Margaret P. Cleland

In the record of an 1818 Mercer County Circuit Court case styled Armstrong heirs
versus Armstrong heirs is contained the information that at that date Rebecca
was deceased, with three heirs. Called to answer a suit in chancery exhibited
against them by the brothers William, Lanty, Alexander and John Armstrong were
Mary Lapsley; Prudence Irvine; Priscilla and Robert McAfee; ·Margaret and
Thomas Cleland; Priscilla and William Adams, Hilliam, Alexander, Joseph, John,
James, Susanna, Nancy and Prudence Armstrong, heirs of Robert Armstrong; James
Buchanan and Margaret, George and Robert Buchanan, heirs of Rebecca Buchanan,
deceased. The outcome is recorded in the articles of agreement in Mercer County
deeds (Book 10, p. 524) at 3-2-1818:
Whereas a suit in chancery has lately been commenced and Polly Lapsley,
Prudence Irvine, Robert for himself and wife Priscilla McAfee, Thomas
and Margaret Cleland, James Buchanan for the heirs of his late wife,
Rebecca, deceased, claim (ten) sundry Negroes possessed by Priscilla
(lately deceased) at her death and doubts have arisen whether the heirs
of Robert Armstrong are entitled to any part of said Negroes or other
heirs of John Armstrong, deceased,. are entitled, William, Lanty,
Alexander and John Armstrong relinquish all claim to Negroes and
parties of first part relinquish all claim to surplus land. But
if heirs of Robert later claim part of Negroes, parties of first
part are to have use and benefit of fifty acres.
First Part:
John Yantis, Attorney in Fact for Polly Lapsley
Joseph McDowell, Attorney in Fact for Prudence Irvine
Robert McAfee
Thomas Cleland
James Buchanan
Second Part:
Alexander Armstrong, by William Armstrong, Attorney
in Fact
William Armstrong
John Armstrong, by James Lapsley, Attorney in Fact
Lanty Armstrong
The above reference to surplus land is explained in an 11-26-1816 deed (Mercer
County Book 10, p. 163) whereby settlement is made of the land acreage which has
been found to be more than called for in the John Armstrong land patents and
will. Robert and William had received 300 acres each, with the balance to John
and Lanty. By this deed William and the heirs of Robert received an additional
fifty acres each. Signed John and Lanty Armstrong and witnessed by Thomas
Cleland, Joseph Armstrong, Harvey Lapsley and Hamilton Morrison, the deed was
proven in court 1-17-1817 by the latter three witnesses.
I. Margaret Buchanan.
II. George Buchanan.
III. Robert Buchanan.

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