Milly Hill seeks permission to cut wood on the land of her late husband, Thomas P. Hill. The widow cites that the said Thomas died intestate and possessed of slaves and land. She further represents that her two sons, Warren and Hugh, "should go to school being some 12 or 15 years of age, but there has been no division of their fathers estate, and they have no income." Hill notes that there are several slaves in the estate "which will belong to the said two children, but they are not profitable and produce a very small income which is not sufficient for the purpose of educating her said children." She also attests that the estate contains some land upon which "there is a considerable quantity of cord wood." Hill therefore prays for the court's authorization "to cut and sell so much wood annually from the land for five or six years" as to enable her "to send her children to school and educate them without incurring debt."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
