Equity Court Abstracts

These are abstracts from Equity Court Records of Frederick County, Maryland, many times providing family data on the defendant and sometimes on persons not mentioned on the docket. Some of the listings are quite informative while others, being dismissed, may only have the date and name of plantiff and defendant. However, the cases brought before the judge consisted of sworn testimony and each one holds a story. Perhaps you will find a story connected to your search.
[Records Located at Maryland State Archives]

ECW-16, 415-453 - SHEPLEY, FREY, BROWN, WARRENFELTZ, CREAGER, GARDINER, BEARD, 
        SNOWBERGER, MINER, AUSHERMAN, BITTLE, FAWLEY

Estate of Elias E. SHEPLEY - Sep 1953

Elias E. SHEPLEY  d/ 24 Dec 1934 intestate, unmarried

bro/ Peter F. SHEPLEY  d/ 25 May 1943 intestate, leaving
.....widow - Lillian H. SHEPLEY as his sole heir.

bro/ William S. SHEPLEY - Myersville

bro/ George U. SHEPLEY  d/ Mar 1940, intestate, leaving 
.....widow - Ida SHEPLEY, as sole heir (d/ 1943-1944 intestate), 
     her heirs unknown

bro/ John C. SHEPLEY  d/ before Elias, heirs unknown
bro/ Charles E. SHEPLEY  d/ before Elias, heirs unknown

half bro/ Daniel SHEPLEY  d/ before Elias, leaving his son
............Melvin F. SHEPLEY  d/ Feb 1935, leaving his son
. . . . . . . D. Carroll SHEPLEY (s/o Melvin) - Myersville

half sis/ Hannah A. (Shepley) BROWN  d/ before Elias, heirs unknown
half bro/ Aron SHEPLEY  d/ before Elias, heirs unknown
half bro/ Lawson H. SHEPLEY  d/ before Elias, heirs unknown

LAND - 1/2 share of "Stephen's Hope", 2 1/2 acres at Church Hill in Jackson 
District; adjoining lands of Martin V. EASTERDAY (from Josiah TOMS & others).
Improved with a two-story frame house w/ metal roof, six rooms and cellar, barn, 
chicken house, smoke house and spring house.  
To Elias E. SHEPLEY and brother Peter F. SHEPLEY & w/ Lillian H.
from Effie L. AUSHERMAN, widow, on 15 Mar 1918.  [324-226].
Previously to David E. AUSHERMAN and w/ Effie L.  from Cyrus F. FLOOK, trustee, 
under Will of John A. SUMMERS in Feb 1915 [HWB-312, 52].

Lillian H. (FREY) SHEPLEY (w/o Peter) d/ 22 Oct 1954, intestate, no issue

bro/ David R. FREY, dec'd - 
.......s/ J. Peter FREY and w/ Grace I.
.......d/ Barbara (FREY)  w/o Philip WARRENFELTZ - Myersville

sis/ Anna CREAGER, dec'd -
.......s/ James CREAGER and wife - Hagerstown
.......d/ Hazel (CREAGER) MINER & husband - Hagerstown 
          (served papers as Hazel CREAGER, not married)
.......d/ Melissa (CREAGER) SNOWBERGER and husband - Waynesboro, PA

sis/ Mollie CREAGER, dec'd -
.......s/ William CREAGER, single - Waynesboro, PA

sis/ Mae GARDINER, dec'd -
.......s/ Marvin GARDINER, single - NYC
.......s/ George GARDINER
.......d/ Fern (GARDINER) & husband (unknown) -  Honolulu, Hawaii?

sis/ Ida BEARD, dec'd -
.......s/ Vaughn BEARD & wife - Hagerstown
.......s/ Calvin BEARD (unknown heirs, deceased?, whereabouts unknown)
.......d/ Gail BEARD, unmarried - Smithsburg
.......s/ Rudolph BEARD, dec'd (to his heirs) - (killed in Korean Conflict)

bro/ Richard R. FRYE and w/ Minnie - Hyattsville (Prince Georges Co)

Administrator was Byron W. THOMPSON. 

Paul BITTLE of Myersville testified that Peter died c 25 May 1943.

SALE held 1 Oct 1955 on the premises; high bidder was: 
- Charles William FAWLEY & w/ Creola Mae at $2,200

Filed 28 Oct 1955.