____________________________________________________________________________ State of Arkansas, County of Pike, In Pike Probate Court January Term, A.D. 1848, January 18th. William J. Jones as administrator of the estate of Absalom Jones, deceased, Petitioner. vs. Garrett Ledlow and Mary B. his wife, Tho's D. Jones, Benjamin F. Jones, John E. Graham, Sarah Ann Jones, and the unknown heirs of Nancy Roberts deceased, Defendants. Petition For Sale of Slaves. And now at this day came said Petitioner by Hubbard & Hempstead; his attorneys, and filed his petition herein, praying among other things for an order of sale of the following named slaves, belonging to said estate, to wit: Starling, Else and Lewis, to pay the debts of said estate; and it appearing from the affidavit of the said Petitioner filed with said petition, that Garret Ledlow and Mary F. his wife, John E. Graham, and the unknown heirs of Nancy Roberts deceased, are non-residents of the State of Arkansas; it is ordered that notice be given said non-resident defendants, and unknown heirs, of the pendency of this petition by publication of this order in the "Arkansas State Gazette," a newspaper published in this State, for the number of times and within the time prescribed by law; that unless they be and appear before the court here by themselves or counsel, on or before the first day of the next term thereof, at a court to be holden at the courthouse in the town of Murfreesborough, in said county of Pike and State aforesaid, on the third Tuesday of April next; and plead, answer, or demure to said petition the same will be taken for confessed and the order prayed for accordingly granted. D.S. Dickson, Clerk. A true copy from the Pike Probate Records. Teste: D.S. Dickson, Clerk. Hubbard & B.F. Hempstead, for petitioner. ____________________________________________________________________________ Arkansas Gazette, January 27, 1848, Whole Number 1464, page 3, column 4. ____________________________________________________________________________ HTML file and design by David Kelley, 1997. All rights reserved.