From Halifax. John Branch, by his last will, gave to his wife Mary >c one negro fellow by the name of Curtain, also one negro girl by the name of Queen, during her natural life, and no longer and by a subsequent clause in his will he directed “ that the negroes therein mentioned, Patty, King, &e. (not mentioning either Curtain or'Queen) should be divided between his children, X'olly, Bowen, Thomas, Norman and Rebecca, when they should arrive at age or marry, adding «• that…
Decided 1806-06-05
By the Court
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We are of opinion that the negro slaves mentioned in the first clause of the will, after the death of Cue widow, belonged to the children named in the second , “ „ ... ,, _ Glauco j but that the representatives of Polly Branch and Rebecca Branch must, be made parties, before complainants can have a decree for a distributive share of their estate,
