Abstract of Chancery Cause concerning Obediah Henry Trent (c. 1742 – c. 1810) of Amherst & Bedford Co., Virginia, by Don Trent on 24 Jun 2009.
Locality AMHERST CO
Index Number 1804-032 contains 9 pages.
Plaintiff(s) ASGN(S) OF JOHN MCCABE
Defendant(s)LEGT(S) OF OBADIAH H TRENT
Surname(s)
CALLAWAY, DUDLEY, GOODWIN, HEIDEN, MCCABE, PATE, TRENT
Overview of my transcription.
Chancery Cause involving 4290 acres in Greenbrier County that was patented by Henry Trent and his son John Blake Trent. John Pate complains that he is owed title to that land and has paid Henry Trent and John Blake Trent on 1 May 1794 and on 1 Oct 1795, but Henry Trent has since died and Pate has not received title to the land. This statement indicates that Henry Trent was alive on 1 Oct 1795. Pate further names the heirs of Henry Trent as: Obediah H. Trent, George Goodwin who married Sarah Trent [a later page calls her Sally Trent], Dudley Callaway who married Patsey Trent, Thomas Mitchell who married Edy Trent, and John B. Trent and Patsy his wife, together with others unknown. The Court granted the Plaintiffs request.
Page 2, 3
To the Worshipful justices of Amherst County in Chancery Sitting …Your Orator John Pate who was assignee of John McCabe, John Heiden, & Obediah H. Trent to has title bonds for land effected by Henry Trent & John B. Trent to the above assignors for the purpose of making them a lawful rite & title to four Thousand two hundred Ninety acres of land lying & being in the County of Greenbrier… are specified in a patent granted to the said Henry & John Blake Trent, which together with the title bonds effected for the purposes aforesaid, your Orator prays may be takin part of this bill. Your Orator further states that on the first day of May 1784, & on the first day of October 1795 he for valuable consideration paid in hand to the obliges of the aforementioned title bonds, purchased of them the land patented to the obligors as aforesaid … that sometime after your Orator has thus bona fidepurchased this land as aforesaid, & before your Orator could get his title effected pursuant to the bonds aforesaid, Henry Trent of the aforesaid obligors departed this life leaving assets & issue, which said issue, to wit, Obediah H. Trent, George Goodwin, who intermarried with Sarah Trent, Dudley Callaway, who intermarried with Patsey Trent, Thomas Mitchel, who intermarried with Edy Trent, & John B. Trent & Patsey his wife, together with ????? other persons unknown … when known may be made with the above mentioned Heirs & legatees, defendants to this bill of complaint.Your Orator States that since the death of Henry Trent he has often applied to the [Heirs] and Legatees of the Decd., as mentioned above, & they have often refused to comply … to him your Orator a lawful rite & title to the said four Thousand two hundred and Ninety acres … .
Page 5, 6
The separate answer of Obediah H. Trent to a bill of Complaint … against himself & others by John Pate.The respondent now and at all times … . That this respondent is one of the heirs & legatees of Henry Trent, Deceased, that during the life of the said Henry, the said Henry entered into a Contract with this respondent to Sell 2790 acres of land lying in the County of Greenbrier in the State of Virginia on the head waters of Muddy Creek. The said Henry Trent gave your respondent a Bond to make him a good & lawful title in fee simple to the Land aforesaid. And your respondent States positively that he did Sell the aforesaid 2790 acres of land to John Pate the Complainant for a better price than he could at that time get from any other person. Which together with the 1500 acres sold by John B. Trent, contained in the same survey, ?? McCabe & Haden and sold by them to John Pate the Complainant, make the 4290 acres mentioned … . This respondent further states that after he had sold the land to the Complainant he made it known to the said Henry, who at that time and always there after, Expressed to your respondent great Satisfaction at the sale and was he believes Willing & ready to the day of his death to make a title to the said Complainant to the land aforesaid. This respondent again States that he well knows the said Complainant made a fair & bonified purchase of the Land aforesaid & did pay for the same and that he ought to have had a right in fee simple long since … .
Bedford County to Witt
This day came Obediah H. Trent before me a Justice of the Peace for the County aforesaid, and made Oath … heirs & legatees of Henry Trent, decd., … Given under my hand this 4th day of December 1801.
Matthew Pate [his signature]
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The Commissioners of Virginia to the Sheriff of Amherst County Greeting. You are hereby commanded to summon Obediah H. Trent, Jun., John B. Trent, George Goodwin who married Sally Trent, Dudley Callaway who married Patsey Trent, Thomas Mit[chell] who married Edy Trent, and Nancy Giles heirs & Legatees of Obediah H. Trent, decd., to appear before the Justices of our County Court of Amherst in Chancery sitting at the Court House of the said County on the [first] Monday [in] July next to answer a Certain Bill in Chancery exhibited against them by John Pate, assignee of John McCabe, John Heiden, & Obediah H. Trent and this they shall in no wise omit and have then there this Writ. witness William L. Crawford, Clerk of the said Court the 26th day of June 1798 in the 22nd Year of our Independence.
W.L. Crawford [his signature]
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