Malcom Gilchrist died in March 1851 leaving an estate of about fifty slaves, a cotton plantation, and other property. Gilchrist's widow, Anna, avers that John Gilchrist, one of Gilchrist's children, is not entitled to a distributive share of the estate "Except on the terms and Conditions prescribed by Law," because his father "did in his life time amply and Equally provide for the said John Gilchrist, by way of advancement in Marriage." The petitioner therefore prays that "a writ of dower" be issued and that commissioners be directed "to allot and set off to her her Dower in said real and personal Estate, and to put her in possission thereof."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Jefferson County Courthouse, Fayette, Mississippi
