Jonathan Rouse Family  

Clair Hadley - donandclair@verizon.net. Was looking for something in the Bryan folder and came across this-lots of Rouses.

Petition for sale of real estate of JONATHAN ROUSE dec

FOLDER 713

1. To the Judge of the Court of Equity of County of Lenoir In the matter of ANDREW J. ROUSE, THOMAS HILL & SARAH his wife, RICHARD WARTERS & ELIZA his wife & others - Petition for sale of real estate of JONATHAN ROUSE dec for partition - Filed Spring Term April 1845

The Petition of ANDREW J. ROUSE, QUINCY ROUSE, ALEXANDER ROUSE, SUSAN E. ROUSE,
ELIZABETH ROUSE and JEFFERSON ROUSE, the last five named children of RICHARD C. ROUSE by their next friend, ANDREW J. ROUSE, THOMAS HILL & SARAH his wife, ALEXANDER HILL & FINETTA his wife and JOHN HILL, RICHARD HILL, PENELOPE HILL & JONATHAN HILL, infants of tender years by their next friend JESSE VAUSE, WILEY J. ROUSE, JESSE H. ROUSE, RICHARD WARTERS & ELIZA his wife, CRAVEN B. GRIFFIN & CATHERIN his wife, RICHARD DAWSON & NARCISSA his wife, WILLIAM H. ROUSE, LYDIA A. S. ROUSE, JOHN ROUSE, SIMON ROUSE & JOSHUA ROUSE, the five last named infants of tender years by their next friend, JESSE VAUSE the said JESSE being alsoguardian of the said JOSHUA ROUSE, all of the County of LENOIR respectfully showeth - that JONATHAN ROUSE late of the County of Lenoir on the --- day of ---
1844 departed this life intestate leaving him surviving your petitioners QUINCEY ROUSE, ALEXANDER ROUSE, SUSAN E. ROUSE, ELIZABETH ROUSE & JEFFERSON ROUSE children of his deceased son RICHARD C. ROUSE who died in the lifetime of the said JONATHAN ROUSE, your petitioner SARAH, who intermarried with your petitioner THOMAS HILL, his daughter, your petitioner FINETTA his daughter who intermarried with your petitioner ALEXANDER HILL, your petitioner JOHN HILL,
RICHARD HILL, PENELOPE HILL & JONATHAN HILL children of his daughter SUSAN who
intermarried with HENRY HILL and died in the lifetime of the said JONATHAN ROUSE, your petitioner ANDREW J. ROUSE, WILEY J. ROUSE, JESSE H. ROUSE, his sons, your petitioner ELIZA his daughter who intermarried with your petitioner RICHARD WATERS, your petitioner CATHERINE his daughter who intermarried with your petitioner CRAVEN B. GRIFFIN, your petitioner NARCISSA his daughter who intermarried with your petitioner RICHARD DAWSON & and your petitioners WILLIAM H., LYDIA A. S. ROUSE, JON ROUSE, SIMON ROUSE & JOSHUA ROUSE his children and
heirs at law
 
The said JONATHAN ROUSE Sr was seized of a tract of land lying in the county of Lenoir on both sides of the main road leading from Kinston to Waynesboro, nine miles distant from the former place on Falling Creek adj the lands of JESSE WIGGINS, GEORGE DAILY, JOHN C. WASHINGTON, WILLIAM GRAY, THOMAS HILL & others containing 1100 acres and also of an undivided tract of land adj the same held in common with JOHN C. WASHINGTON which the petitioners are tenants in common and they are entitled upon a portion of said land to one fifteenth as follows - 1/15 to QUINCY ROUSE, SUSAN E. ROUSE, ELIZABETH ROUSE and JEFERSON ROUSE, jointly representing their deceased father, RICHARD C. ROUSE; 1/15 to THOMAS HILL & SARAH his wife; 1/15 to ALEXANDER HILL and FINETTE his wife; 1/15 JOHN HILL, RICHARD HILL, PENELOPE HILL, JONATHAN
HILL jointly in right of their deceased mother SUSAN HILL; 1/15 to each - ANDREW J.
ROUSE, WILEY H. ROUSE, WILLIAM H. ROUSE, JESSE H. ROUSE, LYDIA A. S. ROUSE,
JOHN ROUSE, SIMON ROUSE, JOSHUA ROUSE; 1/15 to RICHARD WATERS and ELIZA his wife
and 1/15 to RICHARD DAWSON and NARCISSA his wife

Petitioners wish the land to be sold so the proceed could be divided

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