Brown v. Caldwell

SnydeR, Judge:

John Prather and wife, by deed, dated April 25, 1814, “in consideration of the sum of one hundred dollars to them in hand paid and of the trusts hereinafter expressed,” sold and conveyed to “John Brown and his heirs and assigns forever,” one acre of land in ¡the town of Charlestowu (now Wells-burg,) Brooke county,” for the following uses and trusts, to-wit: That the said John Brown, his heirs and assigps, shall at all times permit all the white religious societies of Christians and the members of such societies to use the aforesaid acre of land as a common burying ground, and…