Strawn v. Strawn's Heirs

It appears, from the record in this case, that Jacob Strawn died on the 23d day of August, 1865. At the next term of the Morgan Circuit Court, appellees, as the heirs at law of deceased, filed a bill to have the widow’s dower assigned to her, and to have the lands of which he died seized partitioned among the heirs. Dower was assigned and partition made, but damages were not assessed to the widow. Appellant, as the widow, became administratrix of the estate, and retained the possession of the home plantation, upon which he died, containing about three thousand acres, and received the rents…