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North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh : Walker and Walker et al v Sharpe, January 1873 [printed].

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Raleigh, North Carolina : North Carolina Supreme Court, 1873.
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Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) and North Carolina. Division of Archives and History
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Civil action in which the plaintiffs demanded an account of the funds in the hands of the defendant, and the payment of the balance owing to the children of the petitioner, Priscilla. Frank Walker, Priscilla's husband had died back in 1857. The fund for Priscilla had been set up under the terms of the will of William Welch, a brother of the plaintiff, Priscilla. William had died in South Carolina. In his will he had directed that he wanted his property of every description except negroes, to be converted into cash. According to Chief Justice Pearson this was an instance of an unblushing attempt on the part of the children and sons-in-law of a weak old woman to get the sanction of the Court to surrender up all her estate and her only means of maintenance, and thereby subject herself to the tender mercy of the plaintiffs who owing to the casualties of the war are greatly in need of funds.
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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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