Handwritten notes on a case concerning the will of a testator who died in 1838.  The testator made a devise to his daughter, Lucy Ferguson for life, then to Lucy's daughter Lydia, and if both die, then to "their lawfully begotten heirs."  Lucy died Spring of 1841 and Lydia died Fall of 1841.  Lydia was survived by her husband and their only child; the dispute in this case arises between the husband and the child.  Undated, but post-1841.

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