____________________________________________________________________________ Clark Circuit Court April Term 1839 Abner E. Thornton, Complainant vs. Nancy Jacobs, Wingfield Jacobs, Margaret Jacobs, Nancy Jacobs and John Jacobs, Defendants. Chancery. This day came the complainant by his solicitor and it being suggested to the Court that the last mentioned defendants to wit: Wingfield Jacobs, John Jacobs and Margaret Jacobs and Nancy Jacobs are infants under the age of twenty one years. Therefore on motion of the Complainant it is ordered by the Court that James S. Ward be and is hereby appointed Guardian ad litem of the said Wingfield Jacobs, John Jacobs, Margaret Jacobs and Nancy Jacobs and that he defend for them in this cause. And on motion of said Complainant is ordered that an alias summons issue in this cause against the above named Wingfield Jacobs and John Jacobs defendants in this cause, directed to the Sheriff of Hempstead County returnable to the next Term of this Court until which time this cause continued. ____________________________________________________________________________ Clark County, Arkansas Circuit Court Book E, 1838-1842, pages 51-52. ____________________________________________________________________________ HTML file and design by David Kelley, 1997. All rights reserved.