The petition to the will made by Martha McNeill and others to Judge Farquhar Bethune, filed November 30, 1844.
(From: Papers concerning the will of Zephaniah
Kingsley, 1844, 1846,
Series M87-
20)
Page 19
In the name and by the authority of the Territory of Florida
To the Sheriff of Duval County: Greeting:
You are hereby commanded that you immediately cite and
admonish Kingsley B Gibbs one of the Executors of the Last will and
Testament of Zephaniah Kingsley last of Fort George Island in the
County of Duval deceased to answer the Petition of Martha McNeil
Will Gibbs McNeill, Catherine Palmer, Anna Whistler and George
W. Whistler her husband: Isabella King and Ralph King, her husband;
and Sophia Ha Cooper heretofore filed in this court and of which
the annexed is a true copy, at least Ten days before the first day of
the next term of this Court, to be holden at the Court House in the Town of
Jacksonville in said County on the first Monday of April next ensuing:
and that he be and appear in said court on the first day of said
Time (to be holden as above mentioned) then and there to other cause if any he
may have or can shew why the prayer of the said petitions ought not
to be granted, or why he should not be held and required so to do.
And also that you cite and admonish the said Kingsley B Gibbs
Executor as aforesaid that he do not pay out any money or monies
or distribute any property Goods or chattels of the Estate of the said Zephaniah
Kingsley deceased, and that he is hereby strictly prohibited from
paying out any money or monies or distributing any Goods or
chattels or other property at his peril; which may of the said
Estate, in his hands, or within his power control, or in the hands, or
within the control of any other person or persons for him, or which
may hereafter come unto his hands, or within this person control, or into
the hands or within the power or control of any other person or persons for him
to any of the Legators or designees of the said Zephaniah Kingsley deceased,
or
to any other person or persons whomsoever until the further order of
this Court. And make due return of your doing herein, and the same you are
not to omit at your peril
Witness the Honorable Farquhar Bethune Judge
of County Court and the seal of said Court at the Court
House aforesaid this 21st AD October 1844
Isaiah D Hart, Clerk
The Douglas Esq.: Proctor for Petitioners: By Oscar Hart
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