They lived on a 200 acre tract on waters of New Hope Creek bounded on the north by heirs of Jonathan Hobbs, on the east by Thomas D. Faucette, on the south by Baxter Davis, and on the west by FREDERICK WILLIAMS (Orange DB-27:544). He possessed this land at the time of his death, but record of its acquisition has not been found. His widow petitioned the court to allot a year's support and maintenance to her and "several small children." This was granted, and reports of the maintenance allotment and of sale of personal property were filed with the Court on 18 October 1827 by the Administrator, William Brown. Of 94 lots in the personal estate sale, 37 lots (kitchen and household items and livestock) were purchased by the widow, Susan Cheek; 29 lots (farming implements) were purchased by son John Cheek, 9 lots by son Stanford Cheek, and one or two lots each by cousins Anderson Cheek, Burroughs Cheek and Morgan Cheek. The land remained undivided until sold by Court order upon petition of the widow and children on 25 May 1846 (Orange Estate Papers, Box C.R./073/508/10, NC Archives). The widow and younger children may have continued to live on the New Hope farm for several years; Susan Cheek was head of a household in the 1840 Census. It is assumed that she lived with one or more of her children until her death at 102 years of age on 18 January 1872.