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The Daily Dispatch: April 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], Fatal boiler Explosion. (search)
$25 reward.
--Ranaway from my farm.
Long Row, Hanover county, about the 8th of January.
a Negro man, named Peter Brown, about 21 years old, of a dark brown color, with a scar on one side of his neck; also a small one on his knee; very long-legged, and upwards of six feet high.
The above reward will be paid, if delivered to me, or secured in jail. Wm. J. Carpenter. mh 20--1m*
$25 reward.
--Ranaway from my farm, Long Row, Hanover county, about the 8th of January, a Negro man, named Peter Brown, about 21 years old, of a dark brown color with a scar on one side of his neck; also a small one on his knee; very long-legged, and upwards of six feet high.
The above reward will be paid, if delivered to me, or secured in jail. Wm. J. Carpenter. mh 20--1m
Trustee's Sale of Land and Slaves in Hanover county.
--In pursuance of the provisions of a deed of trust, executed to the undersigned by Benjamin T. Doswell dated January 16th, 1861, and duty recorded in Hanover county, I shall sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, at New Market, in the county of Hanover, Hanover county, I shall sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, at New Market, in the county of Hanover, on Tuesday, the 9th day of April, 1861, all the interest of the said Benjamin T. Doswell in the tract of land called New Market, on which Mrs. Lilly Ann Doswell, now resides, containing about 527 by aces; and also, in 13 Slaves, now held for life by Mrs. Lilly Ann Doswell.
The interest of the said Benjamin T. Doswell in the land county of Hanover, on Tuesday, the 9th day of April, 1861, all the interest of the said Benjamin T. Doswell in the tract of land called New Market, on which Mrs. Lilly Ann Doswell, now resides, containing about 527 by aces; and also, in 13 Slaves, now held for life by Mrs. Lilly Ann Doswell.
The interest of the said Benjamin T. Doswell in the land is a present vested fee in one-third thereof, and a vested remainder in fee in one-half of another third.
His interest in the slaves is a vested remainder in fee, in one-half.
C. G. Griswold, Trustee.
Postponement.--In consequence of the inclemency of the weather, the above sale is postponed until Friday, the 19th April, 1
The Daily Dispatch: April 13, 1861., [Electronic resource], A Tolerable Inanimate. (search)
$25 reward.
--Ran away from my farm, Long Row, Hanover county, about the 8th of January, a Negro man, named Peter Brown, about 21 years old, of a dark brown color, with a scar on one side of his neck; also a small one on his knee; very long-legged, and upwards of six feet high.
The above reward will be paid, if delivered to me, or secured in jail. Wm. J. Carpenter. mh 20--1m
The Daily Dispatch: April 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], Post-office affairs in Virginia . (search)
Post-office affairs in Virginia.
--John L. Thompson, postmaster at Ashland, Hanover county, vice James W. Taylor, resigned. --Wm. P. Recker, postmaster at Covington, Alleghany county, vice James Burke.
James M. Costolo, postmaster at Evansville, Preston county, vice Theo. H. Kidd, declined.
The Daily Dispatch: April 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], Voice of the people of Virginia . (search)
$25 reward.
--Ranaway from my farm, Long Row, Hanover county, about the 8th of January, a Negro Man, named Peter Brown, about 21 years old, of a dark brown color, with a scar on one side of his neck; also a small one on his knee; very long-legged, and upwards of six feet high.
The above reward will be paid, if delivered to me, or secured in jail. Wm. J. Carpenter. mh 20--1m*
The Daily Dispatch: April 16, 1861., [Electronic resource], Important will case. (search)
Important will case.
--At the recent term of the Circuit Court of Roanoke county, Va., a will case of considerable importance was decided.
The Salem Register says:
This was an important and highly interesting suit, in which the will of Chileon O. White, deceased, was contested by the Rev. Andrew McDowell and others.
Mr. McDowell is from the county of Hanover and married a sister of C. O. White.
The amount of property involved is between forty and fifty thousand dollars. The counsel in favor of the will were Messrs. Edmundson and Blair, Watts and Allen, J. B. I. Logan and Colonel Winfield, of Bedford.
Those for the contestants, C. G. Griswold, of Richmond, Col. Jno. T. Anderson, of Botetourt, and F. J. Ribble, of Roanoke.
After able arguments on both sides, the jury borough in a verdict establishing the will.