Chancery Court Case Summary
Dishman vs Dishman
Source ID: S1309
Case Information
| Jurisdiction: |
Essex County, Virginia |
| Index No.: |
1831-077 |
| Case Filed: |
Nov 1815 |
| Final Decree: |
Apr 1831 |
| Plaintiff(s): |
Edmund Dishman et al |
| Defendant(s): |
Administrators of John Dishman |
Library of Virginia digital images:
Virginia Memory: Chancery Records Index - 057-1831-077
Summary and Genealogical Data
- Case filed to determine the distribution of the estate of John Dishman
- John Dishman died intestate in 1815 without any issue
- Estate included 238 acres in Essex county and slaves
- Suit identified his three living siblings and the heirs of his three deceased siblings:
- David Dishman (died before 1815)
- Edmund Dishman
- Susannah Coakly (husband died before 1815)
- Jane Tilman (wife of James Tilman)
- Catherine Owens (wife of Reuben Owens)
- Samuel Dishman (died before 1815)
- Samuel Dishman
- Mary Toombs (husband died before 1815)
- David Dishman
- John Dishman
- William Dishman
- Sally Toombs (wife of Gabriel Toombs)
- Margaret Gouldman (wife of Asa Gouldman, he died after 1815)
- Betsey Robinson (died before 1815), wife of George Robinson Jr (died before 1815)
- Austin Robinson
- Thornton Robinson
- James Robinson
- Amanda Robinson
- Anna Gray (died before 1815), wife of Obediah Gray (died before 1815)
- Sally Dishman (wife of Samuel Dishman)
- John Gray
- Obediah Gray
- Jane Dishman
- Mary Robinson (wife of George Robinson)
- Dinah Spearman (husband died before 1815)
Summary created by Keith Dishman, Johns Creek, GA on 9 Jan 2022