Following the death of Archibald Magruder, two of his daughters, with their husbands, brought suit in county court to have his land divided amongst his children. The court appointed three commissioners to go on the land and make a fair division for the six heirs. Their report to the court was recorded in the county will book. The part allotted to C. R. Samuels and wife is described below.
In November 1871, Mary E. Samuels, widow of C. R. Samuels, sold this 84 acres, and an additional 100 acres deeded to her by the heirs of her two deceased brothers, to Charles M. Schaffer and A. P. LeGros.
Bullitt County Deed Book Q, Pages 165-166
By an order of the Bullitt County Court made in the case of N. W. Gatten & wife & C. R. Samuels & wife against Archibald Magruder's heirs on petition for division of land, the undersigned was appointed a commissioner to convey to the parties the tract or boundary of land allotted to each of them by the commissioner appointed for that purpose in said cause.
Now pursuant to said decree I as commissioner for the heirs of Archibald Magruder dec'd convey to C. R. & Mary E. Samuels, formerly Mary E. Magruder, lot No. 2 as laid down and reported by commissioners with following boundary:
Beginning at a beech in Paul Froman's line & corner to a tract of land formerly conveyed by Lloyd Wilcoxen to James Caldwell, now a corner to Chapeze, thence with said Wilcoxen's line N 55° E 44 1/4 poles to a stake on west side of a sugar tree (marked for corner and division corner to lot No. 4) allotted to Ezekiel E. Magruder, thence with his line S 45° 30' E 25 4/10 poles to a stake, E. E. Magruder's corner, also division corner to lot No. 3 which was allotted to Samuel F. Magruder, thence with his division line S 4 1/2° E 240 poles to a white oak on top of a ridge, L. F. Magruder's corner also division to Ezekiel E. Magruder in Froman's original line, thence with said line S 85° W 55 poles to two white oaks (one down) on the east side of a steep hollow, Froman's original corner and division corner to lot No. 1 allotted to N. W. Gatton & wife, thence with said Froman's original line N 4° 30' W for 5° 235 poles to the beginning, containing by report of commissioners eighty four acres.
(Signed 13 Apr 1863 by A. H. Field, commissioner for N. W. & Susan C. Gatten, C. R. & Mary E. Samuels, Samuel F. Magruder and H. O. Magruder.)
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