly embarrassed at the time of his death, and that his personal property is insufficient to pay his just and lawful debts, and that said administratrix may pray the Chancellor of said court, to sell a certain tract or parcel of land, lying and being in Trimble county, Kentucky, which said tract of land the said decedent, Davidge, died seized of one - part, the said land being owned in parcenary by the heirs and legal representatives of Henry Davidge, deceased, the father of the said decedent, Charles ; also, the undivided interest of the said decedent, of and into the slaves of the said estate of the said Henry Davidge, deceased, which legally descended to the aforesaid infant children of the said C. H. Davidge, deceased; and it shall be the duty of the Chan- cellor of the Trimble Circuit Court, at the first term thereof, to appoint three discreet householders of the county of Trim- ble, who shall inquire into and report, if it shall be to the in- terest of the said infants' estate, to sell the undivided interest 123

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