Abstract:
On Dec. 16, 1843, John C. Smith, of Phillips Co., Ark., sold negroes to Marshal Dickinson, which by the Pitt County Court of Equity at March Term 1819 were decreed to the use of Mary Smith, wife of Charles Smith during her life and at her death to her children: Eliza (m. Edward Joyce); Emeline (m. William C. Anderson); and John C. Smith. Edward and Eliza Joyce had already sold their share to Marshal Dickinson.