STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF YORK
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
16th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
EUGENE R. KENNEY, IV., Plaintiff v. THELMA HARRIS, THELMA REAVES, HENRY DAVIS, LEANA DAVIS, LENA DAVIS, MARTHA CARTER, HENRY T. DAVIS, JULIA MAE PATTON, JULIE MAE PATTON, THOMAS E. DEVINNEY, DELLA OWENS, MAGGIE TURNER, JOHNNIE MAE McCOY, RAY LEE TURNER, JOHN MASSEY, JR., FREDDIE LEE MASSEY, THESSALONIA WILLIAMS, DR. JAMES B. KIMBLE, PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST, LARRY McCOY, ALICE TURNER, THOMAS DAVIS, ELIZABETH ANN PATTON, JAMES CARTER, TED REAVES, AND JOYCE HORNE, all believed to be deceased or defunct but whose names are published herein to give notice of this action to any person claiming under them, and (as Defendants whose true names are unknown for any reason including but not limited to marriage) any child, or children and heirs at law or devisees, distributees of the above named persons if they or any of them be dead, and any and all persons entitled to claim by, through, or under them, or any of them; also any and all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the Complaint herein, all such unknown adults being as a class designated as JOHN DOE, and all such persons who are under 18 years of age, incompetent, incarcerated, in the military service or suffering from some other legal disability being as a class designated as RICHARD ROE,
Defendants.
SUMMONS
CASE 2025-CP-46-03412
TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE-NAMED (AND TO THOSE DEFENDANTS NAMED IN THE CAPTION ABOVE AS JOHN DOE AND RICHARD ROE, THEIR NATURAL, GENERAL, OR TESTAMENTARY GUARDIANS, PARENTS, COMMITTEES, CONSERVATORS, PERSONS WITH WHOM THEY RESIDE OR ARE EMPLOYED, OR PERSONS HAVING CONTROL OVER SUCH LEGALLY INCAPACITATED PERSONS) PLEASE TAKE NOTICE:
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED and required to answer the Complaint in this action, (WHICH WAS FILED AT 1:18 PM MON THE 2nd DAY OF September, 2025 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for York County a copy of which is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of you answer to the said Complaint on the subscriber at his office, 185 N. Palmer Street, (P.O. Box 450) Ridgeway, South Carolina 29130, within thirty (30) days after service thereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint and Judgement by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint.
ROBERT L. HARTMAN, III, PA, s/Robert L. Hartman, III., Robert L. Hartman, III
Attorney for Plaintiff. 185 N. Palmer Street, P.O. Box 450, Ridgeway, S.C. 29130.
803-337-2231, Ridgeway, South Carolina. 25th day of August, 2025
NOTICE OF FILING OF SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT
TO ALL DEFENDANTS LISTED IN THE CAPTION ABOVE AND ALL DEFENDANTS NAMED ABOVE WHO RESIDE OUTSIDE THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND TO ALL DEFENDANTS WHOSE ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN, TAKE NOTICE:
You are hereby notified that the Summons in the within action, together with the Complaint in the action, were filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for York County, 6 S. Congress Street, York, South Carolina, 29745 York County Courthouse, on the 2nd day of September, 2025 at 1:18 pm. See side of Document for filing time.
LIS PENDENS
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an action has been, or will be commenced in the Court of Common Pleas for York County, upon Complaint of the above-named Plaintiff against the above-named Defendants for Quieting Title. The property described below is the subject of this action:
All that certain piece, parcel, or tract of land lying, being, and situate near Rock Hill, County of York, State of South Carolina, containing (13.80) acres, more or less, and being bounded now or formerly as follows: on the northwest by tracts of Knox, Muhammad, and Jones; on the Northeast by lands of Tinker; on the Southeast by lands of Capstone Services, LLC; on the Northeast by lands of Capstone Services, LLC, and lands of Wherry; on the South by the right of way for West Oak Drive; on the Southeast by centerline of West Oak Drive; on the Northwest by lands of Thelma Harris.
This property is more particularly described according to a plat of survey prepared for Eugene Kenney by J. Chris Knight, "Knight Surveying and Mapping" on June 16, 2025, and recorded July 21, 2025 in Plat Slide 174 at page 270 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for York County and which plat is by reference incorporated herein as part of this description.
This is a portion of the same property conveyed to Eugene R. Kenney, IV by deed of Venturus, Incorporated recorded May 22, 2013 in Record Book 13434 at page 76 in the Office of the Clerk of Court for York County.
Tax Map#: 546-00-00-022
ROBERT L. HARTMAN, III, PA, By: s/Robert L. Hartman, III., Robert L. Hartman, III, Attorney for Plaintiff, 185 N. Palmer Street, P.O. Box 450, Ridgeway, S.C. 29130. 803-337-2231 Ridgeway, South Carolina. Dated: August 25, 2025
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM, NISI
TO JOHN DOE A FICTITIOUS PERSON REPRESENTING ALL UNKNOWN
DEFENDANTS whose true names are unknown for any reason including but not limited to marriage, any child, or children and heirs at law or devisees, and distributees, of all the above named persons entitled to claim by, through, or under them, or any of them; also any and all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the complaint herein.
You are hereby notified that unless you or some person in your behalf, within twenty (20) days of the service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, procures the appointment of a Guardian ad Litem Nisi to appear and defend this action on your behalf, the Order (filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for York County S.C., 6. S. Congress Street, York, S.C., 29745, appointing John E. James, Attorney at Law, PO Drawer 329, Winnsboro, South Carolina, 29180, Phone 803-635-4234, as Guardian Ad Litem, Nisi, for you, will become absolute.
S/Robert L. Hartman, III., Robert L. Hartman, III., Attorney for the Plaintiff, 185 N. Palmer Street, P.O. Box 450, Ridgeway, S.C. 29130, 803-337-2231, Ridgeway, S.C. dated August 25, 2025
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM, NISI
TO RICHARD ROE A FICTITIOUS PERSON REPRESENTING ALL UNKNOWN DEFENDANTS SUFFERING UNDER SOME LEGAL DISABILITY, TAKE NOTICE:
You are hereby notified that unless you or some person in your behalf, within twenty (20) days of the service hereof upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, procures the appointment of Joenathan Chaplin as Guardian ad Litem Nisi to appear and defend this action on your behalf, the Order (filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court for York County S.C., 6 S. Congress Street, York, S.C., 29745), appointing Jonathan Chaplin, Attorney at Law, 4511
N. Main Street, Columbia, South Carolina, 29203, Phone 803-543-8086, as Guardian Ad Litem. Nisi, for you, will become absolute.
S/Robert L. Hartman, III., Robert L. Hartman, III., Attorney for the Plaintiff, 185 N. Palmer Street, P.O. Box 450, Ridgeway, S.C. 29130, 803-337-2231. Ridgeway, S.C. dated August 25, 2025
ORDER FOR GUARDIANS
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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT:
1. John E. James, III, attorney, PO Box 329, Winnsboro, S.C.29180 ph. 803-635-4234 be and is hereby appointed as Guardian Ad Litem, Nisi for all Defendants whose true names are unknown for any reason including but not limited to marriage, any child, or children and heirs at law or devisees, and distriubutees, of all the above named persons entitled to claim by, through, or under them, or any of them; also any and all other persons unknown claiming any right, title, estate, interest in or lien upon the real estate described in the Complaint herein, all such unknown adults who are sui juris being described as a class as John Doe.2. That Mr. James' appointment shall be confirmed and made absolute in the event that no application for a substitute appointment is made by or on behalf of the said Defendants described above, or some person on their behalf, within twenty(20) days of the service of this Order upon said Defendants.3. That Joenathan Chaplin, 4511 N. Main Street, Columbia, S.C.29203 ph. 803-543-8086 is further hereby appointed as Guardian Ad
Litem Nisi for all Defendants known and unknown, who suffer under some legal disability being all minors, persons incarcerated, persons incompetent, persons in the military service, or other persons suffering under some other legal disability who may have or claim some interest in or lien upon the subject property in the Complaint, being as a class designated as Richard Roe.
4. That Mr. Chaplin's appointment shall be confirmed and made absolute in the event that no application for a substitute appointment is made by or on behalf of the said Defendants described above, or some person on their behalf, within twenty(20) days of the service of this Order upon said Defendants.
5. That this Order of appointment be served upon the unknown Defendants, out of state Defendants, instate Defendants whose whereabouts are unknown, and persons under some legal disability, by publication thereof in THE ROCK HILL HERALD, a newspaper of general circulation, in the County of York, State of South Carolina, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, along with the Summons of the action. This publication is most likely to give notice to the said Defendants if any there be. This publication shall give the name and address of the Guardians, and the date the appointments becomes absolute. This publication may be made after the publication is signed by the Circuit Judge or Clerk of Court in this case.IT IS SO ORDERED!
s/Angie M. Bryant, York County Clerk of Court. 9-16-25 York, South Carolina
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
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IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED AS FOLLOWS:
1. Service of the Summons, Lis Pendens, Notice and Order Paragraph Appointing Guardians Ad Litem NisiL and the Order Paragraph of this Order of Publication, shall be and is hereby ordered made on all of the Defendants listed in the caption to this case including the known and unknown out-of-state Defendants, known and unknown instate Defendants whose whereabouts are unknown, or cannot be served personally, unknown Defendants being John Doe, and known and unknown Defendants under some disability listed in the caption to this case as Richard Roe, in one newspaper being The ROCK HILL HERALD, a newspaper printed in the County of York, once a week for three consecutive weeks. Such service being equivalent to personal service. Publication in The ROCK HILL HERALD will most likely give notice to all listed Defendants, out-of-state known and unknown Defendants, instate known and unknown Defendants whose whereabouts are unknown, or cannot be personally served, unknown persons being known as John Doe, and unknown and known persons under disability, being Richard Roe, to be served.
2. The Summons as published, must state the time and place of filing.3. The Notice and order paragraph appointing Guardians Ad Litem Nisi shall also be published with the Summons, giving the name and address of the Guardians, and the date the appointments become absolute and the Office in which the Order was filed.4. The Lis Pendens as filed in the Clerk of Court's Office should be published immediately following the Summons in the publication.5. That on or before the date of the first publication of said Summons, and other processes mentioned, the Plaintiff shall deposit (if possible} (and if not already done} a copy of said Summons, and other papers mentioned, in the United States Post Office securely enclosed in an envelope, the postage duly prepaid thereon, certified mail, addressed to the known Defendants (except those who have accepted service} and the unknown Defendants being John Doe and Richard Roe unless it appears that said residence of the Defendants are neither known nor with reasonable diligence can be ascertained.6. The order paragraph of this Order for Publication shall also be published.7. Proper Service may also be made upon any of the Defendants by any other means.
IT IS SO ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED.
ANGIE M. BRYANT, York County Clerk of Court, 11-13-2025 York, S.C.