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North Carolina, Supreme Court, Morganton : Doggett et al v Moseley, August 1860

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Raleigh, North Carolina : North Carolina Supreme Court, 1860.
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Will of Bushrod Doggett, dated 1829, contained five principal clauses. He left some land and other property, including 4 slaves, to his wife Susannah Doggett. At her death the slaves and their increase, together with the land and other effects devised to her, were to be equally divided between the children then living, or their issue, at the same time reserving the first child of the slave Jinney for his grandson. A slave girl called Selah, a mare and some cattle were left to his daughter Sarah Wilmoth. A tract of land of 56 acres, a horse and some cattle and a slave girl called Harriette were left to his daughter Nancy Mosely or her issue. A slave girl called Rachel and various plots of land in Rutherfordton were left to his daughter Elizabeth. A slave girl called Jude and other property were left to his daughter Martha Butler. This action was brought for the recovery of the female slave Harriette and her 6 children. The plaintiffs were the illegitimate children of Nancy Mosely born in 1820 and 1822 and they had moved to Tennessee in 1833. The controversy surrounded the phrase issue. The Court ruled that this meant legitimate issue of which there were none, not illegitimate issue. The mother took an absolute estate and this went to her husband who survived her.
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Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2007. Digitized from a copy held by the North Carolina State Archives.
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North Carolina State Archives
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Material sourced from the North Carolina State Archives
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