In 1789-90, Taylor Noell and William Webb "became bound as Securities for Richard Noell in several bonds," including, among others, to sheriffs John Upshaw and William Fisher, for £2,000 each. Taylor also advanced his brother Richard a loan of "considerable sums of money" and 6,640 pounds of tobacco. He also points out "that at the time of all these engagements and transactions the said Richard Noell was possessed in his own right and unencumbered of" 250 acres of land worth £250 and three slaves worth £150. Taylor asserts that Richard "in order to cover the same from his Creditors, and thereby involve your Orators in distress and ruin" did "by deed" convey the said property to his wife Mary "in trust for the separate use of the said Mary during her life, and after her death to and for the use of the children of the said Mary." In addition, Taylor reveals that his brother also conveyed to other parties "all the slaves goods and chattles of every Kind that the said Richard and Mary were entitled to" under the will of Mary's late father. The petitioner seeks relief from his brother and others in the "exonerating of your Orators Securityship."
Result: Dismissed.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
