THOMAS JEFFERSON AND CRAVEN PEYTON. Documents for chancery suit against ESTATE OF BENNETT HENDERSON., 1804/1816

Scope and content:

Craven Peyton's bill in the case of Peyton vs. Henderson, presented to George Wythe, judge of the High Court of Chancery; chronology of sales by various heirs to the estate; notes on rent claims in the case of the Henderson lands; 2 copies of deed, John Wood and Lucy Henderson Wood to T. J.; 3 copies of an agreement between John Wood and T. J. regarding his share of the Henderson estate; statement of the real property belonging to the legatees; and miscellaneous notes on pertinent information. Names mentioned: Richard Anderson, N. Bramham, Eliza Bullock, Kemp Catlett, George Hay, Bennett H. Henderson, Charles Henderson, Eliza Henderson, Elizabeth Henderson, Isham Henderson, James Lewis Henderson, John Henderson, Matthew Henderson, Nancy Crawford Henderson, Sarah Henderson, and William Henderson; Henderson & Connard, David Higginbotham, Elijah Hogg, Mr. Johnson, John R. Kerr, Sarah Henderson Kerr, Walte Key, Isaac Miller, E. Moore, Matthew Nelson, Nancy Crawford Henderson Nelson, Craven Peyton, Richard Price, Thomas Eston Randolph, Richard Seabrook, Watson & Snelson, John Wood Lucy Henderson Wood, and Tucker M. Woodson. [908]

Physical description:
14 items T. J. AD, 2 items Craven Peyton AD. McGregor Library,

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