Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
Thomas Moore’s Genealogy Site - Person Sheet
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“Elizabeth Turner Daughter of the above named Jno. Turner by 1st wife was borne [or bornd] ye 8th day of January 1776” [Boughan family Bible at the Virginia State Archives, Acc. 24166]
On 17 March 1794, a bill was filed in the chancery court of Essex County:
To the worshipful Justices of Essex county court sitting in chancery
Humbly complaining sheweth unto your worships your Oratrix Elizabeth Dickerson Turner by John Turner her next friend, that one John Dickerson, the grand father of your Oratrix of the maternal line, being seised of a considerable landed estate & possessed of many slaves and much personal estate, departed this life some time on or about the month of July in the year 1778, having previously made his last will & testament in writing bearing date the 22d day of July 1778 & therein appointed his son John Dickerson & his friend John Crow exrs thereof, which said will & testament was produced & proved by John Dickerson, one of the exrs thereof & admitted to record in this worshipful court on the 21st day of Sept 1778 and the sd John Dickerson alone took upon himself the burthen of executing the same; to which said will & testament of record among the records of this worshipful court your Oratrix refers & prays to have taken as a part of this her bill. And your Oratrix further sheweth that the said Testator desiring to secure to your Oratrix the sum of £25 in gold or silver coin did by the said will & testament give & bequeath to your oratrix (calling her his grand daughter Elizabeth Dickerson Turner) £25 to her & her her [sic] heirs forever; to be paid to her when she should attain the age of eighteen years. And your Oratrix further sheweth that she did attain to the age of eughteen years on the 8th day of January 1793 — and that she hath since frequently requested the said John Dickerson to assent to the said Legacy & pay the same to her: but now so it is, may it please your worships, that the said John Dickerson, combining & confederating to & with divers persons to your Oratrix unknown how to injure & oppress your Oratrix in the premises, but whom when discovered your Oratrix prays may be made parties hereto with apt words to charge them, hath altogether refused to assent to your Oratrix’s said legacy pretending that the assets which came to his hands, which were of the sd testator at the time of his death, were not sufficient to discharge the same, after discharging other legacies which were by the sd testator in his said will & testament bequeathed to others & which said other legacies the sd John pretends were to be paid in preferance to the legacy to your Oratrix; whereas in truth & so your Oratrix expressly charges no legacy given by the will & testament of the said testator ought to have been paid in preferance to the legacy given thereby to your Oratrix, and also that the assets of the said testator which have come to the hands of the sd John as exr were considerably more than sufficient to discharge the debts due from the sd testator at the time of his death, if any were due from him, and all the legacies bequeathed by the sd testator in & by his said will & testament; all which actings & doings of the said John Dickerson are contrary to equity & good conscience & tend the manifest injury & oppression of your Oratrix: in tender consideration where & whereas your Oratrix is remediless in the premises except in this worshipful court sitting in chancery: to the end therefore that the sd John Dickerson exor of the testament & last will of John Dickerson decd whom your Oratrix prays may be made a Deft hereto with apt words to charge him, may on his corporal oath true & perfect answer make to all & singular the premises as fully & distinctly as if the same were herein again repeated & interrogated & more especially that he may set forth & discover if the sd John Dickerson decd did not make such last will & testament & bequeath to your Oratrix as herein stated? Was it not the intention of the testator to secure to your Oratrix the said legacy at its full value in gold & silver? Did not the sd Deft take into his possession immediately after the death of the sd testator the affects which were of the sd testator at the time of his death sufficient to discharge all the debts of the sd testator & the legacies bequeathed by his said will & testament? Did not the sd Deft alone take upon him the burthen of executing the sd will & testament? And that the said Deft may be decreed to pay to your Oratrix or to her father, by whom she now sues as her next friend, for her use the said legacy of £25 with int from the 8th day of January 1793 — when the same became payable, and that your Oratrix may have such further & other relief in the premises as may be agreeable to the usages of equity, & the nature of the case may require & to your worships may seem meet & May it please your worships to grant to your Oratrix the Commonwealth’s writ of subpœna to the sd John Dickerson exr &c of John Dickerson decd to the directed &c.
On 20 May 1796, it was ordered that the defendant pay unto the complainant £25 with interest and the costs of suit.
[Essex County, Virginia, Chancery Causes: Elizabeth Dickerson Turner v Executor of John Dickerson, 1796-017.]
Elizabeth Turner is listed in the 1805 will of her father John Turner as Elizabeth D. Dunn. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 16, pages 361–362.]
On 17 March 1794, a bill was filed in the chancery court of Essex County:
To the worshipful Justices of Essex county court sitting in chancery
Humbly complaining sheweth unto your worships your Oratrix Elizabeth Dickerson Turner by John Turner her next friend, that one John Dickerson, the grand father of your Oratrix of the maternal line, being seised of a considerable landed estate & possessed of many slaves and much personal estate, departed this life some time on or about the month of July in the year 1778, having previously made his last will & testament in writing bearing date the 22d day of July 1778 & therein appointed his son John Dickerson & his friend John Crow exrs thereof, which said will & testament was produced & proved by John Dickerson, one of the exrs thereof & admitted to record in this worshipful court on the 21st day of Sept 1778 and the sd John Dickerson alone took upon himself the burthen of executing the same; to which said will & testament of record among the records of this worshipful court your Oratrix refers & prays to have taken as a part of this her bill. And your Oratrix further sheweth that the said Testator desiring to secure to your Oratrix the sum of £25 in gold or silver coin did by the said will & testament give & bequeath to your oratrix (calling her his grand daughter Elizabeth Dickerson Turner) £25 to her & her her [sic] heirs forever; to be paid to her when she should attain the age of eighteen years. And your Oratrix further sheweth that she did attain to the age of eughteen years on the 8th day of January 1793 — and that she hath since frequently requested the said John Dickerson to assent to the said Legacy & pay the same to her: but now so it is, may it please your worships, that the said John Dickerson, combining & confederating to & with divers persons to your Oratrix unknown how to injure & oppress your Oratrix in the premises, but whom when discovered your Oratrix prays may be made parties hereto with apt words to charge them, hath altogether refused to assent to your Oratrix’s said legacy pretending that the assets which came to his hands, which were of the sd testator at the time of his death, were not sufficient to discharge the same, after discharging other legacies which were by the sd testator in his said will & testament bequeathed to others & which said other legacies the sd John pretends were to be paid in preferance to the legacy to your Oratrix; whereas in truth & so your Oratrix expressly charges no legacy given by the will & testament of the said testator ought to have been paid in preferance to the legacy given thereby to your Oratrix, and also that the assets of the said testator which have come to the hands of the sd John as exr were considerably more than sufficient to discharge the debts due from the sd testator at the time of his death, if any were due from him, and all the legacies bequeathed by the sd testator in & by his said will & testament; all which actings & doings of the said John Dickerson are contrary to equity & good conscience & tend the manifest injury & oppression of your Oratrix: in tender consideration where & whereas your Oratrix is remediless in the premises except in this worshipful court sitting in chancery: to the end therefore that the sd John Dickerson exor of the testament & last will of John Dickerson decd whom your Oratrix prays may be made a Deft hereto with apt words to charge him, may on his corporal oath true & perfect answer make to all & singular the premises as fully & distinctly as if the same were herein again repeated & interrogated & more especially that he may set forth & discover if the sd John Dickerson decd did not make such last will & testament & bequeath to your Oratrix as herein stated? Was it not the intention of the testator to secure to your Oratrix the said legacy at its full value in gold & silver? Did not the sd Deft take into his possession immediately after the death of the sd testator the affects which were of the sd testator at the time of his death sufficient to discharge all the debts of the sd testator & the legacies bequeathed by his said will & testament? Did not the sd Deft alone take upon him the burthen of executing the sd will & testament? And that the said Deft may be decreed to pay to your Oratrix or to her father, by whom she now sues as her next friend, for her use the said legacy of £25 with int from the 8th day of January 1793 — when the same became payable, and that your Oratrix may have such further & other relief in the premises as may be agreeable to the usages of equity, & the nature of the case may require & to your worships may seem meet & May it please your worships to grant to your Oratrix the Commonwealth’s writ of subpœna to the sd John Dickerson exr &c of John Dickerson decd to the directed &c.
On 20 May 1796, it was ordered that the defendant pay unto the complainant £25 with interest and the costs of suit.
[Essex County, Virginia, Chancery Causes: Elizabeth Dickerson Turner v Executor of John Dickerson, 1796-017.]
Elizabeth Turner is listed in the 1805 will of her father John Turner as Elizabeth D. Dunn. [Essex County, Virginia, Will Book 16, pages 361–362.]