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North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh : Powell et al v Powell, June 1849, 1 [printed].

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Raleigh, North Carolina : North Carolina Supreme Court, 1849.
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The parties were the devisees and legatees of Jesse Powell; two of the defendants were his executors. The bill prayed for a proper construction of the will. Powell had directed that what property was necessary should be disposed of by his executors to pay off his debts. He gave his son John two male slaves worth [dollars] 800 each and a woman and her two children valued at [dollars] 1,200; a man, a girl and a woman and her three children were to go to his daughter Rebecca Hilliard. The remainder of the unsold estate he directed to be kept together and managed by his executors for the maintenance of his wife and unmarried children and for the children's education. The Supreme Court found that the will made Powell's land a primary fund for the payment of debts; that Powell's widow was entitled to be reimbursed out of the estate for advances she had made towards the cost of the children's education; and that the share of Powell's daughter Rosa, who was dead, should remain with the common fund until the time at which she would have come of age, when her share might be called for by her representatives.
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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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Material sourced from the North Carolina State Archives
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