Petition #20983602
- St. Mary's County, Maryland. filing started April 7, 1836.
- Court: Orphans
- Salutation: To the Honourable the Judges of St Mrys County Orphans Court
Abstract
In 1831, Rachel Smith executed her last will and testament freeing a slave named Mary and giving her eleven acres of land, "all my Common or everyday clothing my kitchen furniture; one cow indifferent; say all my inferior bed clothing, Poultry and my hog or hogs." She also frees a slave named Richard and bequeaths to him wages for the year of her death so that he may be "better prepared to live uprightly." Five years later, Smith's nephew Leonard Hyfel asks that the will and the codicil be set aside in favor of a later will in which he is named the sole beneficiary.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: Last Will and Testament, Rachel Smith, 26 May 1831; Codicil, Rachel Smith, 4 June 1832; Copy of Probate Record, 14 August 1835; Disputed Will and Testament, Rachel Smith, 1835; Published Notice to Next of Kin, ca. 16 February--11 March 1836; Certification of Publication, 15 March 1836
- Pages of related documents: 8
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Citation information
Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland
- Schweninger Collection
- Page: 1
- Microfilm: M 11026
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