Sumter District, South Carolina
Deed; July 8, 1802Robert Bates and Elizabeth Bates, his wife, late Elizabeth Wesbery, widow, of SumterDistrict, state aforesaid, to Isaac Lenoir and James Barnes, of said district, planters,the following described tract; a certain parcel of land containing 83 acres situated onMains Branch in district of Sumter, bounded on lands of Benjamin Ferguson, James Batesand Henry Clarke, being the same tract the said Elizabeth Wesbery purchased from RobertMackey. Also the following household furniture; two feather beds and furniture, one loomand gears, one cupboard and furniture, four iron potts, two tables and one handmill, thesame to be held with the tract aforesaid, in trust for the following uses and purposes,that is to say; if the said Robert Bates be the longest liver, he holds the propertyduring his natural life, and in case the said Elizabeth Bates survive him, she holds theproperty during life, and our will and desire is after both our decease, the said landand household furniture be equally divided between the said Elizabeths two youngest sons,Samuel Wesbery and Jonathan Wesbery.
Consideration; 20 shillings
Signed; Robert Bates + seal
Signed; Elizabeth Bates + seal
Witness; William Murrell and William Gerald
Proved, July 9, 1802. Recorded July 12, 1802.
Also see Isaac Lenoir
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MONROE NEWS STAR OBITUARY
MRS. ELMA JUANITA BURKETT CHAPMAN
Cox Funeral Home
Oak Grove, LA
Funeral services for Mrs. Elma Juanita Burkett Chapman, age 78, of Pioneer, LA will be held at 2PM Saturday at First Baptist Church, Oak Grove with Rev. Jimmy Herring and Rev. Pat Loftin officiating. lnterment will follow at New Forest Cemetery, Forest, LA under the direction of Cox Funeral Home, Oak Grove. Mrs. Chapman passed away Thursday, October 16, 2003 at Morehouse General Hospital of cancer.
Mrs. Juanita Chapman was born November 27, 1924 in West Monroe, LA. She was the only child of W. R. and Julia Womack Burkett She was married to Joseph Herbert Chapman for 62 years.
Mrs. Chapman was a dedicated Christian and a member of Goodwill Baptist Church for 60 years, where she served as pianist and church organist. She was currently an organist at St. Andrews Episcopal Church In Mer Rouge. Mrs. Chapman taught piano for many years and owned a Viking sewing machine franchise.
Mrs. Chapman was preceded in death by her parents and an infant daughter, Julia Juanita Chapman.
Our mother was our best friend. She was the most generous person we know. She gave freely of her time, talents, and money. She set an example of faithful Christian service for her children. No one can ever replace her in our hearts.
Left to mourn her passing is her husband, Joseph Herbert Chapman; three sons and their wives, David and Melinda Chapman of Monroe, Ralph and Ramona Chapman of Jacksonville, AR and Arden and Melanie Chapman of West Monroe; two daughters and their husbands, Elma Jo and Chris Elms of Pioneer and Amanda and Franz Roka of Oak Grove; fourteen grandchildren, Julia Chapman Brasfield, Ginger Chapman Morris, Jessica Chapman Karstendiek, Leah Chapman Lucio, Anthony Chapman, Johnathan Chapman, Bridget Elms Dunn, Betsy Elms Havens, Anthony Elms, Melissa and Hannah Chapman, Joseph, Robert and Stephen Roka; seven great grandchildren, Tristan Polk, Vivian Brasfield, Chasey Morris, Bryce Brasfield, Riley Dunn. Giana Karstendiek and Wesley Chapman; and many other relatives and friends.
Pallbearers will be grandsons, Anthony Chapman, Johnathan Chapman, Anthony Elms, Joseph Roka, Robert Roka, and close family friend, Jerry Donohue.
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WILL OF EDWARD WILLIAM CHAPMAN (1807-1887)Will Record Book 3, Pages 139 - 140, Russell Co., AL
Know all men by these presents that I, Edward W. Chapman of the County of Russell and State of Alabama, being of sound mind and memory, do make and publish this, my Last Will and Testament as follows:
TO WIT:
First, I give and bequeath to my son, Thomas, ten dollars. I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Capps, ten dollars. The above amounts to be paid in money.
Lastly, I give and bequeath to my daughter Loretta Chapman, all the land I possess, all my stock of mules, horses, hogs, and cattle, all the money I have in the bank, and all of my household and kitchen furniture, to have and hold to come forever. I also appoint my daughter Loretta Chapman to be her own mentor.
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Conveyance RecordSTATE OF ALABAMA
RUSSELL COUNTY
Know all men by these presents that we, John
Kenady and his wife Elizabeth Kenady,
of the County of Russell and State of Alabama for and in consideration
of 1100 dollars to
us, cash in hand, paid by Jeremiah
C. Butler of the County of Russell and the State of
Alabama; The receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge and do hereby
grant, bargain,
sell, and confirm unto the same Jeremiah C. Bitler the following tract
or parcel of land:
VIZ:
The North East Quarter of the
North West Quarter of Section 17
in Township 16 of Range 29 containing
60 acres & 12/100 of an acre.
Also the West Half
of the North East Quarter
of Section 17
in Township 16, Range 29 containing 80
acres & 24/100 of an acre
in the Tallaporaloma District of Alabama containing 120 acres more or less.
I have and to hold the afore granted premises
to the said Jeremiah C. Butler, his heirs
and assigns to their use and behalf forever and we do covenant with
said Jeremiah C.
Butler, his heirs and assigns that we are lawfully held in fee of the
above granted premises
that they are free of all encumbrances, that we have a legal right
to sell and convey the
same to the said Jeremiah C. Butler, his heirs and assigns, and that
we will warrant and
defend the said premises to the said Jeremiah C. Butler, his heirs
and assigns forever
against the lawful claims and demands of all __________, in witness
when of the said John
Kenady and Elizabeth Kenedy have here unto set their hands and seals
this 27th day of
January, in the year of our Lord, 1842.
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered in the presence of,
James Phillips
John Canady
Abram P. Mott, Justice of the Peace
Elizabeth Canady
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END OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON JOHN CANADY
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ALLEN A. CHAPMAN, SR
Allen A. Chapman, SR was born in Virginia,
in the year 1800. His parent's names are
not known, but we do know that he had an identical twin brother named
Anthony. About
the time of his eighteenth year, Allen married a young lady in Virginia.
Her name is
unknown to date but family sources indicate that she was a half-sister
to Allen's second
wife was Sarah Ann Thomas. Sarah's father was Joe Thomas and her mother
is not
known. As colonial records become more public, these names should surface
in the near
future. The
primary home of the Allen Chapman family was Virginia where their first
three children
were born... Nancy Araminta (called Nancy Ann), Sarah Ann, and Mary
Pollyanna (called
Polly).
After the birth of Polly, Allen, along with
his brothers and sister, Elizabeth, moved
south into Georgia. Allen and his wife settled in Putnam County which
neighbored the
counties settled by the other Chapmans. While in Putnam County, three
more children
were born... Elender, Elizabeth, and Emily Eula.
In 1835 Allen and family moved to the Loflin
community of Russell County, Alabama.
Two more children soon followed... Martha and Sophia. But it was following
the birth of
Sophia in 1838 that tragedy struck by the death of Allen's wife. She
was buried in Green
Head Cemetery adjacent to Anthony Chapel Methodist Church of which
they were
members. This was within short walking distance of their home, being
located directly in
front of their property.
Only a few months later, Allen married Sarah
Ann Thomas on February 7, 1839. Eight
children were born to Aleen and Sarah Ann, all born in Loflin. First
came twin daughters,
Amelia Ann & Eliza Jane. Then came Elvira, James Chambers, Evelina
Caroline,
Susannah, and Allen JR.
Upon Allen's death in 1872, he was buried
next to his first wife in Green Head
Cemetery. After the division of property among the heirs, Sarah Ann
moved to Bibb
County, Alabama where two of her children, Susannah and Allen, JR were
living. She
remained a widow until her death in 1895 and was buried in Shady Grove
Cemetery at
Randolph in Bibb County.
The following are Court records from Russell
County, Alabama concerning the Will
and Estate of Allen Chapman, SR.
WILL RECORD - VOLUME 3, PAGE 15, RUSSELL COUNTY, ALABAMA
STATE OF ALABAMA
ALLEN
CHAPMAN
RUSSELL COUNTY
In the name of God, I, Allen Chapman of the
County of Russell and State of Alabama,
being of sound and disposing mind and memory, and being desirous to
settle my worldly
affairs while I have strength to do so, do make my Last Will and Testament,
hereby
revoking all Wills by me at any time heretofore made.
First, I commit my soul to God who gave it;
And my worldly estate I dispose of as
follows: By appointing E. W. Chapman and E. W. P. Chapman as
Executors to manage
the estate to the best of their knowledge and ability. I also wish
them to divide the
proceeds of my estate equally between my heirs, with the exception
of E. G. Wall and his
heirs; And to E. G. Wall and his heirs I Will ten dollars ($10.00).
The above Executors are
not required to give bond for the execution of the Will above written.
Witnessed this fifteenth day of May, Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Two.
Eli Stringer
Allen Chapman
T. W. Lowe
Jill Duffee
Signed & Sealed in the presence of
S. C. Lindsey, Notary Public
PROBATE COURT
ALLEN CHAPMAN, DECEASED
AUGUST 20, 1872
IN THE MATTER OF THE PROBATE OF HIS WILL
This day came E. W. Chapman and E. W. P. Chapman
and filed this petition in writing
and under such therewith producing and filing in this Court an instrument
of writing
purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of said Allen Chapman,
deceased, and
moves the Court to admit the said Will to the widow and next of kin.
VIZ:
Sarah Chapman, the widow and relief of said deceased
Mrs Jane P. Alford
Mrs Susan Dennis
Mrs Emily G. Dennis
Mrs Elvira Braswell
Mrs Amelia Chapman
E. W. Chapman
Allen Chapman
James Sanders
THE ABOVE PARTIES RESIDE IN RUSSELL COUNTY,
ALABAMA AND ARE
OF FULL AGE.
James Chapman, resides in Panola County, Texas
E. G. Wall, resides in Monroe County, Arkansas
Mrs Nancy McGuire, resides in Macon County, Alabama
Mrs Ellen Thornton, resides in Bullock County, Alabama
Mrs Sophia Fuller, Putnam County, Georgia
James Dunlap, resides in Coosa County, Alabama
John Canady, Louisiana
Mrs Polly Canady, Louisiana
It is therefore ordered that citations issue
to the resident parties, and the non-residents
have notice by publication in the Russell Examiner, and the 10th day
of January, 1873 be
appointed a day for hearing said application, on which day said parties
intrusted can
appear and contest the same if they think proper.
T. L. Appleby, Judge of Probate
PROBATE COURT
ALLEN CHAPMAN, DECEASED
SEPTEMBER 10, 1872
ORDER TO SELL CROP OF CORN & C.
This day came E. W. Chapman, Executor of the
said estate, and filed his petition in
writing, and under such, praying for an order to sell the crop of cotton,
corn, peas, & c.
now on hand below, giving to said estate, upon the ground; That
there is not sufficient
moneys on hand to pay the debts and expenses of said deceased, and
that it will be
beneficial and to the interest of said estate to sell the same for
cash, and at as early a day
as may be in accordance with the prayers of said petition.
It is ordered and decreed that said Executor
do proceed to sell said crops in such lots
and parcels as he may think best for the benefit of said estate, and
at private or public sale,
and for cash.
It is further ordered that said Executor with
all care, keep amounts, and within sixty
days after said sale do report to this Court his account of such sale.
T. L. Appleby, Judge of Probate
PROBATE COURT
ALLEN CHAPMAN, DECEASED
SEPTEMBER 10, 1872
ESTATE OF
IN THE MATTER OF THE PROBATE OF HIS LAST WILL & TESTAMENT
This day having been appointed for hearing
the application of E. W. Chapman and
E. W. P. Chapman, which was heretofore filed in this Court, for this
probate of an
instrument of writing, purporting to be the Last Will & Testament
of Allen Chapman,
deceased. Now comes the applicants, and also comes A. McGehee, who
was heretofore
appointed to act as guardian adlitum for all the minors intrusted in
this proceeding; And in
appearing to the satisfaction of the Court, that notice of said application
and of this to be
appointed for hearing, the same has been given in pursuance of law,
and in strict
accordance with the former order of this Court. Made on the Twentieth
day of August,
Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Two, by publication continued for two
successive weeks
in the Russell Examiner, a newspaper published in this County, and
by citations personally
served as directed in said former order. Now on motion of said Proponents,
this Court
proceeds to hear said application. And it's appearing to this Court,
from the testimony of
Jill Duffee and T. W. Lowe that they signed the instrument of writing,
purporting to be the
Last Will & Testament of said deceased, and which writing is now
shown to them, on the
day and the date thereof, in the presence of said Testator and at his
request, as subscribing
witnesses to the same, the said Testator thus declaring that said instrument
constituted his
Last Will, and in living also show, by proof which is satisfactory
to this Court, that said
Testator was of the full age of twenty-one years and upwards at the
time of him making
said Will; And that he was of sound mind and fully capable of making
his said Will. It
therefore seems to this Court that said application should be granted.
It is therefore
Ordered, Adjudged, and Decreed by the Court, that said Will of said
Allen Chapman,
deceased, be received, and the same is hereby declared to be duly proven
as the Last
Will & Testament of said deceased, and as such, admitted to probate,
and ordered to
be recorded, together with the proof thereof, and all other papers
on file relating to this
proceeding.
T. L. Appleby, Judge of Probate
PROBATE COURT
ALLEN CHAPMAN, DECEASED
NOVEMBER 4, 1872
ESTATE OF
INVENTORY & APPRAISEMENT
This day came E. W. Chapman, Administrator
of the said Deceased, and presented his
inventory and appraisement of said estate, in due form and properly
verified. It is Ordered
that the same be filed and ordered.
T. L. Appleby, Judge of Probate
PROBATE COURT
ALLEN CHAPMAN, DECEASED
NOVEMBER 4, 1872
ESTATE OF
FOR THE SALE OF PERISHABLE PROPERTY
This day came E. W. Chapman, the Executor of
said estate, and filed this petition in
writing, praying for an order to sell the household and kitchen furniture,
horses, mules,
cows, hogs, and plantation tools, and various other perishable property
of the ground, that
the same are perishable and liable to waste; And the Court having read
said petition, and
hearing the proof adduced in support thereof, and being satisfied that
said petition is fully
sustained by said evidence, and that the property is perishable, and
that it will be beneficial
to the interest of said estate that the same should be sold and at
as early a day as may be in
accordance with the prayer of said petition; It is Ordered and Decreed
that said property
be put up and sold on the lot premises of said Deceased in this County,
in such lots and
parcels as said Administrator may think most advisable, and at auction
to the highest
bidder for cash, after having been given two days notice as required
by law of such sale,
by posting notices at the Court House and the other public places in
said County, and that
he make report of such sale to this Court.
T. L. Appleby, Judge of Probate
PROBATE COURT
ALLEN CHAPMAN, DECEASED
NOVEMBER 22, 1872
ESTATE OF
IN A MATTER OF DOWER
This day came Sarah Chapman, and files her
petition in writing, alleging among other
things, that she is the widow of said Deceased, and as such, is entitled
to have a life estate
assigned her in one-third of the lands described in said petition,
for her dower interest
therein; The same being lands of which her said husband was seized
in fee during her
marriage with him, in and to which she never relinquished her right
of dower; And that
said lands are so situated , the said dower can be set off and justly
assigned my metes and
bounds; And it not being shown to the Court that the proper notice
has not been given to
those intrusted, adversely to the said Widow in her said claim for
dower; And of the time
when said petition would be filed and an order for the assignment of
dower prayed for;
And it appearing from an inspection of said petition that the only
kin and next-of-kin of
said Deceased are as follows...
VIZ:
Nancy McGuire, a femme sole, resides in Macon County, Alabama
Ellen Thornton, a femme sole, resides in Bullock County, Alabama
Emily Dennis, wife of William Dennis, lives in Russell County, Alabama
Jane Alford, a femme sole, lives in Russell County, Alabama
Susan Dennis, a femme sole, lives in Russell County, Alabama
Amelia Chapman, wife of Edward P. Chapman, lives in Russell County
Edward W. Chapman, resides in Russell County, Alabama
Allen Chapman, a son, in Russell County, Alabama
An infant child of Eveline Dunlap, deceased, who was a daughter of Deceased,
and wife of James Dunlap, who lives in Coosa County, Alabama
James Chapman, lives in Panola County, Texas
Elvira Braswell, wife of Cornelius Braswell, resides in Russell County,
AL
Sarah Ann, wife of John Kenneday*, lives in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana
The minor children of Polly Kenneday*, deceased, who was a daughter of
Deceased, and widow of Jesse Kennedy*, deceased; Said minor
children live in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, their number and
names as well as the name of their guardian are unknown to
Petitioner.
The minor child of Martha Sanders, deceased, who was the daughter of the
Deceased, and wife of James Sanders, who lives in Russell County,
Alabama; The name of said infant child and that of guardian being
unknown.
The minor children of Elizabeth Wall, deceased, and wife of E. G. Wall,
living
in Monroe County, Arkansas; The number and names of said children,
as well as that of their guardian are unknown to Petitioner.
It is therefore Ordered, that the Third Monday
in December, Eighteen Hundred and
Seventy-Two be set a day for hearing the said application, and the
proofs which may be
submitted in support of the same. It is further Ordered that due notice
of the time and
notice of said application be given for at least two days to the resident
parties as aforesaid,
and that the non-resident parties be brought into Court by publication
in the Russell
Examiner, that all parties in interest can appear and defend against
the said application if
they see proper.
T. L. Appleby, Judge of Probate
* Kenneday and Kennedy are misspelled in the Court record. Should read "Canady".
PROBATE COURT
ALLEN CHAPMAN, DECEASED
NOVEMBER 27, 1872
ESTATE OF
ORDER SETTING DAY & C.
E. W. Chapman, Executor of the said estate,
having this day filed his application in
writing and under oath, praying for an order and proceedings to sell
certain real estate, in
said petition described, of the property of said Deceased at the time
of his death, for the
purpose of division, upon the ground, that the same cannot be equitably
divided among
the heirs of said estate; And it appearing from an inspection of said
petition, that the heirs
of said Deceased are his children,
VIZ:
Nancy McGuire, a femme sole, resides in Macon County, Alabama
Ellen Thornton, a femme sole, resides in Bullock County, Alabama
NEXT:
Emily Dennis, wife of William Dennis
Jane Alford, a femme sole
Susan Dennis, a femme sole
Amelia Chapman, wife of Edward P. Chapman
Edward W. Chapman
& Allen Chapman ... all of age and reside in Russell County,
Alabama
THEN: An infant child of Evelina Dunlap, deceased,
and was the wife of James Dunlap,
resides in Coosa County, Alabama
Sophia Fuller, wife of James Fuller, resides in Putnam County, Georgia
James Chapman, Panola County, Texas
Elvira Braswell, wife of Cornelius Braswell, Russell County, Alabama
Sarah Ann, wife of John Kennedy*, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana
A Minor child of Polly Kennedy*, deceased, Morehouse Parish, LA
The minor child of Martha Sanders, deceased, was the wife of James Sanders,
Russell County, Alabama
The minor children of Elizabeth Wall, deceased, was daughter of Deceased,
and
wife of E. G. Wall, Monroe County, Arkansas, whose names and that
of
their guardian are unknown to Petitioner.
It is therefore Ordered that the First Monday
in January, Eighteen Hundred and
Seventy-Three be hereby appointed a day for hearing the said application
and the proofs
which may be submitted in support of the same. It is further Ordered
that due notice of the
nature of said application and the time set for hearing the same, be
given at least forty
days before the said day of hearing, by publication in the Russell
Examiner, and by citation
to be served to the resident heirs, their custodians and guardians,
that they may all attend
and contest said application if they think proper.
T. L. Appleby, Judge of Probate
* Kennedy is misspelled in the Court records. It should read, "Canady".
PROBATE COURT
ALLEN CHAPMAN, DECEASED
DECEMBER 9, 1872
ESTATE OF
IN A MATTER OF DOWER
This being the day regularly appointed for
hearing the petition of Sarah Chapman,
praying for an allowance and assignment to her of dower in the lands
described as follows,
TO WIT:
The East half of Section Nineteen, The North West
Quarter of Section Twenty. Thirty acres off
of the
North East Quarter of Section Twenty; All being
in
Township Fourteen and Range Thirty in said County
and State, containing in all Five Hundred & Ten acres.
And it being proven to the satisfaction of
the Court that the parties in interest, are who
are particularly referred to and designated in the order of this Court
entered in the
premises on the Twenty-Second day of November, Eighteen Hundred and
Seventy-Two,
have each and all of them been duly notified of said petition, and
that the matter thereof
would this day be heard and determined by the Court, by publication
and otherwise as
required by law, and in all particulars in accordance with former order.
The Court
proceeds to hear the proof and to determine the right of said Petitioner
to dower in the
lands above set parcels, living the same described in said petition;
Wherefore it appears by
due proof to the satisfaction of the Court that said Petitioner is
the widow of said
Deceased, and that the said described was seized in fee during his
marriage with the
Petitioner of the several parcels of land above described, in and to
which the Petitioner
never relinquished her right of dower; That the dower in said lands
can be justly assigned
by metes and bounds.
It is therefore Ordered and Decreed by the
Court that the said Sarah Chapman is
entitled to have an estate for her life set apart for and allotted
to her in one-third of all, and
singular, the lands above described, that portion of said lands being
now adjudged by the
Court to be her rightful dower intrust therein. It is further Ordered
that for the purpose of
carrying the above decree into effect, that the Sheriff of this County
be directed by a
writing, in due time, and to be addressed in the notice of a writ of
dower, to serve man,
four freeholders, not connected with any of the parties to this proceeding
by an affinity, to
set off and allot by metes and bounds, the said dower interest of said
Sarah Chapman in
said land, having regard to the improvements and quality of the land,
as well as to the
quantity of the dower; And to perform all other deeds required of them
by law relative
thereto.
It is further ordered that said petition be
recorded.
T. L. Appleby, Judge of Probate
PROBATE COURT
ALLEN CHAPMAN, DECEASED
DECEMBER 21, 1872
ESTATE OF
IN A MATTER OF DOWER
Whereas in pursuance of a decree of this Court
rendered in these premises on the
Sixteenth day of December, Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Two, the following
writ was
addressed and delivered to the Sheriff of this County on the Eighteenth
day of December,
Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Two.
THE STATE OF ALABAMA IN PROBATE
COURT OF RUSSELL COUNTY
RUSSELL COUNTY
TO THE SHERIFF
Whereas it was decreed by the Probate Court
of Russell County on the Sixteenth day
of December, Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Two, that Sarah Chapman is
entitled to
dower in certain lands belonging to the estate of Allen Chapman, deceased,
and lying and
being in said County, and which lands are described as follows,
VIZ: The East half
of Section Nineteen. The North West
Quarter of Section Twenty. Thirty acres off of the
North East Quarter of Section Twenty. The whole
being in Township Fourteen and Range Thirty and
containing Five Hundred and Ten acres.
And whereas it was decreed that said dower
is one-third portion of said lands; And
whereas E. W. Chapman, Executor, and Sarah Chapman, and the heirs intrusted
in said
estate are parties to this proceeding and to such decree; You are hereby
directed in
pursuance of such decree to summons four freeholders, not connected
with any of the
parties intrusted by an affinity; To allot and set off by metes and
bounds, the said dower
interest, having regard to the improvements and quality of the land
as well as to the
quantity of the dower.
And you will make due return of this writ with
your proceedings thereas endorsed it as
before the next term of the Probate Court to be held at the Court House
of said County on
the Second Monday of January, Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Three.
Witness at this office this Eighteenth day
of December, Eighteen Hundred and
Seventy-Two, A.D.
T. L. Appleby, Judge of Probate
And whereas the said Sheriff did afterwards
on the Twenty-First day of December,
Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Two, return the said writ with his return
therein endorsed,
in writing, in words and figures following,
TO WIT:
In pursuance of the said writ to me directed;
I, this day summoned D. B. Mitchell, E.
Calhoun, Eli Stringer, and S. C. Lindsey, being four freeholders who
are not connected to
the parties named in said writ by affinity, to allot and set off the
dower as therein specified,
and before they proceeded to assign said dower, I administered an oath
to each of them,
impartially, and to the best of their skill and ability, to assign
the said dower pursuant to
the decree referred to in this writ.
Witness by my hand, this Twenty-First day of
December, Eighteen Hundred and
Seventy- Two.
J. S. Bunch, Sheriff of Russell County
Return of action of Freeholders on December 21, 1872 to the Court.
PROBATE COURT
ALLEN CHAPMAN, DECEASED
JANUARY 20, 1873
ESTATE OF
ORDER TO SELL LANDS
This being the day to which this case was regularly
continued for hearing the
application of E. W. Chapman, Executor in this Court of said estate
for an order to sell
certain lands hereafter described for the purpose of division; And
upon the grounds that
the same cannot be equitably divided among the devices of said estate;
And that said Will
does not empower said Executor to sell said lands without an order
of Court; And all the
parties intrusted in said application having been brought into Court
by publication in the
Russell Examiner, and by citations served on the resident parties,
in all respects strictly
according to the order of this Court made and entered in these premises
on the Twenty-
Seventh day of November, Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Two. Now comes
the said
Executor and moves the Court, that said application be granted; And
it being shown to the
satisfaction of this Court, by due proof, and by the oaths of D. B.
Mitchell and Eli Stringer
who are disinterested witnesses, and whose testimony has been taken
as in Chancery
cases, and which has been filed of record in this Court; That it will
be necessary to sell the
lands described as follows,
TO WIT:
The East half of Section Nineteen. The North West
Quarter of Section Twenty. Thirty acres off of the
North East Quarter of Section Twenty. All being in
Township Fourteen, Range Thirty; And containing
Five Hundred and Ten acres.
All should be sold for the purpose of division
according to the prayer of said
application. It is therefore Ordered, Adjudged, and Decreed that said
application be
granted; And said Administrator is hereby ordered to sell the above
described land at
public outcry in manners and methods as the law directs in such cases,
after having
furnished given notice for at least three successive weeks of the time,
place, and times of
sale, together with a description of the lands, that the said sale
be made for cash and upon
the late premises of the Deceased, in this County. Ordered further
that said Executor make
report of said sale to this Court within sixty days thereafter.
T. L. Appleby, Judge of Probate
THE STATE OF ALABAMA
RUSSELL COUNTY
Be it remembered that at a regular term of
the Probate Court of said State, held for
said County, at the Court House thereof in the town of Seale, on the
Second Monday ( it
being the Tenth day of February, Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Three,
A.D.) T. L.
Appleby, the
Judge of said Court presiding; The following proceedings were held...
PROBATE COURT
ALLEN CHAPMAN, DECEASED
FEBRUARY 5, 1873
ESTATE OF
ACCOUNT OF SALES
This day came E. W. Chapman, and filed his
account of the sale of the perishable
property, and the said account having been inspected by the Court.
It is now Ordered that
the same be recorded for future reference.
T. L. Appleby, Judge of Probate
PROBATE COURT
ALLEN CHAPMAN, DECEASED
NOVEMBER 24, 1873
ESTATE OF
AS TO CONFIRMATION OF SALE
This day comes E. W. Chapman, one of the Executors
of said estate, and files his
report in writing and under oath, putting forth among other things,
that on the
Seventeenth day of November, Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Three, between
the hours
of Twelve o'clock noon and Five o'clock in the afternoon, in pursuance
of the law in such
cases made; And in strict accordance with all and regular of the former
Order and Decree
of this Court, granted and entered in these premises on the Twentieth
day of January,
Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Three. He proceeded and sold at public
outcry on the
premises in Russell County, Alabama, the lands set forth and particularly
described in said
former Order and Decree; That said land was purchased at said sale
by Elisha Calhoun for
the sum of One Dollar and
Fourty cents per acre, making in the aggregate, Four Hundred and Seventy-Four
dollars
and
Sixty cents. And it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court from
said report, and from
evidence therewith submitted, that said amount so bid for said lands
by said Elisha
Calhoun was the highest and best bid for the same; That said sum so
bid was not greatly
less or disproportionate to it's real value; That said sale was legally
and fairly made, and
that the terms of the sale were complied with by the purchaser paying
the whole of the
purchase money.
It is Ordered, Adjudged, and Decreed that said
sale be, and the same is hereby
approved, and in all things ratified and confirmed by the Order and
Authority of this
Court. It is further Ordered that said report and all other papers
on file relating to this
proceeding be recorded.
T. L. Appleby, Judge of Probate
THE STATE OF ALABAMA
ALLEN CHAPMAN, DECEASED
RUSSELL COUNTY
ESTATE OF
REPORT OF EXECUTORS ON THE SALE OF LANDS
Whereas E. W. Chapman and E. W. P. Chapman,
Executors of the Last Will and
Testament of Allen Chapman, deceased, duly appointed in and by said
County, heretofore
applied for and obtained on the Twentieth day of January, Eighteen
Hundred and Seventy-
Three, an Order and Decree of said Court for the sale of the land described
as follows,
VIZ:
The South East Quarter of Section Nineteen, Township
Fourteen, and Range Thirty, containing One Hundred &
Sixty acres; And a part of the North West Quarter of
Section Twenty, Township Fourteen and Range Thirty,
containing One Hundred and Fifty acres; Also part of
the North East Quarter of Section Twenty, Township
Fourteen and Range Thirty, containing Thirty
acres,
more or less, and the whole containing Three Hundred
and Thirty-Nine acres, more or less...
... which land was sold by said Executors,
under and in pursuance of said Decree on
the Seventeenth day of November, Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Three,
at public outcry,
between the hours of Twelve o'clock noon and Five o'clock in the afternoon,
to Elisha
Calhoun, for the sum of Four Hundred and Seventy-Four dollars and Sixty
cents, that
being the highest and best bid for the same. After the time, place,
and terms of sale,
together with a description of the land had been given by posting written
notices at the
Court House door and three other public places in Russell County for
the term of three
successive weeks; And whereas said sale was duly reported by said Executors
and on the
Twenty-Fourth day of November, Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Three,
the same was
confirmed by an Order of said Court. And whereas, the whole of said
purchase money has
been paid, and said Court upon the application of said Executors to
said purchaser thereof,
according to law.
Now therefore, this instrument that the said E. W. Chapman and E. W.
P. Chapman as
such Executors as aforesaid, hath in accordance with the Order of said
Court last referred
to, conveyed and confirmed and by this instrument hath conveyed and
confirmed to the
said Elisha Calhoun, his heirs and assigns forever, all claims, rights,
title, and interest
which the said Allen Chapman, deceased had at the time of his death,
in and to the lands
aforesaid. In witness whereof the said Executors hath hereto affixed
their hands and seals
this, the Twenty-Ninth day of December, Eighteen Hundred and Seventy-Three,
A.D.
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered in the presence of
A. McGehee, Notary Public, State of Alabama, Russell County
E. W. Chapman
T. L. Appleby,
E. W. P. Chapman
Judge of Probate
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INFORMATION ON ALLEN CHAPMAN, SR
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AMOS ELISHA CHAPMAN
Amos, like his paternal grandfather, was an
identical twin. A few of the twin stories are
found below. Amos worked as a farmer, and as secretary of the Catahoula
Parish School
Board. He taught music and voice for churches and public school. He
suffered a heart
attack in Enterprise, and died at the hospital in Columbia.
The following is a newspaper clipping from the late 1950's Catahoula
News
by Mrs Mae Cruse.
ENTERPRISE
A. E. Chapman Honored At Surprise Dinner
Mr. A. E. Chapman was honored Sunday with a
surprise dinner and gathering at the
New Ouachita Baptist church. This occasion came as a complete surprise
to both Mr. and
Mrs. Chapman as everyone planned the day in a whispering campaign.
After the usual Sunday School and Church services,
the primary group sang the closing
song, " We Love You, Uncle Amos." Then Rev. Jack Crews, pastor, said:
" Uncle Amos,
as you have already suspected by now, we are honoring you on this day.
This is Uncle
Amos Day." But Uncle Amos had not suspected anything unusual,
even when most of his
children from out of the community, arrived in time for church. Mrs.
Chapman admitted
later she began to wonder what in the world she'd feed that many for
dinner.
" Uncle Amos," as he is so affectionately called,
is well known in Catahoula Parish. He
was born March 8, 1884, at Antioch, which at that time, was part of
Catahoula Parish. He
was the older of identical twins. His twin brother is D. E. Chapman
of Grayson.
The Chapman twins are the only survivors of
the nine children of Joe and Elizabeth
Chapman. The father died when the boys were only one year old. When
they were 13
years old, their mother, because of circumstances, had to break up
housekeeping.
However, the boys were determined to continue their education.
They both attended Old Mt. Lebanon College,
LA Tech, and the Old Normal at
Natchitoches. Uncle Amos taught fourteen years in schools at Rosefield,
Cassels, Curry,
Larto, and Enterprise. In addition to his public school teaching he
has taught many singing
schools in churches throughout the area.
At the age of 29, he married Ruth Sones of
Rosefield. After a few years they settled in
Enterprise. Nine children were born to this marriage. They were Edison,
Herbert, Thelma,
Edna, Eleanor, Nell Ruth, Vera, Marcia, and Virgil. All are still living.
Seven of Mr. Amos' children were present to
help with the celebration, as was his
brother, Lige, with his wife, Nellie and several of their children.
At this time, several
people recalled the times when they had been confused as to which brother
was Lige or
Amos, since they had in former years looked identical in appearance.
There are family
stories of how the boys had swapped places to fool the girls they were
dating. There is
also a story, sometimes denied by Ruth, that she once failed to recognize
her own husband
at a church meeting. So the story goes that Lige's wife, Nellie, was
with Amos and he was
holding one of Nellie's children when Ruth walked up and spoke to Nellie.
She then turned
to Amos and shook hands and said, " How are you, Lige." Amos
realized she didn't
recognize him, so didn't smile but answered in a polite way. She realized
her mistake when
the late Mr. Bob McGuffee, who was standing nearby, laughed.
Mr. Amos has been a vital member of the community
throughout his many years here,
and all planned to make His day as memorable as possible. His son,
Edison, a public
school music teacher, led the afternoon's singing. Duets and quartets
were also rendered
which everyone enjoyed.
Plenty of good food was brought for the dinner
and a big cake, inscribed with " Uncle
Amos," was presented to the honoree. A nice, comfortable rocking
chair which he will
choose for himself, will also be presented him.
He said, in making his speech of thanks, that
his heart was much fuller than his
stomach, even though he enjoyed all the good food. This statement was
expressed at the
close of the day's celebration after which the couple stood in a receiving
line to receive the
well wishes of all present. At this time, Mrs. Chapman was wearing
a lovely white
carnation presented by the church.
The following is an exerpt from a March 1994 newspaper clipping entitled
"School is
Closing... Enterprise High School to Honor Last Graduates." In the
section containing
some historical data about the school was this...
A second interesting happening occurred when
twins, Amos and Lige Chapman taught
there. They were identical, but their natures were not. Amos was warm
and cheerful,
whereas his brother was more stern. Since Lige came first every day,
some boys attached a
bucket of water to the bell so he would get the full benefit of it
when he rang the bell to
hasten dragging feet over the hills to the schoolhouse. It was Amos,
though, who arrived
first for the christening. He said it was the only time that year he
came early.
March, 1961 Newspaper clipping:
Twins Observe 77th Birthday
ENTERPRISE: Amos E. Chapman of Enterprise and his brother, D.
E. Chapman,
Grayson, celebrated their 77th birthday together at the Community Center
in Columbia
recently.
Solos, quartets, and group singing added to
the observance, with both twins
participating. Both of them have been active in leading singing and
teaching singing
schools and both have directed church music.
Those attending the event included: Mr. and
Mrs. Edison Chapman and children of
Monroe; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Chapman and children of Pioneer; Mr. and
Mrs. Jimmy
Chapman and children of Grayson; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Chapman and children
of Jena;
Mr. and Mrs. Cedric Chapman and children of Columbia; Mr. and Mrs.
Mike Strange and
children of Houston, Texas; Vance Chapman and Mrs. Norma Raye Sparks
of Port
Sulphur;
Miss Blanche Ruth Chapman of Baton Rouge; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Peyton Chapman
of
Baker; Mrs. Nell Lewis, Kelly; Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Harris, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma;
Mrs. A. E. Chapman, Enterprise; and Mrs. D. E. Chapman, Grayson.
From the Monroe Morning World newspaper, Wednesday, December 27, 1961,
page 8-A
comes the following:
A. E. Chapman, 77, of Enterprise, died Tuesday
following a short illness. Mr.
Chapman was the father of A. E. Chapman of West Monroe.
Funeral services will be held at the New Ouachita
Baptist Church with the Rev. Jack
Crews officiating. Time of the service as of last night was pending.
Interment will be held in the Catahoula Cemetery
under the direction of Riser and Son
Funeral Home of Columbia.
Survivors include six daughters: Mrs. Edna
Simpson, Baker; Mrs. Thelma Buckley of
Bunkie; Mrs. Nell Lewis of Kelly; Mrs. Eleanor Poche of Breaux Bridge;
Mrs. Vera
Harris of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Mrs. Marcia Shafer of Amarillo,
Texas; Two
other sons: J. H. Chapman of Pioneer and Virgil Chapman of Shreveport;
and one brother,
D. E. Chapman of Winnsboro; and 40 grandchildren.
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ON AMOS ELISHA CHAPMAN
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CHILDREN OF AMOS ELISHA CHAPMAN
Amos Edison Chapman: Although I've heard Edison referred to as
Amos, JR, he is not
a Junior in name but more by character. His life and priorities are
patterned very closely to
his father, for both men being lovers of music. Both taught music at
schools and churches,
and both have been very dedicated choir directors. Edison graduated
from Harrisonburg
High School and from college at Northeast State in Monroe. He is now
retired with wife,
Evelyn in Epps, LA, next door to Evelyn's family. Edison has always
had a very strong
personality. He never seems to waver on decisions or beliefs. And yet,
he is a great lover
of the outdoors, especially fishing. I doubt that anyone would argue
if you said you were
going fishing on Big Lake in Enterprise and needed a partner to go
along to find the big
ones; The unanimous choice to carry along would be Edison. All things
said, Edison is the
patriarch of the Chapman family.
Joseph Herbert Chapman: Herbert graduated from Harrisonburg High
School and
Northeast State Junior College ( now University ) in Monroe. He retired
as a mail carrier
for his hometown of Pioneer, in West Carroll Parish, and also farmed
there. He and his
wife, Juanita (now deceased November 2003) are retired and living in Pioneer.
Edna Earl Chapman Simpson: Edna graduated from Harrisonburg High
School and
has been a homemaker most of her life. She lived with her Uncle Tom
Sones in West
Monroe where she worked as a housekeeper and nanny to his kids. In
return, Tom paid
for her one year of education at the Junior College at Northeast in
Monroe. She is now a
widow, living in Baker, Louisiana.
Thelma Olivia Chapman Buckley: Thel graduated from Enterprise
High School and
Louisiana State University. She worked for many years as a teacher
for Vinton High
School near Lake Charles. Thel contributed uniquely to much of the
information contained
within these pages. She has a very keen mind as to details of the Chapman
family. She is
now a widow, living in Urania, LA.
Virgil Pascal Chapman: Usually called Virgil or Pat. One could
write a book about
Virgil and sell the rights to Hollywood. The perfect actor to play
the lead would have to
be Jim Carrey. By far, the most entertaining member of the family.
His motto would be, " I
will do anything once." Stories abound, and here are a few. As a child,
his sister Nell had a
baby doll that would cry, so she was left in tears as she witnessed
Virgil cut the doll open
to find out what was in there to make the doll cry. As a youngster,
denim pants started to
be made, and his first pair came with a tag which read," Guaranteed
Not To Rip Or Tear."
So Virgil decided to test these new jeans by taking a razor blade to
them. As an
adolescent, he learned a new skill; Finding a snake hole in the ground
(some can have a
very large opening), and running his arm deep down, sometimes all the
way to his arm pit
if necessary, and pulling out a snake. He was very successful at this,
and did this with
several witnesses. He explained that he wasn't afraid of being bitten
because the snake
would always enter the hole headfirst, so logically he would always
be grabbing the tail
end. Amazingly he was never bitten, because for every entrance hole,
there would be an
exit hole nearby. My guess is that he must have investigated the holes
prior to invading
them to see the snake enter. One time he came upon a crippled buzzard.
When Virgil
approached it to check it out, the buzzard bit him on the nose. Virgil
was known to bite
the head off of a live turtle and suck milk straight from the cow.
These are just a sampling
of the stories. Needless to say, Virgil was full of fun and surprises.
He graduated from
college at either Northeast or Northwestern University ( I'm not sure
which one is correct
). He was loved in many churches and communities from central and north
Louisiana,
where he served as music director. He died from a stroke and aneurysm
while living in
Shreveport.
Nell Ruth Chapman Lewis: Nell graduated from Enterprise High School
and completed
several semesters (24 hours)at Northeast State in Monroe. She received
her Licensed
Practical Nurse degree at Ouachita Valley Vocational-Technical School
in West Monroe
on February 28, 1964. She worked as a licensed nurse at Winnfield General
Hospital,
Columbia Heights Hospital for Dr Causey, Caldwell Parish Hospital and
Clinic for Dr
Carroll, and Hardtner's Hospital in Urania. She is now retired, with
husband Clint, in
Columbia Heights, LA.
Eleanor Lorraine Chapman Poche: Eleanor graduated from Enterprise
High School
and was a homemaker in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. She had a very outgoing
personality
and always had a mind of her own when it came to what she did.
Growing up, she was
nicknamed "freight train" by her siblings because she moved at her
own pace, which was
usually very slow. She stayed in trouble because of her lack of inhibitions,
such as, sticking
her tongue out at the teacher. She died from Lymphoma.
Vera Jean Chapman Harris: Vera graduated from Enterprise High
School and has been
a homemaker in Oklahoma City for many years. She was very shy in her
early years,
usually running and hiding when a visitor would come over. When she
was about eight or
ten years old she got typhoid fever. As a result, all of her pretty
platinum blond straight
hair fell out. Much to everyone's surprise, when it grew back, it was
full of curls. She is
now a widow and still lives in Oklahoma City, near her children.
Marcia Faye Chapman Shafer: Marcia is usually called Marshie or
Marc by friends and
relatives. She graduated from Enterprise High School and McNeese State
University in
Lake Charles. She taught for many years in Sulphur, near Lake Charles.
I would describe
Marshie as an avid reader and very knowledgeable in diverse areas.
While most people
enjoy watching Wheel of Fortune, she is on the other channel playing
Jeopardy. She and
husband Roger are presently retired and living in Sulphur where she
is secretary for a non-
denominational church fellowship pastored by my personal friend Gene
Vincent.
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END OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON CHILDREN OF A.
E. CHAPMAN
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ANTHONY H. CHAPMAN
Anthony H. Chapman was born in Virginia in
the year 1800. He had a twin brother
named Allen. Anthony's nickname was "Pulaski" and was known by many
friends and
acquaintances as "Pou".
While in his twenties, Anthony moved south
into Georgia with several brothers ( Allen,
Edward William, and John L.) and at least one sister ( Elizabeth ).
All of the family moved
together but occasionally settled in neighboring counties. In the mid-1820's,
Anthony is
found living in Baldwin County, Georgia and on April 21, 1826 marries
Ann S. Hines.
Record of only one child was found of this marriage, Edward William
Pulaski Chapman,
who was born on March 28, 1831 in Baldwin County. It was during this
same year that
Ann died, and probably as a result of birth complications. Their son,
Ed had problems with
one leg, possibly lame or club foot, of which could have been due to
birth complications.
After Ann's untimely death, Anthony and Ed
moved up the road to Jasper County
where he married Malinda Reeves on December 5, 1833. Anthony and Malinda
stayed in
Jasper County for fourteen years in which time five children were born.
These were Allen
Green, Mary Ann, Elizabeth, William, and Joseph Franklin. In 1845,
Anthony and
Malinda, with the six children moved over to Russell County, Alabama
where his brother
Allen had settled nearly ten years earlier. While in Russell County,
Thomas Anthony was
born. It was after this that the family structure changed. The decision
was made to move
further west and leave his first born, Ed, with Anthony's younger brother,
Edward William
and his wife Penelope, who lived in Stewart County, Georgia. It was
felt that Ed was not
physically able to make the journey safely.
So it was in 1847 that the family moved into
Smith County, Mississippi. Here, two
more sons were born, Robert Arnold and John Randal.
In 1854, the Chapman's made their final move
to Antioch Community in what was then
known as Catahoula Parish, but later this area became part of La Salle
Parish. While
residing in Antioch, Anthony received a land grant of 80 acres in Ouachita
Parish. This is
the last recorded event found involving Anthony, because he died prior
to the 1860
Federal census. Malinda is found as Head of Household in that census,
but died in that
decade. It is presumed that both Anthony and Malinda are buried in
unmarked graves in
Wilbank's Cemetery that is very near their home. Wilbank's was used
by nearly all of
Anthony's children as a family cemetery.
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ON ANTHONY H. CHAPMAN
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EDWARD WILLIAM CHAPMAN
Edward William Chapman was born in Virginia
on May 7, 1807. When his older
brothers, Anthony and Allen, left their home state for Georgia, Edward
being about
eighteen years old went with them. He settled for a while in Jones
County where he met
Penelope Morton. They were married on September 19, 1832. Their first-born
son,
Thomas, was born one and a half months later on December 19, 1832.
By 1840 the family relocated to Stewart County
where Anthony had been living since
1831. No record was found of any children after Thomas until 1842 when
Henry was
born. Three more children followed while in Stewart County. These were
Sarah Elizabeth
in 1845, Marcus Morgan in 1846, and Georgia Ann Virginia in 1848. Between
the births
of Marcus and Georgia, Edward received guardianship of Anthony's first
born, Edward
William Pulaski Chapman in 1847. This was due to Ed's poor health and
inability to make
the trip to Smith County, Mississippi with the family.
The family, with Edward's nephew, remained
in Stewart County through 1850 and
moved to Ft Mitchell in Russell County, Alabama. This was only a few
miles from his
older brother, Allen, who was in Loflin. Two known children were born
in Ft Mitchell:
Loretta in 1852 and Penelope in 1861.
Edward was the chief Administrator for the
Will of Allen Chapman. His nephew, Ed
was the other Administrator. Edward and his wife remained in Fort Mitchell
until their
deaths. She died on May 14, 1880. He died on April 30, 1887. Both are
buried next to
their son, Marcus, who died in 1846, in the Green Head Cemetery on
the grounds of
Anthony Chapel Methodist Church in Loflin. Anthony Chapel was abandoned
and
demolished many years ago, and the cemetery is in ruins. Only a handful
of gravemarkers
are intact, a few of which are Chapmans. The grave of Allen and his
first wife are known,
but the markers are no longer there.
The following is the Will of Edward William Chapman.
Will Record Book 3. Pages 139 - 140. Russell County, Alabama
Know all men by these presents that I, Edward
W. Chapman of the County of Russell
and State of Alabama, being of sound mind and memory, do make and publish
this, my
Last Will and Testament as follows:
TO WIT:
First, I give and bequeath to my son, Thomas,
ten dollars. I give and bequeath to my
daughter, Sarah Capps, ten dollars. The above amounts to be paid in
money.
Lastly, I give and bequeath to my daughter,
Loretta Chapman, all the land I possess, all
my stock of mules, horses, hogs, and cattle, all the money I have in
the bank, and all of my
household and kitchen furniture, to have and to hold to come forever.
I also appoint my
daughter Loretta Chapman to be her own mentor.
In testimony, I Edward W. Chapman have subscribed
my name in the presence of we
who at in request and in my presence, and the presence of each other,
have subscribed our
own names in witness thereto.
Attest:
April 6, 1882
W. L. Scaife
E. W. Chapman
J. S. Owens
THE STATE OF ALABAMA
PROBATE COURT
RUSSELL COUNTY
In the matter of the probate of the Last Will
and Testament of Edward W. Chapman,
deceased; Before me, E. Harrison Glenn, Judge of said Court, previously
offered in Open
Court, William L. Scaife and John S. Owens, who having been by me respectively
sworn
and examined, depose and say that each of them is a subscribing witness
to the instrument
of writing now shown to them, and which purports to be the Last Will
and Testament of
Edward W. Chapman, deceased, late inhabitant of said County of Russell:
That said
Edward W. Chapman, since deceased, request and executes said instrument
on the day the
same bears date, and declared the same to be his Last Will and Testament,
and that
officiates respectively at these signatures thereto, on the day the
same be on date.
Subscribing witnesses to the same, in the presence of said Testator:
That said Testator
was of sound mind and disposing memory, and in the opinion of deponent
fully capable of
making his Will at the time the same was made as aforesaid: That said
Testator was on the
day of the date and making of said Will, of the full age of twenty-one
years and upwards.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
This the 11th day of July, 1887.
E. Harrison Glenn
W. L. Scaife
Judge of Probate
J. S. Owens
Russell County, Alabama
The Will of Edward W. Chapman, deceased, on
preceding page was admitted to
probate and recorded this July 11th, A.D. 1887.
E. Harrison Glenn
Judge of Probate
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END OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON EDWARD WILLIAM
CHAPMAN
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EDWARD WILLIAM PULASKI CHAPMAN
Ed Chapman was the first-born son of Anthony
H. Chapman. (See more details about
Ed in the additional information section on Anthony) Family memoirs
indicate that Ed was
referred to as "Crippled Ed Chapman" in the community. This nickname
helped
differentiate him from his Uncle Edward William and his cousin Edward
William who
were both in the same community.
Ed served in the Confederate army during the
Civil War. He enlisted in Fort Mitchell,
Alabama on July 3, 1861 as a Private with Company A, 15th Alabama Infantry
Regiment
Civil War records
are as follows:
May 25,
1862 Present and unhurt at Winchester
June
8, 1862 Cross Keep
June 27,
1862 Cold Harbor
July
2, 1862 Malvern Hill
Aug
9, 1862 Cedar Mountain
Aug 23,
1862 Hazel River
Aug 27,
1862 Manassas Junction, Virginia
Aug 28,
1862 Manassas Plains, Virginia
Aug 30,
1862 Manassas Plains, Severely Wounded. He was sent home to recover.
Dec 13,
1862 Fredericksburg, Virginia
May 13, 1863
Present and unhurt at Suffolk, New York
July 2-3, 1863
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
July 24,
1863 Big Battle Hill Mountain
Sep 19,
1863 Cooking Detail
Sep 20,
1863 Absent Detail at Chickamauga, Georgia
Oct 27,
1863 Absent Detail at Raccoon Mountain, Georgia
Oct 28,
1863 Absent Detail at Lookout Valley, Georgia
Nov 16, 1863
Present and unhurt at Campbell Station, Tennessee
Nov 25-26, 1863
Absent Detail at Knoxville, Tennessee
Nov 28-29, 1863
Cooking Detail
May
6, 1864 Present and unhurt at Wilderness
May
8, 1864 Absent Detail at Spottsylvania
May 12, 1864
Present and unhurt at Spottsylvania
June
3, 1864 Cold Harbor
June 17, 1864
Chester Station
Aug 14,
1864 Deep Bottom
Aug 16,
1864 Reported AWOL
Oct
7, 1864 Cooking Detail
Oct 13,
1864 Cooking Detail
Oct 27,
1864 Cooking Detail
Detail up to
Dec 31, 1864 Historical Record Roll, Richmond, Virginia.
Ed was known throughout the community as having
a very fun-loving character. He
was also an active Mason in good-standing with that organization.
The following are the Court records concerning the estate of E. W. P. Chapman.
PROBATE COURT DEC 14, 1898
THE STATE OF ALABAMA
E. W. P. CHAPMAN, DECEASED
RUSSELL COUNTY
ESTATE OF
This day comes Mattie Chapman and files her
application in writing and under oath,
praying to be appointed Administratrix of said estate, alleging in
her said petition that she
is the widow of said decedent, who was an inhabitant of this State
at the time of his death;
That he departed his life in this County, leaving property therein
of about the value of Two
hundred and fifty dollars and probably not more to the best of petitioners
knowledge,
information, and belief; And also showing in and by said petition,
who are the heirs and
next of kin of said deceased, and their respective ages, sex, condition,
and residence so far
as she knows; And it being satisfactorily shown to the Court that the
allegations of said
petition are substantially true, and said Mattie Chapman having given
bond in the sum of
Five hundred dollars with L. C. Corcoran and G. E. Stratford as her
sureties, which has
been duly taken and approved by the Judge of this Court; It is ordered,
adjudged, and
decreed that the said Mattie Chapman be and she is hereby appointed
to administer said
estate and that the proper letters of administration do issue to her
forthwith; It is further
ordered that an appraisement of said estate be made that G. W. Willis,
E. G. Calhoun, and
Claud Corcoran be and they are hereby appointed and authorized to appraise
said estate,
and that they have due notice of this appointment; It is further ordered
that said petition be
recorded.
H. T. Burton
Judge of Said Court
PROBATE COURT OCT 23, 1900
THE STATE OF ALABAMA
E. W. P. CHAPMAN, DECEASED
RUSSELL COUNTY
ESTATE OF
Mattie E. Chapman, Administratrix of said estate,
having this day filed her application
in writing and under oath, praying for an order and proceeding to sell
certain real estate in
said petition described of the property of said decedent at the time
of his death, for the
purpose of paying the debts due from said estate, upon the grounds
that the personal
property of said estate is insufficient for that purpose; And it appearing
from an inspection
of said petition, that the only heirs of said deceased are as follows:
Al Chapman, Anthony
Chapman, Addie Chapman, Emma Stratford, wife of G. E. Stratford, Mrs.
Mollie
Lancaster, the wife of Law Lancaster, Mrs. Sallie Lancaster,
the wife of El Lancaster,
residents of Russell County and over 21 years of age; And Pough Chapman,
a minor under
21 years of age and who resides with his mother, your petitioner, in
Russell County; and
Eddie Chapman, Oscar Chapman, and Johnnie Chapman, residents of the
town of
Calhoun, Louisiana, who are over 21 years of age. It is therefore ordered
that the 10th day
of
December, 1900, be and it is hereby appointed a day for hearing the
said application and
the proofs which may be submitted in support of the same. It is further
ordered that due
notice of the nature of said application and of the time above set
for hearing thereof, be
given, at least forty days before said hearing by publication in the
Russell Register, a
newspaper published in said County for all persons in interest to appear
and contest said
application if they think proper. It is further ordered that said Anthony
Chapman, Addie
Chapman, Mollie Lancaster, Sallie Lancaster, Pough Chapman, Allen Chapman,
and
Emma Stratford have notice of this proceeding and of the day set for
hearing the same, by
citation to be personally served on them, and that Eddie Chapman, Oscar
Chapman, and
Johnnie Chapman who are now residents, be brought into Court by publication
in the
Russell Register for three successive weeks.
H. T. Burton, Judge
PROBATE COURT FEB 11, 1901
THE STATE OF ALABAMA
E. W. P. CHAPMAN
RUSSELL COUNTY
ESTATE OF
This being the day appointed more than forty
days since, for the hearing of the
application of Mattie E. Chapman, Administratrix in this Court, of
said estate, for an order
to sell certain lands hereinafter described for the purpose of paying
the debts due from said
estate; Now comes the said Administratrix and moves the Court that
said application be
granted; And also comes J. L. Pollard, who is not of kin to said Administratrix,
nor in any
way interested in this proceeding, and who was heretofore duly appointed
and has
consented to act as Guardian, ad litum, to represent and protect the
interest of Pough
Chapman, a minor and who is interested in this proceeding; And the
Guardian, ad litum,
having filed his answer in writing, is such Guardian on this day, denying
the allegation
contained in said application, and the said Anthony Chapman, Addie
Chapman, Mollie
Lancaster, Sallie Lancaster, and Pugh Chapman having had notice strictly
and in all
respects in accordance with the order of this Court, made and entered
in this proceeding
on the 23rd day of October, 1900, as is now shown, to the satisfaction
of the Court by due
proof, and the said Eddie Chapman, Oscar Chapman, and Johnnie Chapman,
who are non-
residents of this State, having been brought into Court by publication
for three successive
weeks in the Russell register, a newspaper published in this County,
in all respects strictly
in accordance with the order of this Court made and entered in the
premises on the 23rd
day of October, 1900; And it having been proven to the satisfaction
of the Court by the
oaths of L, C. Corcoran and George Willis, who are disinterested witnesses
and whose
testimony has been taken by deposition and upon direct and cross interrogations
as in
Chancery cases, and which testimony has been filed of record in this
proceeding, that the
personal property is insufficient to pay the debt of said estate, and
that it is necessary and
will be to the interest of said estate that the lands described as
follows,
TO WIT:
The North West Quarter of Section Nineteen (19),
Township Fourteen (14), Range thirty (30)...
...should be sold for the purpose of paying the debts of said estate
according to the prayer
of said application. It is therefore Ordered, Adjudged, and Decreed
that said application be
granted; And said Administratrix is hereby ordered to sell the above
described land at
public outcry, in manner and form as the law directs in such cases,
after first giving notice
for at least three successive weeks of the time and terms of sale,
together with a
description of the property in the Russell Register, a newspaper published
in this County;
Said sale to be made for cash on the premises.
H. T. Burton, Judge
PROBATE COURT MAR 13, 1901
THE STATE OF ALABAMA
E. W. P. CHAPMAN, DECEASED
RUSSELL COUNTY
ESTATE OF
Came this day Mattie Chapman, Administratrix
of said estate and filed her report of the
sale of the real estate thereof; It is ordered that said report be
over and be continued until
March 25, 1901 in order that any party in interest desiring to contest
the same may do so.
H. T. Burton, Judge
PROBATE COURT MAR 25, 1901
THE STATE OF ALABAMA
E. W. P. CHAPMAN, DECEASED
RUSSELL COUNTY
ESTATE OF
This being the day heretofore set to consider
the report of the sale of real estate
heretofore made by the Administratrix of said estate and it appearing
that the sale was
fairly made, but the lands sold for an amount greatly less than their
real value: It is
Ordered, Adjudged, and Decreed that the said sale be set aside and
that confirmation
thereof be refused and that the said lands be resold by the said Administratrix
under the
former order of this Court.
H. T. Burton, Judge
PROBATE COURT MAY 6, 1901
THE STATE OF ALABAMA
E. W. P. CHAPMAN, DECEASED
RUSSELL COUNTY
ESTATE OF
This being the day set to pass upon the report
of sale of real estate filed more than ten
days since in this Court; And it appearing that said report is made
in writing and under
oath setting forth among other things that on Monday the 15th day of
April, 1901, she
proceeded between the hours of eleven o'clock A.M. and four o'clock
P.M. at _____ 12
o'clock M. in pursuance of law in such cases made, and in strict accordance
with all and
singular the terms and requirements of the former order and decree
of this Court, granted
and entered in
the premises on the 25th day of March, 1901, and sold at public outcry
on the premises in
this Court, the lands set forth and particularly described in said
former order and decree
and that said land was purchased at said sale by G. W. Willis for the
sum of Four hundred
and Twenty dollars. And it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court
from said report and
from the evidence now submitted that said amount so bid for said land
by said George
Willis was the highest and best bid for the same; That said sum so
bid was not greatly less
or disproportionate to it's real value; That said sale was legally
and fairly made, conducted,
and concluded; And that said sum so bid has been in cash duly paid
to the Administratrix:
It is Ordered, Adjudged, and Decreed that said sale be, and the same
hereby is approved
and in all things ratified and confirmed by the order and authority
of this Court. It is
further Ordered, Adjudged, and Decreed that said Mattie Chapman as
such Administratrix
as aforesaid be authorized and she is hereby ordered to convey by proper
deed to the said
George Willis, all rights, title, and interest which the said E. W.
P. Chapman, deceased,
had in such lands at the time of his death. It is further ordered that
said report and all other
papers on file relating to this proceeding be recorded. It is further
ordered that said
Administratrix pay the cost of this proceeding to be allowed to her
against said estate.
H. T. Burton, Judge
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RUBY JEWEL FRANKLIN CHAPMAN
The following is an obituary published on page 10 of the Monroe, Louisiana
paper,
The News-Journal, on Monday, May 30, 1994.
Area Deaths
Ruby J. Chapman, 62, of Belah, died at 11:10
p.m. Monday, May 16,1994 in Willis-
Knighten Medical Center in Shreveport following a lengthy illness.
She was owner of Belah Grocery in the Belah Community.
Services were held at 3:00 p.m. Thursday, May
19, in Shady Grove Pentecostal Church
near Nebo with the Revs. Gove Walker, Kevin Collier, G. L. Phillips,
Wayne Pounders,
and Bill Robertson officiating.
Burial followed in Chapman Cemetery at Belah
under direction of Hixon Brothers Inc.
of Jena.
Survivors include one son, Rev. Larry Chapman
of Belah, Jimmy Chapman, and
Lawrence Chapman, both of Jena, Wayne Chapman and Howard Chapman, both
of
Searcy; one step-daughter, Glenda Blasingame of Trout; her mother,
Maggie Franklin of
Olla; two
brothers, W. C. Franklin, JR of Winnfield and Paul Franklin of Tallahasee;
two half-
brothers, Leland Franklin of Grayson and Rab Franklin of Manifest;
seven half-sisters,
Myrtle Braddock of Grayson, Thelma Crawford of Sicily Island, Ruth
Dofitt of Clarks,
Shirley Harris of Jonesville, Dorothy McCartney of Olla, Sue Simons
of Alexandria, and
Carolyn Byrd of Columbia, and a host of grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Gary Ganey, Terry Knapp, Tom
Watkins, Bennie Cockerham, Earl
Franklin, and Ronald Paul.
Honorary pallbearers were J. E. Rosier, Dr.
Andrew Windham, Dennie Foshee, Harvey
Joe Price, Tommy Reeves, Todd Windham, Lonnie Allen, Billy Otwell,
and Rusty Cooper.
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THOMAS ANTHONY CHAPMAN
In 1864 at 19 years of age, Thomas Anthony
Chapman enlisted in the Confederate
States of America army in Harrisonburg, Catahoula Parish, LA. His unit
was Company B,
Second Louisiana Cavalry. He was captured and held as a prisoner of
war by Union
soldiers. He was discharged in Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana
on June 21, 1865.
Upon being discharged, Thomas moved back home
and soon struck up a courtship
with Ann Eliza Smith, of whom he knew since childhood in Smith County,
Mississippi.
They were married and had six children . Ann Eliza was nearly six months
pregnant with
their last child, when Thomas died of "dropsy" on July 9, 1881. When
the child was born
on October 23, 1881, Ann Eliza named him Thomas William Chapman; Thomas,
after the
child's father, and William after the child's grandfather ( Ann's father
).
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CHAPMAN
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BENJAMIN COOPER
The following is a court document transcription concerning the widow
and children of
Benjamin Cooper.
William Cooper ET AL vs. John M. Saunders ETAL
Case No. 40 - Box 14
In the Chancery Court of
LAWRENCE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
To the November Term A.D. 1858
To the Hon. John E. McNair, Judge & c.
Your Orators, William Cooper, Parmelia A. Maxwell
and Wiley P. Maxwell her
husband, Martha A. Kees and Commodore P. Kees her husband, Sarah Jane
Prestridge
and Robert C. Prestridge her husband, Margaret E. Howard later Margaret
E. Cooper and
William Cooper guardian of Caleb D. Cooper and Joseph B. Cooper, minors,
all of said
county and state, Show unto your Honor that said William, Caleb D.
and Joseph B.
Cooper, Margaret E. Howard, Parmelia A. Maxwell, Martha A. Kees, and
Sarah Jane
Prestridge were children of Benjamin Cooper, late of said county, who
departed this life in
the year 1850, and are heirs at law of his estate, and are legatees
under his will, which was
duly probated in the Probate Court of said county and letters testamentary
granted to said
William Cooper, the person therein nominated as Executor. That at the
November Term
A.D. 1858 of said Probate Court, said Executor made a final statement
of his actings and
doings as Executor aforesaid and was discharged from his trust on complying
with the
final decree rendered on his final account, said Executor having fully
executed the powers
conferred upon him by the provisions of said Will.
That Eleanor Cooper, widow of said Benjamin
Cooper, deceased, now Eleanor
Saunders, wife of John M. Saunders, set up a claim against the estate
of said Benjamin
Cooper, after his decease which claim was compromised between her and
your Orators.
That an instrument of writing was drawn and signed and sealed by all
of the parties, except
your Orators - R. C. Prestridge and his wife Sarah Jane, and Joseph
B. Cooper, setting
forth said compromise and obligating themselves to abide by the terms
thereof. That
though R. C. Prestridge and wife and Joseph B. Cooper, or his guardian,
did not sign said
writing, yet are they willing to abide by it, and place their rights
on the same footing as the
other heirs and legatees.
That by said instrument of writing said Eleanor
Saunders jointly with her husband John
M. Saunders, relinquished all claims against said estate on account
of separate property
and discharged said estate from all liability to her, said Eleanor
Saunders, by reason of any
such claim arising under the married woman's law to separate property,
the consideration
of which relinquishment was, as set forth in said writing obligatory,
that the heirs and
legatees, your Orators as afforementioned, should allow and permit
the said Eleanor
Saunders to have and possess and use a certain negro man named Bob,
belonging to said
estate for and during the term of her natural life, and at her death
said negro man Bob is to
return to your Orators for general distribution among them all which
will more fully
appear by reference to said written agreement signed and sealed, and
dated December
Twenty-Fifth, Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-Four, and herewith filed marked
Exhibit A and
prayed to be taken as part of your Orators' bill of complaint.
Your Orators further show and charge that said
Eleanor Saunders has ever since the
date of said agreement been in possession of said slave Bob, in said
Lawrence County
under said agreement, and that said slave is worth about fourteen hundred
dollars.
Your Orators further show and charge that said
Eleanor Saunders and John M.
Saunders have been and now are making preparations to remove to the
state of Texas with
a view of making that their future home and intend to carry with them
said slave Bob, and
their intention is, as your Orators are informed and believe, to remove
from this state in a
few days, and at the same time carry with them said slave. And your
Orators charge and
believe the truth to be that if Eleanor Saunders and John M. Saunders,
her husband, are
permitted to remove said slave with them from this state that they,
or said Saunders, will
sell said negro boy; or whether he is sold or not, your Orators charge,
believe, and fear,
that they will not be able after the death of said Eleanor Saunders
to obtain possession of
said slave Bob, and that they will forever be defeated of their future
enjoyment of said
property.
Your Orators pray that said John M. Saunders
and Eleanor Saunders of said Lawrence
County be made parties defendant to this bill, and that they be required
to answer the
matters and things herein set forth, separately, upon their corporal
oaths, to the best of
their knowledge, information, and belief, as fully as if they had been
particularly
interrogated thereunto. And forasmuch as there is danger of the removal
of said slave
beyond jurisdiction of this court, your Orators pray a writ of sequestration
directed to the
Sheriff of said Lawrence County or other counties if necessary, commanding
him to seize
and take into possession said slave Bob and hold him until the further
order of the court or
judge, until said defendants shall enter into bond with good security,
payable to
complainants in double the value of the property, by said officer to
be assessed
conditioned to have said slave forthcoming to abide by the decree to
be made by the court
in this cause. And your Orators pray that on final hearing Your Honor
will decree that said
defendants jointly enter into bond with good security, for the safe
keeping of said slave, so
that your Orators may not be defeated of their future enjoyment thereof,
and that on the
failure of said defendants to execute said bond, that the said slave
be placed in the hands
of a receiver or commissioner to be safely kept and hired out and c,
and that said
defendants be perpetually enjoined from removing said slave beyond
the jurisdiction of this
court, and that an account be taken of complainant's costs of prosecuting
this writ, to be
paid by defendants or to be paid out of the proceeds of hire of said
slave, or if your
Orators are mistaken in their relief prayed, may it please Your Honor
to grant a writ of sequestration as aforesaid, and
subpoena, or summons for said defendants returnable according to law.
And as in duty
bound and c.
By H. L. Johnson,
William Cooper
Sol.
Wiley P. Maxwell
Parmelia A. Maxwell
C. P. Kees
Martha A. Kees
Sarah Jane Prestridge
R. C. Prestridge
M. E. Howard
William Cooper, guardian
for Caleb D. Cooper
and Joseph B. Cooper
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BESSIE MAE BEAVERS SONES COOPER
Area Deaths, Monroe News-Journal, Monday, April 18, 1994, page 12.
BESSIE MAE COOPER
Bessie Mae Cooper, 79, of Columbia, died Monday,
April 11, 1994, at the Columbia
Heights Nursing Center following an extended illness.
She was born May 25, 1914, in Grant Parish
and was a member of Grayson
Pentecostal Church, and a homemaker.
Services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April
13, at the chapel of Riser and Son
Funeral Home in Columbia with the Revs. Sherman Jones and Shane Duke
officiating.
Interment followed in Little Star Cemetery
near Holum under the direction of Riser
and Son, Columbia.
Survivors include her husband, William Thomas
Cooper of Columbia; one son, James
Sones of Grayson; two daughters, Willie Mae Sikes of Grayson and Elaine
Hancock of
Woodland, Texas; four brothers, Willie Beavers of Pineville, Huey Beavers
of Alexandria,
Ellis Beavers and Floyd Beavers, both of Channelview, Texas; one sister,
Estelle Brister of
Bentley; and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Grandsons
served as
pallbearers.
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will of Minor Gilcrease which was transcribed by Dinah Redford. Here is her transcription and additional notes:
"
Minor Gilcrease's Will --- Book C page 21 -- Lowndes County Alabama -- Year --- 1832
Now at this court I, Samuel L. F. Cotterell administrator of the estate of Minor Gilcrease deceased came into court that he had in his hands the sum of eight hundred dollars and eighty four cents and which is now ready for and subject to distribution after deducting the commission to the administrator for his trouble and the court charges between the heirs at law of said deceased amounting to the number of eleven names as follows: William Gilcrease, Bartley Gilcrease, Henry Gilcrease, John Gilcrease in right of his wife Priscilla Gilcrease, Lewis Gilcrease, Thomas Gilcrease in right of his wife Martha Gilcrease, David Gilcrease, Joseph Parsons in right of his wife Nancy McCartney formally Nancy Gilcrease, Edmond Gilcrease and Thomas Gilcrease a minor, from which said sum of eight hundred dollars and eighty four cent deduct the sum of forty four dollars and twenty two cents allowed the administrator at the rate of five percent from the above amount reported by the administrator of the further sum of thirty ddollars for court charges that will remain in the hands of the Administrator for further division of the sum of eight hundred and ten dollars and eighteen cents which when divided into eleven equal part will make the share of each distribution above named amount to the sum of seventy three dollars. It is therefore order by the court that William Gilcreas to have the sum of seventy three dollars which is in full distribution share of the said amount of money reported distribution. Ordered by the court that Bartley Gilcrease have the sum of seventy three dollars which sum is in full of his distribution share of the said money reported for distribution. Ordered by the court that Thomas Gilcrease have the sum of seventy three dollars which is in full of his distribution share of the amount now reported for distribution.
Ordered by the court that John Gilcrease have in right of his wife the sum of seventy three dollars which is in full of his distribution share of the said amount reported for division. Ordered by the court that Lewis Gilcrease have the sum of seventy three dollars which is in full of his distribution share of the said amount reported for division. Ordered by the court that Thomas Gilcrease in right of his wife Martha Gilcrease the sum of seventy three dollars which is in full of his distribution share of the said amount reported for division. Ordered by the court that Joseph Parsons have in right of his wife Elizabeth Parsons formerly Elizabeth Gilcrease the sum of seventy three dollars which is in full of his distribution share of the said amount for division. Ordered by the court that Joseph McCartney have in right of his wife Nancy McCartney formerly Nancy Gilcrease the sum of seventy three dollars which is in full of his distribution share of the said amount reported for division. Ordered by the court that Edmond Gilcrease have the sum of seventy three dollars which is in full of his distribution share of the said amount reported for division. Ordered by the court that Roanna Gilcrease, a minor heir have the the sum of seventy three dollars of which is in full of his distribution share of the said amount reported for division.
The following are additional files found about above Minor Gilcrease's estate in Lowndes County Alabama. Year 1832: Lewis Gilcrease, Bartley Gilcrease who are of full age and living and residing in the county of Lowndes Alabama, and Henry Gilcreas who is also of full age resides in the state of Mississippi and Daniel Minor Gilcrease and Edmond Missen Gilcrease, Rowina Gilcrease and Nancy Gilcrease who are Minors under the age of twenty one and unmarried and live and reside in the county of Lowndes State of Alabama. And Martha Gilcrease who has intermarried with Thomas Gilcrease, Amelia Gilcrease who has intermarried with John Gilcrease, and Elizabeth Parsons formerly Elizabeth Gilcrease who has intermarried with Joseph Parsons. It mentions that William Gilcrease was appointed administrator of the Will. Year: 1846 Rowina was appointed a guardian, John Mosley. She appears again in court in 1846 to regain her inheritance from John Mosley. She is married to Wesley Alexander and resides in Lauderdale County, Mississippi. Her full name is given as Roanna Jeters Gilcrease.
Interesting note is that the Jeters, Gilcrease, and Mosley names are linked in marriage according to records in South Carolina."
Minor (Kilcrease) GILCREASE
FATHER: John KILCREASE
BORN: ABT. 1772 SC
DIED: ABT. 1832 Lowndes County, AL
WILL: 1832, Loundes County, Alabama
SP) Margaret Peggy JETER
BORN: ABT 1775 VA
Father: William JETER
Mother: Margaret VAUGHN
Some Gilcrease relatives in early colonial South Carolina include John, Maj John, Lewis, Nimrod, Robert, Daniel, Benjamin, Simon, Obediah, Minor, Elijah, Nathan, Thomas, Lewis and John. I'm adding notes on some of these men below.
13 Known children of Minor and Margaret Gilcrease include:
1) Daniel Minor GILCREASE [married 20 Aug 1835, Clarke Co., AL - sp) Mary McMullen ]
2) David GILCREASE
3) Elizabeth GILCREASE [sp) Joseph Parsons]
4) Nancy GILCREASE [sp) Joseph Sira McCartney sp) Joseph Parsons]
5) Louis GILCREASE [sp) Sara ________ ]
Children of Louis and Sara:
1) Louis GILCREASE , Jr
2) Elihu GILCREASE
3) Hetty GILCREASE
4) Hulda GILCREASE
5) Avarilla Emmaline GILCREASE
6) Malcomb GILCREASE
Back to children of Minor & Margaret Gilcrease:
6) Martha GILCREASE b. 1775 VA [sp) Thomas Gilcrease 1804-1850]
7) Priscilla Amelia GILCREASE 1798 SC -1858 Lauderdale County, MS [sp) John Gilcrease]
Children of John & Pricilla:
1) Katherine GILCREASE
2) Minor GILCREASE
3) Margaret A. GILCREASE
4) Henry Q. GILCREASE
5) Bartley Merideth (Gilcrease) GILCHRIST
6) John A. GILCREASE
7) Rowena A. GILCREASE
8) Cyer Winn GILCREASE
9) Barbara D. GILCREASE
NOTE: All of the siblings listed above are later recorded as GILCHRIST not as GILCREASE as shown in the the 1850 Census Record. Also it is noted that in later records Bartley M. GILCHRIST's children are recorded as GILCHRIST and GILCHREST. The spelling of ANDREW GILCHRIST's name was changed to GILCHREST around 1927 when birth records were changed from Birth Ledgers to Birth Certificates.
Back to children of Minor & Margaret Gilcrease:
8) William GILCREASE b. 1800 SC [sp) Lucinda]
Children of Wm & Lucinda:
1) Mary GILCREASE
2) Jane GILCREASE
3) Belileh GILCREASE
4) William GILCREASE
Back to children of Minor & Margaret Gilcrease:
9) Bartley G. GILCREASE [sp) Sarah Sophronia ALEXANDER]
10) Henry H. GILCREASE [sp) Harriet ALEXANDER sp) Maria ________ ]
11) Edmond Missen GILCREASE b. 1818 SC [married 22 Mar 1840, Clarke County, AL sp) Mary INGET]
12) Thomas Percy GILCREASE b 1820 SC [sp) Margaret LOCKLAYER and married second 4 Jul 1864 sp) Sarah Francis WOOD]
Children separated by marriage:
Children by Margaret LOCKLAYER
1) Eliza Jane GILCREASE
2) Parmilia GILCREASE
3) Vilona GILCREASE
4) Nancy J. GILCREASE
5) Henry GILCREASE
6) Bartley M. GILCREASE
Children by Sarah Francis WOOD
1) Amonda GILCHRIST
2) Sarah Francis GILCHRIST
3) James Daniel GILCHRIST
4) Thomas Percy GILCHRIST , Jr
Back to children of Minor & Margaret Gilcrease:
13) Roena Jeter GILCREASE b. 1826 AL [married 1 Oct 1844, Lauderdale, MS sp) Wesley ALEXANDER]
ABSTRACTS FROM EDGEFIELD COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA:
Deed Book 3, page 293-298: 20 Apr 1789: Robert Killcrease, planter, to Benjamin Cockram, planter, both of Edgefield Co., SC for 80 pounds, sold 100 acres, being part of 305 acres shown by plat surveyed 24 Sep 1775 by William Goode & by plat of the original granted 1 Dec 1772 unto Sandiford Keziah, being in the fork of Stephens Creek & Turkey Creek, joining Benjamin Killcrease, William Thomas, & Mary Hill. Signed: Robert (R) Killcrease. Wit.: John Glanton, Christopher Glanton, who swore by oath 10 Aug 1789 before Benjamin Tutt.
Deed Book 14, page 351-354: John Cockerham, Mary his wife and Sarah his mother to Shederick Holmes. Deed, 22 May 1795, 50 pounds sterling, 100 acres in fork of Stephens and Turkey Creek, bounded by John Garrett, Nimrod Shinolt, Widow Cobb, Thomas Pennington, Robert Killcrease, Big Stephens Creek, laid out by William Coursey Deputy Survr. being part of 305 acres granted unto Sanfort Keziah 23 June 1794 by Lt. Gov. Wm. Bull, said 100 acres transfered by said Sanfort Keziah by lease & release 1795 to William Reed and by said Reed conveyed by L&R 1776 unto Benjamin Killcrease and by decease of said Benjamin Killcrease descended to Robt. Killcrease son and heir to said Benjamin. Killcrease, deceased, and by Robert Killcrease unto Benjamin Cockerham and by decease of Benjamin. Cockerham the right of said 100 acres descended unto above said John Cockerham son and heir to said Benjamin Cockerham deceased. Wit: Morris Calliham, Jonas Holmes, Edward Holmes. Signed John (I) Cockerham, Mary (I) Cockerham, Sarah (I) Cockerham. Plat by W. Coursey, DS. Proven 25 Feb 1796 by Morris Calliham, Henry Key, JP. Recorded 11 Oct 1797.
NOTES ON NIMROD GILCREASE/KILCREASE:
Nimrod Kilcrease b. 1728 is the son of Robert and Jane Kilcrease! Nimrod had a son - Robert b. 1757 in Edgefield SC - d. 31 Mar 1807. Robert married Aug 1779 Spanish Territory sp) Hester Boothe b. 1759 - died abt. 1839 both in Claiborne County, Mississippi. She is buried Booth Family Cemetery, Claiborne County, Mississippi. They had one child, William Kilcrease, b. Sep 1780, Spainish Territory; died, 10 Aug 1845 Claiborne County, Mississippi. He married Jane Thomas, born 1792,died 1870 both in Claiborne Co. Mississippi. They married 10 Sep 1819 and had 6 children:
1) William H. Kilcrease b. 24 Dec 1811 - d. 21 Jul 1838
married Mary T. Shelby
2) Hester Caroline Kilcrease b. 1812
married Albert R. Hellm
3) Allend R. Kilcrease, b. 1813
4) Lydia B. Kilcrease, b. 1814
married Eggleston Wood on 13 Nov 1845
5) Alexander R. Kilcrease b. 1819
married Margaret O. Armstrong;
6) Francis Birch Kilcrease b. 20 Sep 1821, d. 9 Aug 1894
married twice:
First SP) Serna Kennedy in 1842 b. 1819 - d. abt. 1852
Second SP) Sarah A. Wlson, in 1847 b. 1835 in MO., died after 1910.
Concerning Robert Kilcrease - He divorced Hester and later married Ann Thompson Clark. After Richard's death William applied for adminstration of his fathers estate and was denied. He tried again on 10 Jan 1815 and was denied again according to Orphans Court Records, page 9.
Now let me showcase another Robert Kilcrease, or possibly the same Robert as above; I'm not sure.
Robert Kilcrease, SR born abt 1750 possibly in Kilmarnock Scotland. Died 1808 Edgefield, SC 1st wife unknown; 2nd wife: Martha (?).
This Robert possibly immigrated from Scotland around 1770 (?) with his brother Daniel and settled in the large Scots settlement around Edgefield, SC.
Children of Robert and Martha
1) Robert Kilcrease, JR. B 1790 (?) Edgefield, SC - D 28May1854 Marion, GA
Children of Robert, JR and (?)
1) Elizabeth Kilcrease b. 1814 in Lincoln County, GA (SC ?)
Married 24 Feb1831 sp) Matthew Varnadore - Butts, GA
2) Rilzy Ann Kilcrease born in Lincoln Co, GA
Married 27 Jul 1834 sp) John W. Whitt
3) John Jackson Kilcrease b. 25 Feb1821 Lincoln Co, GA
Married 20 Oct 1840 sp) Sarah Elizabeth Payne d. 27 Oct 1895 Brantley, Crenshaw Co, AL
2nd wife Harriet Easter 4Apr1880 Crenshaw, AL She d 24Mar1906
4) Robert James Kilcrease b. 3 Jan1826 GA - d. 22 May1913 Sampson, AL
Married Arta M. F. Brazile
He is buried at New Home cemetery, Sampson, AL (Grave stone displays the Mason emblem) He was a Confederate soldier and fought in the Civil War. Before the Civil War, he owned a 1600 farm He lost everything in the conflict and was a sharecropper after the war.
5) William Kilcrease b. 15 Oct1828 GA - d. 17Aug1863 (Died in Civil War - buried in Morgan cemetery)
6) Andrew Washington Kilcrease b. 1833 GA
Married 30May1856 Marion County, GA sp) Katrherine E. Marshall
Children of Robert and Arta Brazile
1) Robert Kilcrease b. 1850 d. 1938 1st wife (?) 2nd wife Mary (Molly) Petrey
(Robert and Arta had other children, but no other detail)
Children of Robert and Mary
1) Rowan Kilcrease 30Oct1913
Married 25 Dec 1934 Geneva, AL sp) Catherine Stone (d. 25 June1993) -d. 30Dec1998
Both are buried next to each other at Muskegon, MI
(Both had prior marriages, and had other children. I have not researched their names)
Children of Rowan and Catherine
1) William Robert Kilcrease b. 11Apr1936 Geneva, AL
Married 1st wife: Donna Smrcina 9 Jan1959 Muskegon, MI
Married 2nd wife Marilyn Faye (Rye) 4 Jan1984 Reno, NV
2) Herman Ray Kilcrease b 11Apr 1938 Geneva, AL
Married 1958 Eleanor _______
3) Sarah Carol Kilcrease b 20 June1940 Enterprise, AL
Married 1962 sp) Alan Balkema, Muskegon, MI
Children of William and Donna
1) Elizabeth Mary Kilcrease b. 10 Nov1959 Kalamazoo, MI
Married 30 Oct 1977 Christopher Rista
2) David Christopher Kilcrease b. 14 Nov1960 Flint, MI
Married 1989 Shelly _________
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MORE NOTES:
Elizabeth Jane Kilcrease b 14 May 1859 in GA
Elizabeth Jane Kilcrease's father died during the Civil War. Her mother, Sarah Ann Etheridge Kilcrease, remarried in 1867, to John J Griffeth (b.19 Sept 1825 Clarke Co,Ga d.28 Dec 1928 at the age of 103.) Elizabeth Jane also known as "Sis" was adopted by John Griffeth.
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Samuel H Kilcrease b. Ben Hill County GA married Polly L Tucker. Samuel's father - Charles Monroe Kilcrease b. in Schley County, GA. His wife is Eliza Bell Davis. Charles' father is Benjamin Jackson Kilcrease b. in Sly County GA.- wife Elizabeth Eubanks.
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John Jackson Kilcrease b 25 Feb 1821 Lincoln County, GA - d. 27 Oct 1895 married Sarah Elizabeth Payne.
John J. Kilcrease b. Butts County GA married Nancy Elizabeth Roare of Macon County, GA.
James Daniel Kilcrease (son of John J & Nancy above) married Martha Jane Yearly.
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Nancy Kilcrease d. 26 Aug 1839
Sp) Alexander Sharpton Sr.
BORN: 1801 Edgefield, South Carolina
DIED: 5 Nov 1892 Edgefield, South Carolina
BURIED: Red Oak Grove Church Cemetary, Edgefield, SC
Occupation: Farmer
Father: Jeptha Sharpton, (1765-1839)
Mother: Margret King (1765-1845)
Children:
1) Jefferson (1820 - bef 1891)
2) Alexander, M (1824-1891)
3) UNNAMED MALE (1826-)
4) Sarah (1828-1875)
5) Martha (1834-1865)
6) UNNAMED FEMALE (1835-)
7) Benjamin Franklin (1836-1914)
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Robert Kilcrease in Anson County NC in 1749 with a land grant, and one in Granville County SC in 1751/6
He has 5 sons:
1) John Kilcrease d.1792
2) Lewis Kilcrease
3) Arthur Kilcrease
4) Robert Kilcrease
5) Nimrod Kilcrease
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Abraham Kilcrease b. 1820 S.C.
Occupation: Farmer
Sp) Martha Sharpton
BORN: Oct 1834 , Edgefield, SC
Birth Memo: 1834 is the birth year listed in OFOMcCC Vol II;
The 1850 Census has her age as 18 - born 1832.
The 1860 Census has her age as 30 - born 1830.
DIED: 1865
BURIED: Calliham’s Mill Church Cemetary, Parksvilee, Edgefield, SC
Burial Memo: Now Parksville Baptist Church
Father: Alexander Sharpton Sr., M (1801-1892)
Mother: Nancy __________ (-1839)
Marriage: Edgefield, S.C.
Children: John Alexander (1851-)
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Robert (Gilchrist) Killcreas b. abt 1757 Edgefield, SC
married Ann (Thompson) Clark b. 1769
Robert's father: Nimrod (Gilchrist) Killcreas b. abt 1730 Kilmarnock, Scotland
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ISAAC LENOIR
08 July 1802 (Deed)_Sumter Distict_ William GERALD was\ Witness of Deed between Robert BATES and wife, to Isaac LENIOR and James BARNES. (Source: "Some SC Records, Volume II, Lucas, pages 159-160)
James Bates
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The Will of Isaac Lenoir
"I Isaac Lenoir of the State of South Carolina and Sumter District being somewhat indisposed but thanks be to God of perfect mind, and memory; and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die I do hereby ordain and make this last Will and Testament Viz. Principally, and first of all, I give and recommend my soul into the hand of Almighty God who gave it, and touching such worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased Him to bless me with in this life I give and bequeath in the following manner-- "Item, My Will and desire is that my whole Estate, both real and Personal be kept together, and managed to the best advantage until all my Just and Lawful debts be discharged, and son Isaac educated out of the same without and separate expense to him.-- "Item, give and bequeath unto my beloved wife Martha Lenoir one Negro man named Harry, one Negro woman named Bess and a Negro Girl named Lucy, Also one dark bay horse known ty the name of big jack, one riding Chair, and harness for her real disposal, either in life or death. -- "Item, I give and bequeath unto my eldest son John, one Negro man named Charles, to him and his Heirs forever. -- "Item, I give an bequeath unto my son Francis B. one Negro man named Forrister to him and his Heirs forever. -- "Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Isaac, one Negro Boy named Billey to him and his heirs forever.-- "Item, I give and bequeath unto my son William, one Negro Boy named Mike, to him and his heirs forever.-- "Item, I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Mary Barnes one Negro Woman named Milley and her increase to her and her Heirs, Heirs of her body forever.-- "Item, I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Thompson one Negro Girl named Juda and her increase to her and her Heirs, heirs of her body forever.-- "Item, I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Leah Hall one Negro Woman named Nelley and her increase to her and her Heirs, heirs of her body forever.-- "Item, I lend unto my beloved Wife Martha, during her natural life the following Negroes Viz. Friday, Hannah his wife, Samuel, Phillis, Lucinda, Fanny, and Peter, which said Negroes with their increase I will and bequeath at the death of my said wife to be equally divided among all my Children, Viz. Mary Barnes, Sarah Thompson, Leah Hall, John, Francis B. Isaac and William Lenior, to be inherited by them and their Heirs, Heirs of their bodies forever.-- "Item, I give and bequeath also unto all my Children Viz. Mary, Sarah, Leah, John, Francis B., Isaac and William, eleven other Negroes with their increase Names as follows, Susannah, Toney, Matthew, Robin, Sealy, Sharper, Jack, Lewis, Tamer, Dolley and Silvia, eleven ia all, after all my debts being Paid, to be equally as possible divided among them and their Heirs, Heirs of their bodies forever.-- "Item, As touching my lands, that is the tract whereon I now live I detach off from the main body that part which lies on the North side of a stream Called Gum Swamp Viz., all east from an old path line called Malones path from where the same leads of from said branch and strickes Colo. C. Polks line, thence east along Polks line, to my corner thence So. West (or nearly) to where myland Strikes said Bum Swamp, and down the same to the said old path which Parcel of Land, I give and bequeath unto my four sons to be alid out in four equal lost so that each lot shall have the same width a cropo the road which leads from Stateburg to Gen. Sumters landing, the lot adjoining Colo. Polks land, and whereon my store house stands, I give and bequeath unto my son Francis B. to him and his Heirs forever.-- "The next lot adjoining there, and where a new building now erecting, I give and beque4ath unto my son John to him and heirs forever.-- The third and that adjoining John I give and bequeath unto my son Isaac to him and his Heirs forever. The fourth and last adjoining Isaac I give and bequeath unto my son William to him and his Heirs forever.-- "My will and desire is also that the main tract whereon I now live be laid out into equal parcels that four, and the one whereon my dwelling house now stands I give for the benefit of my wife, unto my Youngest son William that his Mother may enjoy the same her life after which I give and bequeath unto him and to his Heirs forever.-- "The other three tracts or parcels I will that after they are all laid out that my three eldest sons by distinction draws for them, and which so draws for land I give and bequeath, distinctly to them and their Heirs forever.-- "Item, I give and bequeath on Tract of Land lying on the Horsepen Branch in Kershaw District in this State, and one other Tract lying and being in the State of Georgia in Washington County near a creek called Williamsons Swamp, all of which tract, I give to be sold and the money equally divided among my three daughters Viz. Mary Barnes, Sarah Thompson, and Leah Hall to them and to their Heirs, heirs of their body forever.-- "Item, I give to my wife Martha during her natural life for her support, and benefit, three Horses, say Jimmey Brook, Jack Laneafter, and Faneys colt, one old wagon and Geers, Twenty head of Cattle, Ten head of Sheep, four sows and Pigs, Twelve Year Old Hogs and, after giving each of my sons one Feather Bed and furniture for her to have the residue, with all the Geese and Poultry &C. also I give her thro discretion of my Executors a Sufficient quantity of Plantation Utensils as well as other Household and Kitchen furniture that may serve for her real benefit during her natural life.-- "Item, All the residue of my stock of horses, Cattle, Hogs sheep Plantation Utensils, Household and Kitchen furniture, with every other Species of articles belonging to my Estate, I will to be sold and the money arising therefrom to be equally divided amongst all my children, which I give unto them and their heirs forever. -- "Item, Nevertheless, should either of my sons, that is Isaac or William die before they arrive to the Years of Twenty one than my will and desire is that the lands appointed them be equally divided among the other surviving boys which I give to them and their Heirs forever. "My Will and desire is that so long as my trusty friend Thomas Andrews may think fit to live in my family that he may be found every reasonable and comfortable Accommodation without expense to himself. -- Item, I do hereby constitute and appoint my son-in-law James Barnes, and my sons John and Fraancis, Executors to this my will and Testament, annulling, revoking and making void all other heretofore made by me, to which I assign Seal and deliver as my last will and Testament this twentieth day of August in the year of Our Lord One Thousand eight hundred and eight.--" Signed in the presence of Isaac Lenoir (SEAL) Jas Howard John Atkinson Robert Andrews (Recorded in Will Book "A" Page 68) Recorded 7th Day of Nov. 1808 William Taylor Ordy Bundle 58 Pkge 5.
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JAMES JINER LEWIS
Although no official record or grave for James
Jiner Lewis' death have been
uncovered in my investigation of family, civil war, or other sources,
the following facts
are given until concrete evidence is found.
According to Rev James Henry Lewis, son of
James Jiner Lewis, Jiner enlisted in the
Civil War and was never heard from again. Civil War records indicate
that J. J. Lewis
enlisted on September 11, 1862 in Winn Parish. He is reported present
in January and
February of 1863 as a Private with Company K, Crescent Regiment, Louisiana
Infantry.
He was never again reported present or discharged. Source: LA Confederate
Soldiers,
Volume 8, Book 1, Page 750, Column 1.
Company K was organized in May, 1862 with William
Walker as Captain; James
Walker, Austin Banks, and a man named Edwards were Lieutenants. This
company
served on the gunboat "Diana" where the company suffered severely.
Many men were
killed, and only an estimated twenty-five men returned from that mission.
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DESCENDANTS OF JAMES JINER LEWIS
JAMES HENRY LEWIS: Served as a minister and circuit rider for
the Methodist
Church. Henry was founder of Lewis Chapel, located in the Curry community
of Winn
Parish. He performed many marriages, including his son, Luther's marriage
to Fannie
Lapearl McCartney Morse, and Luther's son, Clinton, who is married
to Nell Ruth
Chapman. Henry was well known and loved in Winn & neighboring communities.
He died
of sugar diabetes.
LUTHER LEWIS: Luther was born and raised at the old Lewis homeplace
that adjoins
Lewis Chapel in the Curry community. He never finished high school
but managed to
support his family. He worked in Winn Parish for the Louisiana State
Conservation Dept.
He also worked as a factory guard during WWII. He also worked many
hours as a farmer.
Luther died from a heart attack while visiting his daughter, Virginia
in Minden, LA.
JAMES WALTON LEWIS: Walton was schooled as a chiropractor in Chicago,
Illinois.
He worked in that profession along with farming his entire adult life.
He died from a heart
attack while working in his garden at home in Thibodaux, LA.
ALICE OVINIA LEWIS O'BRIEN: Alice graduated high school at Lecompte,
LA.
Although she was married four times ( to three different men ), she
never was able to have
children. In spite of this, she is acknowledged as the matriarch of
the family and loved by
all of her nieces and nephews. She worked for the school board for
years, and as a
housewife. She lived her last few years in a mobile home next door
to her brother, Luther
Ray. She died from a heart attack while at home in Harrisonburg, LA.
HENRY CLYDE LEWIS: Clyde was a graduate of Enterprise High School
in
Enterprise, LA. He received his Bachelors degree in education at Southwestern
Louisiana
Institute (now Southwestern State University) in Lafayette, LA. He
later received his
Masters degree at L.S.U. Clyde served in the army during WWII,
stationed in France. He
worked as a coach at Enterprise High School and a teacher at La Salle
Parish High School
in Olla, LA. He died after leaving on vacation to California, from
a heart attack suffered in
the car going through Bossier City, LA.
WILLIE CLINTON LEWIS: Clinton graduated from Enterprise High School.
He
received his Bachelors degree from Southwestern Louisiana Institute
at Lafayette, LA.
(later called Southwestern State University). He served in the Coast
Guard during WWII,
From 1950 to 1952 he taught and coached the elementary age boys at
Vidalia, LA. From
1952 to 1954 he taught and coached high school boys basketball at Harrisonburg.
From
1954 to 1956 he taught and coached Junior High boys the first year
and both boys and
girls the second year, at Transylvania, in East Carroll Parish. From
1956 to 1959 Clinton
worked as the athletic director and supervisor of education at Angola
State Penitentiary.
From 1959 to 1963 he taught and coached the boys basketball at Kelly
High School in
Kelly, LA. From 1963 to 1968 he taught history and social studies at
Caldwell Parish High
School and coached the Junior High boys basketball. From 1968 to 1973
he concluded his
career at Grayson Elementary School where he taught half of the sixth
grade and coached
the older kids in basketball. Clint and Nell are in Columbia Heights
as of this writing.
RUBY LAPEARL LEWIS MCGUFFEE: Ruby graduated from Enterprise High
School where she worked for many years in the lunchroom. As of this
writing she still
lives in Enterprise.
SYBIL BEATRICE LEWIS CRANSTON: Sybil graduated from Enterprise
High
School. She received her Bachelors degree from Southwestern Louisiana
Institute (now
Southwestern State University). She taught school at Enterprise and
other places. She
died from cancer.
MARY DARLENE LEWIS SANDAGE MORRIS: Darlene graduated from Enterprise
High School. She received her Bachelors degree from Southwestern Louisiana
Institute
(now Southwestern State University) in Lafayette, LA. She taught for
years at Lake
Providence High School.
LUTHER RAY LEWIS: Luther Ray graduated from Enterprise High School.
He
worked in the oil field at Port Sulphur, which is below New Orleans.
His great love in life
(outside of his wife and kids) was deer hunting. He died from liver
cancer.
VIRGINIA DALE LEWIS SANDAGE: Virginia graduated from Enterprise
High
School. Since her divorce, she now lives in Branson, Missouri.
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Obituaries: Rev. J. H. Lewis, 1946, Winn Parish, LA
Funeral Conducted For Rev. Lewis At Corinth on Sunday.
Services were held at the Corinth cemetery Sunday afternoon, Nov. 24 for Rev. J.H. Lewis of Rural Route 2, Winnfield, who passed away Nov.22. The funeral was conducted by Rev. J.R. Strozier, Rev. G.J.L. Brown and Rev. R.T.Long.
The following is an obituary written by his daughter, Miss Lizzie Lewis, telling of his death and of his long, active life in Winn parish.
Rev. J. H. Lewis was born at Winnfield November 22, 1862 and passed to his reward November 22, 1946 on his 84th birthday after a long illness.
He lived most of his life in Winn Parish. On September 24, 1885, he married Miss Alice Smith and to this union 12 children were born.
There are seven children deceased and five living. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. J. H. Lewis and five children: J.J. Lewis of Oak Grove, LA; Luther Lewis of Enterprise, LA; Mrs. Luther Couch of Star Route, Tullos; Mrs. Lucy Strange and Miss Lizzie Lewis of Route 2, Winnfield.
He left 26 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Rev. Lewis lived an active life always putting God and his righteousness first in his heart. He had many great friends over Louisiana where he had traveled and preached for many years. His greatest desire was to warn people to live christian lives. He joined the Methodist church in early life and served in all different stations of the church, such as steward, class leader, superintendent of Sunday Schools, Bible teacher and delegate to the annual conference. He then was licensed to preach in the Methodist church in 1905.
He served as a local preacher about three years. Then he was made assistant pastor, and in 1909 he was ordained an Elder and was pastor of various churches over Louisiana. He was pastor of South Winnfield Methodist church for sixteen years. He served as missionary and evangelist in the annual conference, also. He held many revivals for other preachers. Several churches were built through his leadership on charges that he pastored. In 1934, his health failed to where he was not able to continue pastoral work. With great regret he had to retire from actrive duty in the conference in October, 1935.
His great desire was to regain his strength and be able to go back over his work again where had once served as pastor and made so many friends and tell them about God's great love for them and warn them to live for God.
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Obituaries: Alice Smith Lewis, 1951, Winn Parish, LA
From: November 29, 1951 Winn Parish Enterprise
Mrs. Alice Lewis Of Lewis Chapel Buried Friday
Funeral services were held last Friday for Mrs. Alice Lewis, 82, wife of the late Rev. Henry Lewis, following her death on Thursday. She had been ill for about three months.
Last rites were conducted in the Corinth Tabernacle, with burial in Corinth Cemetery. The Methodist minister officiated at the funeral, with burial under direction of Edmonds.
Mrs. Lewis, whose husband was the organizer of Lewis Chapel Methodist Church, was the daughter of the late Mrs. Pat Smith of Corinth.
She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Lucy Strange, Mrs. Nettie Couch, and Miss Lizzie Lewis, all of Lewis Chapel; two sons, Jiner Lewis of Oak Grove and Luther Lewis of Harrisonburg; four brothers, Durias Smith, Charlie Smith, and Jim Smith, all of Jordan Hill, and Pat Smith of Winnfield; three sisters, Mrs. Margie Bartley of Jordan Hill, Mrs. Zue Dawson of Bastrop, and Mrs. Lizzie Long of Winnfield.
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ELIZABETH MATILDA SMITH LONG
The following write-up was found in the newspaper, Winn Parish Enterprise.
This was a
special 1852 - 1952 Centennial edition of the paper, Section 1, Page
4.
Mrs. Charles Long Age 87, Born In Corinth Community
Mrs. Charles Felix Long
Elizabeth Matilda Smith, born Oct. 4, 1865,
five miles southeast of Winnfield, near
Corinth church, daughter of the late Rhoda ( Porter ) Smith, born in
Alabama, and Sebron
Patrick Smith, born in Jasper County, Miss.
Elizabeth lived in the Corinth community until
she was married Oct. 13, 1881, to
Charles Felix Long, born in Mississippi, and died October 23, 1940.
To them were born
12 children, three of whom died at an early age. Nine are still living.
They are: Lucy Long
Gilmore, Mangham, La.; Alice Long Nugent, Pineville; Morris, Parker,
John, and Oscar
Long, of Winnfield, Route two; Caroline Long Allen of Winnfield, Route
Two; and Jim
Long of Winnfield.
Mrs. Long, who was 87 on October 4, 1852, remembers
her first trip to Winnfield at
the age of three. She rode behind her mother on horseback, who held
her younger son in
front of the saddle. Accompanying them was her Grandmother Smith, who
was riding a
mule, with six chickens tied, three on each side of the saddle.
While in Winnfield, she had her first picture made with her mother and baby brother.
Her early school days consisted of two months
each summer, classed were held in
Corinth Church. Later a one room log cabin was built to serve as a
school house. Mrs.
Long recalls teachers during her childhood as John
McCain, Rev. Garrett, George Long
( father of Mrs. Zelma Frazer ), George Kelly, Spence Smith ( an uncle
), Mr. Fulton.
The only three books her father bought were
a blue back speller, fourth and fifth grade
readers. Other books were handed down from older children of different
families.
She was taught in early life how to weave cloth,
both cotton and wool, then spin thread
from these to knit hose and other clothing.
The early settlers raised sugar cane, making
their own syrup at home. As the syrup
would turn to sugar it was put in a cloth bag to drip, thus making
rock sugar.
Mrs. Long cooked over the fire places and remembers
very well when her first cook
stove was purchased in Alexandria in 1889. After a trip was made to
that city carrying two
bales of cotton to be sold. The wagon carrying the cotton was drawn
by four oxen.
Flour was bought in barrels, purchasing two years supply at one time.
At night time the women worked spinning and
weaving thread at night, by home-made
candlelight, made from beeswax and tallow melted together and set in
candle molds. Then
during the day they assisted their husband working in the fields.
A man named John Jones would make shoes and
saddles from cow hides for the entire
community. Mr. Jones later moved to the Hudson community.
Mrs. Long is the proud owner of a quilt that
is more than a hundred years old. The
lining is made from material spun and woven at home, and quilted with
homespun thread.
The quilt is filled with finger picked cotton. Mrs. Long now resides
with her son and wife,
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Long, Route Two, Winnfield.
She has 43 grandchildren, 23 great grandchildren,
and five great, great grandchildren,
all living.
Note: The above was taken word for word from the original newspaper
in my possession
with no changes except for a note saying "( see picture elsewhere )"
that was found at the
end of paragraph 4.
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END OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
ON ELIZABETH SMITH LONG
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CHARLES CLARK MAXWELL
From the marriage of Charles Clark Maxwell
and Lou E. Smith came seven children:
Edna, Charles, Howard, Hardy, Albert, Jimmy, and Thomas. The first
six were all born in
a log cabin that was located behind the Maxwell's Spur building in
Urania, La Salle Parish,
LA. This is located a couple of miles south of Olla, along the railroad
tracks. Maxwell's
Spur existed for many years, even before the incorporation of Urania,
but is no longer
there.
On February 14, 1912, Charles Clark purchased
240 acres near Lou's father ( P. A.
Smith ). This was on Big Chickasaw Creek off Hwy 127. This is the place
where the last
child, Thomas, was born. Along with farming and timber management,
Charles was the
director of Olla State Bank, and an official of the North Central Louisiana
Fair at Olla.
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CLARK MAXWELL
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WYLIE PEMBERTON MAXWELL
Wylie Pemberton Maxwell was a First Lieutenant in the 4th Louisiana
Cavalry, Company
H, in the Confederate States Army. He was paroled with honor
as a prisoner of war on
June 20, 1865 in Monroe, Louisiana.
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FLORENCE OVENIA MAXWELL McCARTNEY
The following is a transcript of an article written by Florence Maxwell
McCartney to the
Farmers Union Banner. The date is unknown.
From a Farmer's Wife
To The Farmer's Union Banner:
I have been wondering if I could say anything
that would be of any help to anyone, but
no one knows what they can do till they try. I have been thinking a
long time I would
write to the good old Banner, but I am not a very gifted writer, and
if the kind editor will
allow me a little space I will just try to write a little anyway.
I belong to the Union but sorry to say I don't
get to attend very often, my health is so
bad. My husband and oldest children are members of the Union and they
attend all
meetings. They have gone to a Union speaking today. I like to go to
the meetings very
much; would be glad if I could attend regular. I think it the duty
of every member to
attend as regular as they can. I don't think they should join the Union,
go home, put on
their sleeping clothes and sleep so hard they can't wake up to go to
the Union in three or
four months. They should go, and if they can't learn anyone anything
maybe they can learn
something themselves. We should try to have peace among ourselves,
and one way to do
this is for everyone to attend to their own business and try to keep
down trouble. Let us
have peace should be the motto of all humanity. We should be ready
to lend a helping
hand to the sick and distressed, do our duty to God and man and should
not be picking
down in the lives and characters of
others. We should be kind and friendly to everyone, not only by little
acts of kindness, but
by our lives, for if the heart is right the acts will flow forth themselves.
Help one another.
This little sentence should be written on every heart and stamped on
every memory. What
would we do without friends, I don't mean mere fair-weather friends,
but friends that are
every day the same.
Say, sisters, how are you getting along this
cold, windy weather, gardening and setting
hens? I am getting along slow, and how many of you are learning your
girls to spin? There
are a great many mothers who never spin a thread, but I think we should
do all we can to
make our own living at home.
Well, I have said enough for this time. I wish
more of the ladies would write. With best
wishes to all, I remain, a farmer's wife.
Florence McCartney
Urania, La.
The following is a poem written by Florence Maxwell McCartney. I have
taken the liberty
of spelling corrections as needed, but the wording is the same.
The Little Scholar
I am a little scholar
I daily go to school
To learn my Masters lesson
His blessed holy rule
The school is plenty big enough
The scholars all love me
Come all you careless sinners
And go to school with me
I am a little preacher
I preach the gospel free
And all I have to tell you
My Master gave to me
I am a little shepherd
I feed my Master's flock
On the green woods divine
And honey from the rock
Florence O. McCartney
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ARETTIA COX McCARTNEY
The following newspaper clipping is from April, 1994.
Long, Good Life...
LA SALLE'S OLDEST CITIZEN DIED SUNDAY AT AGE 105
Arettia Cox McCartney, La Salles oldest citizen
at age 105 years, five months and 18
days, died Sunday, April 24, 1994 at the La Salle Nursing Home of Jena
where she had
made her home for the past several years.
Services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April
26, at the chapel of Riser and Son
Funeral Home in Olla with Rev. M. C. Cady officiating.
Interment followed in the Chickasaw Cemetery
east of Olla under the direction of Riser
and Son of Olla.
Survivors include her step-daughters, Avis
Reed of Carthage, Texas, Lois Jackson and
Wilma Blake, both of West Monroe; nieces and nephews, Wyannie Flowers
of Seattle,
Washington; Marie Pinto of Texas City, Texas; Julia Dalton of Longview,
Texas; and
Walter "Arch" Cox of Alexandria.
Pallbearers were Ikey Harris, Bobby McCartney,
Jeff Farrar, Bernard Miller, Bobby
Thomas, and Jack Dalton.
Long Life
The Times-Signal covered birthday parties for
the parish's oldest citizen several times
during recent years. At one party, held November 6, 1990, Mrs. McCartney
was
interviewed and said three ingredients led to a healthful and productive
life... those
ingredients being "hard work, early to bed, early to rise, and plenty
of Garrett snuff."
Following is a repeat of the interview and
story as it appeared in the Times-Signal on
November 7, 1990:
"Tuesday, November 6, 1990, was a special day
in the life and time of Arettia
McCartney, a resident of the La Salle Nursing Home of Jena. On that
day, Reta, as she is
known by everyone, celebrated her 102nd birthday.
Born on November 6, 1888, while Grover Cleveland
was in his third year of hi first
term as President of the United States, Mrs. McCartney has led a very
active life during
the past century and now two years into her second century.
But don't let her age fool you, she is as sharp
as she has ever been, saying the biggest
problem she has now is trying to keep the nurses aides straight at
the home.
"I don't feel as old now as I did when I was
80," Mrs. McCartney said, "and if I hadn't
broken both my legs when I was just 95, I'd still be going strong."
She has lived through much during her 101 years
on this earth, including such events as
the turn of the century, World War I, II and every conflict since then,
the Great
Depression, and is now witnessing one of the strangest conflicts ever
- that of the Middle
East. She was 22 years old in 1910 when La Salle Parish was created
from part of
Catahoula Parish.
Mrs. McCartney was born in Winn Parish in 1888
and in 1900 moved to Olla and then
resided in Urania for the remainder of her life until she moved to
the La Salle Nursing
Home in her late nineties.
She has witnessed almost half of the Presidents
of the United States in office, with
President Bush making number 20, and many things in which we now take
for granted
were invented during her lifetime. Such items as electricity, telephones,
airplanes,
microwaves, televisions, radios, automobiles, space shuttles, cures
of many, many
diseases, advances in science and medicine, and now she is a part of
the ever so popular
computer age.
With all the attention focused last year to
the major earthquake in San Francisco,
California, it should be noted that Mrs. McCartney was 18 years old
when the "Great
Earthquake" of California struck in 1906. One of the differences, however,
in that
earthquake and the one last year, is the fact that when the one hit
in 1906 it was several
months before this part of the country even knew of it. This just goes
to show the
advances in communication that has taken place during the past 83 years,
as last year it
was just minutes before we knew details concerning the quake.
Despite all the advances, development, and
major progress the world has made during
the past 102 years, Mrs. McCartney has several monuments herself in
her life alone.
When she was 60 years old, in 1948, Arettia
learned how to drive and received her first
operators license. One family member remembers riding with Mrs. McCartney
around and
around an old barn until she finally understood all that she was doing.
Whenever Arettia was 62, she got married -
for the first time. Up until that point in her
life she had never been married, and wouldn't you know it, the man
that she married was
her old childhood sweetheart. A real storybook wedding.
Up until the age of 95, Mrs. McCartney was
as active or perhaps even more active than
the average citizen is today. In fact, while she was 95, she was still
managing and keeping
up a huge garden, and in that 95th summer canned over 120 cans of vegetables.
However, shortly after this she broke both
of her legs, which eventually led to her
seeking the aid of a nursing home facility.
Mrs. Arettia feels honored to have been able
to live for so long, and freely discussed
her deepest secrets as to how she has been able to do so much for so
long.
The three ingredients to a healthful and productive
life according to the 102-year-old is
"work hard, early to bed, early to rise, and plenty of Garrett snuff!"
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McCARTNEY
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FANNIE LAPEARL McCARTNEY LEWIS
Pearl graduated from Enterprise High School
with her daughter, Ruby, as an adult. He
worked as a housewife all of her life. She died at home in Enterprise
from a heart attack.
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FRANKLIN S. McCARTNEY
The following is a summary of Frank's military record.
Frank S. McCartney, Private, Company K , 17th La. Infantry on September
30, 1861
Stationed at Camp Moore, La. Present all roles to December 1861
Rolls March 1862 - May 1862 absent, sick in hospital
Federal rolls of prisoners of war captured & paroled at Vicksburg,
Mississippi on July 4, 1863
On rolls as prisoner of war CSA paroled in Alexandria, La.
on June 28, 1865.
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INFORMATION ON FRANK S. McCARTNEY
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GEORGE ELBERT McCARTNEY
The following information was obtained from Karen Sue McCartney Williams
by way of
Leona Miles Stringer. It is not printed verbatim.
George Elbert McCartney is the oldest child
of George Washington McCartney, II and
Sally Nola Clark. Karen Sue Day was adopted by the McCartneys in 1972.
Karen Sue was
the only one of five Day children adopted because she was the only
one not married.
Karen's siblings also feel like members of the adoptive family with
their children calling
George Elbert, grampa.
George Elbert married Lucille Ramsey in 1947
and divorced in 1949 with no children.
He married Irene Barfield on March 1, 1960 who had a previous marriage
to a Mr Day of
which five children were born. The children of the Day marriage are
as follows...
1) Shelby Day born 1941
married twice / given in order
married 1964 / divorced 1990
sp) Rosie Laborde
1) Derrick Day born 1967
2) George Keith Day born 1969
3) Shawn Ray Day born 1972
Shelby married second in 1993
sp) Tela __________ Note: Tela
has two daughters from a prior marriage.
2) Gloria Day born 1943
married 1961
sp) Anthony Thibodeaux, JR
1) Crilser Michael Thibodeaux born 1962
2) Lisa Thibodeaux born 1965
3) Phyliss Day born 1944
married 1962
sp) Whitney Boudreaux, SR
1) Whitney Boudreaux, JR born 1963
2) Richard Boudreaux born 1964
3) Elizabeth Boudreaux
4) Traci Boudreaux
4) Sharon Darlene Day born 1948
married 1968
sp) Ronald Edsall
1) Dede Edsall born 1969
2) Jarrod Edsall born 1972
3) Steven Edsall born 1979
5) Karen Sue Day McCartney born
1956
adopted by George Elbert McCartney in 1972
married 1973
sp) Charles V. Williams, SR
1) Charles V. Williams, JR born 1975
2) Mike Elbert Williams born 1979
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LILLIE RUSSELL McDONALD
The following is a newspaper clipping from April, 1994.
Lillie Russell McDonald passed away April 10,
1994, at the Byrd Regional Hospital in
Leesville at the age of 78.
She was born June 12, 1915, in Urania. The
daughter of Kirby S. Russell and Emma
Jane Bass Russell.
Services were held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday,
April 13, 1994, at the Hixon Funeral
Chapel. Burial followed at the Castor Cemetery in Leesville.
Survivors include one daughter Ann LaRue McDonald;
three sons, Russell Dale
McDonald, Wendale Damon McDonald, Phillip Harold McDonald; two brothers,
Williard
Russell and Ezra Russell. Thirteen grandchildren and thirty-two great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were members of her family.
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McDONALD
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JOHN J. McGUIRE
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT
THE STATE OF ALABAMA
MACON COUNTY
I, John J. McGuire of the State and County
aforesaid, do make and ordain, this my
Last Will and Testament, in manner and form following;
VIZ: I give and bequeath to my dear wife, Nancy A. McGuire, all
my estate, both real and
personal, during her life time, wherein I nominate, constitute, and
appoint sole Executrix
of this, my Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all other and
former Wills by me
made at any time here before made. And further, I give her, the said
N. A. McGuire, my
dear wife, the power to sell or dispose of any of the property of said
estate, in any manner
she may think proper to do; And at her death, if she should die before
the youngest child,
whose name is John J. McGuire, becomes of age, for the widow of said
estate to be kept
together until he, the said John J. McGuire becomes of age, then at
that time an equal
distribution be made among all my legal heirs. In witness whereof,
I have here unto set my
hand and seal, the Second day of August, in the year of our Lord, One
Thousand Eight
Hundred and Sixty-Four.
John J. McGuire
Signed, Sealed, Published, and Declared by
the said Testator, John J. McGuire, in and
for his Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who have subscribed
our names as
witnesses thereto in the presence of said Testator.
George D. Richardson
A. C. Gentry
R. A. Wynn
THE STATE OF ALABAMA
MACON COUNTY
In the Probate Court of Macon County: To the
Honorable Charles A. Stanton, Judge
for the County and State aforesaid;
Your Proponent, Nancy A. McGuire, Executrix
of the Last Will and Testament of John
J. McGuire, deceased, showeth unto your Honor, that there before, to
wit, on the 2nd day
of August, 1864, that the said John J. McGuire, who was then in life,
and who was of
sound and disposing mind and memory, and who resided in said County
of Macon, made
and published his Last Will and Testament, and thereby nominated and
appointed your
Proponent and Executrix thereto, and a Last Will was attested by George
D. Richardson,
A. C. Gentry, and R. A. Wynn, and shortly thereafter departed this
life, and your
Proponent further showeth unto your Honor that the said Testator left
surviving nine as
his heirs and distributors at law, the following persons, TO WIT:
Your Proponent,
Nancy A. McGuire, who is the widow of the said Testator,
and who is of full age, and
Georgia Ann
McGuire,
Florida McGuire,
Virginia McGuire,
Susan McGuire,
Rebecca McGuire,
Thomas R. McGuire,
Albert McGuire,
William A. McGuire,
and John J.
McGuire,
And all of whom are the children of the said
Testator, and under the age of twenty-one,
except the said Amanda McGuire, and all of whom reside with your Proponent
in the said
County of Macon, in the State of Alabama.
Your Proponent would therefore as Executrix
as aforesaid, pray your Honor to set
aside for the hearing of this application to probate the said Last
Will and Testament of the
said John J. McGuire, deceased, and that your Honor would appoint a
Guardian ad litum
to represent the interest of the said minor heirs and distributors
of the said Testator, and
that
in the meantime, your Honor will cause citations to issue to the said
heirs and distributors
at law of the said Testator, requiring them to appear in your Honor's
court, on the day set
by your Honor for the hearing of the application, to show cause if
any they have, why the
said Last Will and Testament should not be probated in your Honor's
court, according to
the findings of the law; And may it please your Honor further to cause
subpoenas to issue
to the said subscribing witnesses to the said Last Will and Testament,
commanding them
to appear in your Honor's court, on the day set for the hearing of
this application to give
under cc: touching and concerning the execution of the said Last Will
and Testament of
the said John J. McGuire, deceased, and act in duly _______ your Proponent
shall __ pray
& c.
Gunne & Strange
Attorneys for Proponent
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DAVID PETTY POOL, SR
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF EAST FELICIANA
To the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate
of the Parish of East Feliciana,
State of Louisiana:
The petition of Richard Taylor of the Parish
aforesaid respectfully presents that David
P. Pool, lately departed this life in said Parish having among other
children, four minors
named Baxter, Huldah, David, and Nancy who are unrepresented and residing
in said
Parish.
Your petitioner represents that the said minors
have no other relations than your
petitioner except their brothers: Coldwell, Burrell, Leonard, Spencer,
and Timothy Pool
residing in said parish and your petitioner represents that they respectfully
are all disposed
to waiver their right of tutorship to said minors, except Burrell Pool
who desires to be
appointed Tutor of the said minor Nancy.
Wherefore your petitioner prays that the said
Coldwell, Burrell, Leonard, Spencer, and
Timothy Pool may be cited to affirm and answer this petition; That
your petitioner may be
appointed Tutor.
The following record was transcribed from microfilm
of which all available
information from the film was given. The dollar figures that correspond
with the item
auctioned were not adequately rendered on the microfilm being that
they were in the fold
of the page and the books could not be opened wide enough without causing
damage to
the brittle pages. Words missing in the text are marked as ______ because
of the illegible handwriting of the recorder.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF EAST FELICIANA
The following is a process of a probate sale
of the estate of David P. Pool, deceased,
by Thomas W. Scott, Judge of the Parish aforesaid, after proving all
legal delays and
notices, terms of sale, the whole of the estate will be sold on a audit
of one and two years
payable in equal annual installments, purchase of personal property
to give note with
approval herein subsequently, and purchaser of land and negros to approved
personal
security to sign with them their action adjucating consenting that
this process verbal
recorded in the mortgage book and operate on the property purchased
as a conventional
mortgage importing a confession of judgment, this done at late residence
of said Deceased
and in the Parish aforesaid in presence of these sworn and charged
witnesses this 12th day
of January, 1831.
Three hogs being separately cried was adjudged to Billington
Taylor for ............... $ .
Three hogs were adjudged to Burrell Pool for ......................................................
$ .
Seven hogs was adjudged to Eli White for ...........................................................
$ .
One sow and pigs was adjudged to Henry Humble for .........................................
$ .
One sow and pigs was adjudged to Leonard Pool for ..........................................
$ .
One sow and pigs was adjudged to Henry Humble for .........................................
$ .
Two hogs was adjudged to William Wright for .....................................................
$ .
Three hogs was adjudged to Thomas Roark for ...................................................
$ .
One white cow with red head and her yearling was adjudged to
Burrell Pool for ... $ .
Three yearlings was adjudged to Colwell Pool for ................................................
$ .
One steer was adjudged to Nathaniel Brian for ..............................................
$ .
One steer was adjudged to Colwell Pool for ..................................................
$ .
One brown cow and calf was adjudged to Burrell Pool for ...................................
$ .
Amount brought forward $
189.50
One ____ cow and calf was adjudged to William Wright for ................................
$
15.00
One crooked horned cow and yearling was adjudged to Colwell
Pool for ............. $
10.00
One grind stone was adjudged to Michael __________ for ..................................
$
4.00
One lot of pots ___ was adjudged to Burrell Pool for ...........................................
$
4.12
One lot of _______ was adjudged to Burrell Pool for ...........................................
$
1.75
One lot of tools was adjudged to Spencer Pool for ...............................................
$
3.00
One case of bottles was adjudged to Burrell Pool for ............................................
$
2.12
One clock was adjudged to Michael Hill for ..........................................................
$
9.00
One lot of shovels and ____ was adjudged to Richard Taylor for
........................... $
2.00
One lot of five dogs was adjudged to Eli White for .................................................
$
3.12
One cupboard was adjudged to Burrell Pool for .....................................................
$
4.00
One trunk was adjudged to Richard Taylor for .......................................................
$
2.00
Four chairs was adjudged to Burrell Pool for ..........................................................
$
2.00
Two trunks was adjudged to Mrs. Pool for ............................................................
$
3.00
One round table was adjudged to Burrell Pool for ..................................................
$
3.62
One table was adjudged to Mrs. Pool for ...............................................................
$
2.00
One pair ________ (steelyards - ?) was adjudged to Benjamin
Doughty for .......... $
2.50
One cross cut saw was adjudged to Caldwell Pool for ...........................................
$
2.25
One pair ________ (steelyards - ?) was adjudged to Timothy Rogers
for .............. $
1.50
Two _____ and one _____ was adjudged to Robert Draughon for
......................... $
2.00
One lot of ____ (guns - ?) was adjudged to Benjamin Doughty
for ......................... $
3.75
______ ______ was adjudged to Timothy Pool for ...............................................
$ 1.25
Two pair _____ (guns - ?) and one ax was adjudged to Tim Pool
.......................... $
1.62
One wagon was adjudged to Burrell Pool for ........................................................
$61.00
One yoke and chain was adjudged to Colwell Pool for ..........................................
$
3.00
One lot of hoes was adjudged to Burrell Pool for ..................................................
$
0.75
Three ____ was adjudged to Stephen Chance for .................................................
$
3.12
One large pot was adjudged to Timothy Rogers for ..............................................
$
3.50
One rifle gun was adjudged to Burrell Pool for .......................................................
$
3.62
One shot gun was adjudged to Colwell Pool for ....................................................
$
3.00
One shot gun was adjudged to Leonard Pool for ...................................................
$10.00
Negro woman Lucy and her son Calvin was adjudged to Robert Dyes
for ............$
735.00
Witnesses
Timothy Rogers
Robert Dyes
Binajah Doughty
Thomas Lee
Thomas W. Scott
Parish Judge
One tract of land situated lying and being in the State and
Parish aforesaid on the waters
of the Amite river on a creek called Clear Creek containing five hundred
and eighty acres
be the same more or less bounded on the North by Levi Doughty, on the
South by William
Taylor and ______ MacKay, East by Isaiah Knighten and Murdock Rogers,
and West by
Gerald Rogers, being the same whereon the said David P. Pool, deceased
resided at the
time of his death, being separately cried was adjudged to Colwell Pool
for the price and
sum of nine hundred dollars, he being the last and highest bidder,
who consenting to the
terms of sale _____ and Burrell Pool and Leonard Pool sign as his ________.
Witnesses
Colwell Pool
Timothy Rogers
Burrell Pool
Benijah Doughty
Leonard P.
Pool
Thomas W. Scott
Parish Judge
And there being no other property shown for sale amounting to
the sum of nineteen
hundred and sixty six dollars and one half cents, _____ the day and
year above written in
witness of all which I, the Judge aforesaid, Sign hereunto in presence
of the subscribing
witnesses the day and date aforesaid
Witnesses
Timothy Rogers
Thomas W.
Scott
Benajah Doughty
Parish Judge
Truly recorded January 17th, 1831.
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ON DAVID PETTY POOL, SR
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PENN SANDIDGE
The following is the funeral and obituary notice printed in the Monroe
Morning World
newspaper in Monroe, Louisiana
In Memoriam
Entered Into Eternal Rest
February 8, 1974
LAKE PROVIDENCE - Funeral services for Penn
Sandidge, 51, of Lake Providence
will be held at 2 p.m. today in the First Baptist Church in Lake Providence
with the Rev.
Paul Kolb officiating.
Burial will be in the Providence Memorial Cemetery
here under the direction of
Kidder-Cox Funeral Home of Lake Providence.
Mr. Sandidge died at 7 p.m. Friday in the East
Carroll Parish Hospital following a heart
attack.
He had taught school in East Carroll Parish
since 1950 and was principal of Northside
Elementary School. Mr. Sandidge was an Enterprise native, received
a B. S. from the
University of Southwestern Louisiana and received his master's of education
from the
University of Mississippi.
He was serving on the Board of Deacons of the First Baptist Church.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Darlene Lewis
Sandidge of Lake Providence; one
son, Gerald Sandidge of Monroe; one daughter, Deborah Sandidge of Logansport;
four
brothers, Sam Sandidge of Monticello, E. R. Sandidge of Enterprise,
R. N. Sandidge, Jr.
of
Acme, and D. C. Sandidge of Epps; one sister, Miss Myrtle Sandidge of
Enterprise, his
mother, Mrs. Inez Sandidge, of Enterprise; and two grandchildren, Allen
Sandidge and
Scott Sandidge.
Active pallbearers were Frank Edmondson, F.
E. Fortenberry, Eugene Haley, Van
Hicks, Charles Hodgkins, and John Hopkins.
Honorary pallbearers were members of the Board
of Deacons of the First Baptist
Church.
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LORENE DYER SONES
The Clarion-Ledger Obituaries
September 27, 2003
Lorene Dyer Sones
Brandon
Lorene Dyer Sones, 81, a retired homemaker died Thursday, September 25, 2003, at Hospice Ministries in Rigeland. Services are 11 a.m. today at Oliver Funeral Home with burial in the Eupora City Cemetery.
Mrs. Sones is survived by two sons, Larry Sones of Brandon and Pete Sones of Pascagoula; one brother, Mike Dyer of San Antonio, Texas; nine grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Sones.
Oliver Funeral Home of Eupora is handling arrangements.
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WILLIAM FRANCIS "BILLY" SONES
The Clarion-Ledger Obituaries
October 11, 2003
Billy Sones
Osyka
William Francis "Billy" Sones, 62, died Wednesday, October 8, 2003, at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital in Beaumont, Texas. Services are 11 a.m. today at Line Creek Baptist Church with burial in Wilson Cemetery in Amite County. Catchings Funeral Home of McComb is handling arrangements.
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JOHN SONES
SOUTH CAROLINA ADMINISTRATION BOND
Know all men by these presents, that we: Henry
Sones, John H. Lenoir, and David
Thompson are holden and firmly bound unto William Taylor, Esquire ordinary
for the
district of Sumter, in the full and just sum of twenty thousand dollars,
lawful money of this
state, to be paid to the said William Taylor or his successors, ordinaries
of this district, or
their certain attorney or assigns. To which payment well and truly
to be made, we bind
ourselves, and every one of us, our and every one of our heirs, executors,
and
administrators, for the whole, and in the whole, jointly and severally,
firmly by these
presents. Sealed with our seals, and dated the second day of January
in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen.
The condition of this obligation is such, that
if the within bounden administrator of
all and singular the goods, chattels, and credits of John Sones, deceased,
do make, or
cause to be made, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular
the goods, chattels,
and credits of the said deceased, which have, or shall come to the
hands, possession, or
knowledge of him, the said Henry Sones, or into the hands or possession
of any other
person or persons for him, and the same so made, do exhibit, or cause
to be exhibited
into the ordinary's office of this district, at or before the second
day of April next
ensuing. And the same goods, chattels, and credits, and all other,
the goods, chattels,
and credits of the said deceased, at the time of his death, which at
any time hereafter
shall come to the hands or possession of the said Henry Sones or into
the hands or
possession of any other person or persons for him do well and truly
administer
according to law. And further, do make, or cause to be made, a true
and just account of
his administration, at or before the second day of April next. And
all the veil and
residue of the said goods, chattels, and credits which shall be found
remaining on the
said administration account ( the same being first examined and allowed
by the ordinary
of this district for the time being ) shall deliver and pay unto such
person or persons
respectively as the said ordinary, by his decree or sentence, pursuant
to the true intent
and meaning of the statutes and acts of assembly, of force in this state,
for the better
settling of initiates estates, shall limit and appoint. And if it shall
hereafter appear, that
any Last Will and Testament was made by the said deceased, and the
executor or
executors therein named do exhibit the same to the said ordinary, making
request to
have it allowed and approved accordingly, if the said Henry Sones within
bounden,
being thereunto required, do render and deliver the said letters of
administration,
approbation of such testament being first had and made, to the said
ordinary; then this
obligation to be void and of none effect, or else to remain in full
force and virtue.
Signed, sealed, and delivered,
Henry Sones
in the presence of
John H. Lenoir
John Horan
David Thompson
SOUTH CAROLINA
SUMTER DISTRICT
By William Taylor, Ordinary of Said District:
These are to authorize and empower you, or
any three or four of you, whose names
are here under written, to repair to all such parts and places within
this state, as you
shall be directed unto by Henry Sones, Administrator of the goods and
chattels, rights
and credits of John Sones, deceased, wheresoever any of the said goods
and chattels
are or do remain within the said parts and places, and which shall
be shewn unto you
by the said Henry Sones, and there view and appraise all and every
the said goods and
chattels, being first duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty
God, to make a true
and perfect inventory and appraisement thereof, and to cause the same
to be returned
under your hands, or any three or four of you, unto the said Henry
Sones, on or before
the second day of April next.
Witness: William Taylor, Esq. Ordinary of
the Said District, this second day of
January in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen,
and in the
thirty-ninth year of American independence.
_____________________________________________________________________
To Messrs. Burwell Fort, Wilie Fort, and John
Bylant:
MEMORANDUM; That on the thirty-first day of March in the year of our
Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and fifteen personally appeared before me, Deverend
Ballard,
one of the Justices assigned to keep the peace in Sumter District.
Burwell Fort, Wilie
Fort, and John Bylant being three of the appraisers appointed to appraise
the goods and
chattels of John Sones, late of the state of North Carolina, deceased,
who being duly
sworn, made oath, that they would make a just and true appraisement
of all and
singular, the goods and chattels of John Sones, deceased, as shall
be produced by
Henry Sones, Administrator of the estate of the said deceased, and
that they would
return the same, certified under their hands, unto the said Henry Sones
on or before the
second day of April next.
Sworn the day and year above written, before me,
B. Fort
Deverend Ballard, Justice of the Peace
Wilie Fort
John Bylant
Estate of John Sones
One negro man named Minney at ..........$500.00
One negro man named Abram ............... 450.00
One negro boy named March ................ 250.00
One negro girl named Easter .................. 200.00
We do certify the above is an appraisement
of the property of John Sones, deceased,
as shewn us by Henry Sones, Administrator of the said deceased.
March 31, 1815
B. Fort
Wilie Fort
John Bylant
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HENRY SONES CHRONOLOGY
Henry Sones, SR was born around 1770 in North
Carolina. His wife was Fabia.
Henry appears on the 1800 Federal census for the first time in Sumter
County, South
Carolina. This area of Sumter later became Claremont County. The census
information
reads as follows: One male under the age of ten (Henry Sones, JR born
in 1794), One
male between ten & sixteen (William B.), One male between twenty-six
& forty-five
(Henry, SR himself), One female under the age of ten (Sarah), Two females
between
ten & sixteen (Elizabeth & Ruth), One female between sixteen
& twenty-six (Fabia).
Four slaves are counted in the household. By this information, we can
deduce that Fabia
was born between 1774 & 1784. Even if she were born in 1774 she
would be too
young to be the mother of the older children. So we can assume that
either the census
taker categorized her in the wrong age group, or we could consider
the possibility that
Henry had a previous marriage. Since I have found no support for a
prior marriage from
family or state resources, and the fact that all contacted family members
show only one
marriage, I concluded that the census taker was in error. It has been
my experience after
much comparison of census & court records, that census takers were
very sloppy at
times and filled in ages by guess rather than asking the age of the
individual family
member. Fabia died in Marion County, Mississippi soon after the birth
of Rebecca,
possibly due to complications at birth.
Around the year 1812, Henry and Fabia moved
from Sumter County, South Carolina
to Marion County, Mississippi. After arrival, he registered with the
court the following
for livestock identification... Henry Sones' ear mark "C _ Split in
the Left Brand"...
recorded June 22, 1813. He reapplied for a further mark five years
later as follows,
Henry Sones, SR "Crop & Split in left and fish hook in right ear"...
recorded August 7,
1818.
I will insert here, that it was during the
afforementioned decade that the county of
Marion was established. It was officially formed on December 10, 1811.
This was six
years before Mississippi was admitted to the Union. The following is
the official record
of the establishment of key townships within Marion County...
BY AN ACT OF
THE LEGISLATURE ON DECEMBER 16, 1812:
The county town in the County of Marion
is laid off in a
fractional
section, No. 14, in Township No. 3, Range
13, East,
situated
on the west Bank of Pearl River,
and is hereby estab-
lished
and shall be called New Columbia.
Next, by a Legislative Act of January 13,
1818, the town of Columbia was
established on the East Bank of the Pearl River, thereby establishing
two cities that
were separated by the Pearl River. At this date, an Act was made for
the purpose of
appointing Commissioners to fix the Public Site of Justice in Marion
County. This Act
was passed. Among those appointed Commissioners was Henry Sones, SR.
The Act
reads as follows...
SECTION ONE . That Solomon Ford , John Ford
, Dugald
McLaughlin,
James Rawls, Rees Perkins, John Pope, Henry Heneger,
John Lott, Henry
Sones, William Simmons, Charles M. Norton, and
Jacob Tomilson,
be and hereby are appointed Commissioners... their
duty to meet
and fix the permanent seat of Justice ... and to select
a
suitable tract
or parcel of land for the erection of public
buildings,
to wit: Court
House, Jail and Stocks, and to lay out town Lots,
suitable to
any plan they agree upon.
SECTION TWO. Be it further enacted that the courts of said
County be held
at the House of Stephen Peake until accommodations
are provided
therefore at the site which may be fixed upon by said
Commissioners.
SECTION THREE. The Commissioners have authority to use
available moneys
to pay for available tract or parcel of land; to pay
the surveyor
who may be employed to survey and lay out Lots and
also to pay
John Graves, Senior, for surveyor, surveying the County
Town in said
County in the year Eighteen Hundred and Twelve and
all other balance
in money to be used for Public buildings.
SECTION FOUR. Be it further enacted that the Commis-
sioners establish
the Seat of Justice for said County within five
miles of the
Center of said County, on a line North to South, and
as near Pearl
River, and to a convenient crossing place over the
same, as a suitable
place as can be procured. If Commissioners can-
not agree they
are authorized and empowered to call upon any three
men from another
county, who, or a majority of them, shall finally
decide and declare
where the site for public buildings will be.
Approved the Thirteenth Day of January, Eighteen Hundred
and Eighteen.
David Holmes,
Governor State of Mississippi
Thomas Barnes,
Speaker of the House of Representatives
D. Stewart,
Lieutenant Governor
(342)
LAST WILL & TESTAMENT OF HENRY SONES, SR
In the name of God, Amen - I, Henry Sones,
Senior of the State of Mississippi and
County of Marion; Being of sound and perfect mind and memory, and of
perfect health
of body, but knowing the mortality of human nature, and that it is
appointed once for all
men to die, do make, publish, and declare this to be my Last Will and
Testament.
That is to say...
ITEM ONE: First of all, I recommend my soul to Almighty God who
gave it to me and
my body to the dust from whence it came, to be buried in a Christian
manner.
ITEM TWO: After my death, I will and wish all my debts to be
paid out of my estate,
by my Executors.
ITEM THREE: After the payment of my debts as aforesaid, I will
and desire that all the
rest and residue of my estate, both real and personal, to be equally
divided and
distributed by my Executors, between the following children, to wit:
Sarah Lott,
Harriett Harris, John Horren Sones, Benjamin Sones, Francis B. Sones,
Martha
Elizabeth Sones, Andrew Jackson Sones, and Rebecca Sones, in equal
dividends or
shares, each and every one of my older children having had and received
their full
proportion, share, or apportionment of my estate before the making
and publishing of
this Will.
ITEM FOUR: I do by this, my Last Will and Testament appoint,
constitute, and ordain
my beloved son-in-laws, John Tyner and Andrew Lott, for Executors to
this, my Last
Will and Testament.
ITEM FIVE: And I do hereby pronounce, publish, and declare this
to be my Last Will
and Testament, hereby revoking, annulling, and forever disavowing all
other former
Wills and Testaments by me made or published.
Signed, Sealed, Published, and Declared by
the Testator, in the presence of the
witnesses whose names are herewith subscribed, on this Twenty-Fifth
day of April, in
the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-Two.
Gilbert Stovall
Henry Sones, Senior
George H. Dashner
Simeon Duke
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
ORPHAN'S COURT
MARION COUNTY
FEBRUARY TERM 1823
John Horren Sones, a minor over the age of
fourteen years, having signed and filed
his petition in Open Court, praying that Henry Sones, Junior may be
appointed his
guardian. It is thereupon ordered by the Court that the said petition
be received. So
Ordered this Twenty-Fifth day of February, Eighteen Hundred and Twenty-Three.
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
ORPHAN'S COURT
MARION COUNTY
MARCH TERM 1823
Personally appeared in Open Court, Simeon Duke
and Gilbert Stovall, who being
duly sworn; depose and say that they were personally present at the
signing, sealing,
publishing, and declaring of the above and foregoing Will; that they
saw the Testator
therein named, sign, seal, publish, and declare the same to be his
Last Will and Test-
ament, on the day and date therein specified, and that George H. Dashner
signed his
name at the same time as a witness thereto.
Sworn to in Open Court this Twenty-Fourth
day of March, Eighteen Hundred and
Twenty-Three.
James Phillips, Judge of Probate
Simeon Duke
Gilbert Stovall
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
MARION COUNTY
You, Arthur Lott, Junior shall swear that these
words contain the true Last Will of
the within named Henry Sones, Senior as far as you know or believe
and that you will
and truly perform the same, by paying first his debts, and then the
legatees contained in
said Will, as far as his goods, chattels, and credits will extend,
and the law charge, and
that you will make a true and perfect inventory of all the said goods,
chattels, and
credits as also a just account when thereto required.
Sworn to and Subscribed in Open Court this
Twenty-Fifth day of March, Eighteen
Hundred and Twenty-Three.
James Phillips, Judge of Probate Arthur Lott, Junior
The foregoing Will, Probate thereof, and oath
of the Executor, duly records this
Twenty-Seventh day of March, Eighteen Hundred and Twenty-Three.
James Phillips, Judge of Probate
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
MARION COUNTY
Know all men by these presents that we, Henry
Sones, Hugh McGowen, and Abram
Ard, all of the state of Mississippi and county of Marion are sworn
and firmly bound
unto James Phillips, Esquire, Judge of Probate for the County of Marion
for the time
being, and his successors in office, in the penal sum of twelve thousand
dollars, good
and lawful money of the United States, for the payment of which sum
will and truly to
be made, we and each of us bind ourselves and each of our heirs, Executors,
Adminis-
trators, and assigns, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents,
sealed with our seals
and stated this Twenty-Eighth day of January in the year of our Lord,
One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Twenty-Three.
The condition of the above obligation is such
that the above binds Henry Sones as
guardian to John Horren Sones of Marion County. He shall faithfully
account with the
Orphan's Court of Marion County as directed by law, for the management
of the prop-
erty and estate of the orphan undre his care, and shall also deliver
up the said property
agreeably to the order of the said Court, on the directions of law,
and shall in all re-
spects perform the duty of guardian to the said John Horren Sones according
to the law,
then the above obligation shall cease. It shall otherwise remain in
full force and virtue of
law.
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered in Open Court
this Twenty-Eighth day of January,
Eighteen Hundred and Twenty-Three.
James Phillips, Judge of Probate
Henry Sones
Hugh McGowen
Abram Ard
The foregoing bond duly recorded this Twenty-Seventh
day of March, Eighteen
Hundred and Twenty-Three.
James Phillips, Judge of Probate
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
MARION COUNTY
Know all men by these presents that Henry Sones,
Junior, James McGowen, and
Samuel Simpson, all of the State of Mississippi and County of Marion
are held and
firmly bound unto James Phillips, Judge of Probate for Marion County
for the time
being, and his successors in office, in the penal sum of twelve hundred
dollars, good
and lawful money of the United States, for the payment of which sum
will and truly to
be made. We and each of us bind ourselves, and each of our heirs, Executors,
Admin-
istrators, and assigns jointly and severally, firmly by these presents,
with our seals, and
dated this Twenty-Fourth day of March, Eighteen Hundred and Twenty-Three.
The condition of the above obligation is such
that the above binds Henry Sones,
Junior, as guardian to Martha Sones, a minor of the County of Marion.
He shall faith-
fully account with the Orphan's Court of Marion County as directed
by law, for the
management of the property and estate of the orphan undre his care,
and shall also de-
liver up the said property agreeably to the order of the said Court
or the directions of
the law and shall in all respects perform the duty of guardian to the
said Martha Sones
according to law. Then the above obligation shall cease. It shall otherwise
remain in full
force and virtue of law.
Signed, Sealed, and Acknowledged in Open Court
this Twenty-Fourth day of March,
Eighteen Hundred and Twenty-Three.
James Phillips, Judge of Probate
Henry Sones
James McGowen
Samuel Simpson
The foregoing bond duly recorded this Twenty-Seventh
day of March, Eighteen
Hundred and Twenty-Three.
James Phillips, Judge of Probate
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
MARION COUNTY
Know all men by these presents that we, Henry
Sones, Junior, James McGowen, and
Samuel Simpson, all of the state of Mississippi and county of Marion,
are held and firmly
bound unto James Phillips, Judge of Probate for Marion County for the
time being and his
successors in office, in the penal sum of twelve hundred dollars, good
and lawful money
of the United States, for the payment of which sum will and truly to
be made. We and
each of us bind ourselves, and each of our heirs, Executors, Administrators,
assigns,
jointly and severally, firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals
and dated this Twenty-
Fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred
and
Twenty-Three.
The condition of the above obligation is such,
that the above binds Henry Sones, as
guardian to Francis B. Sones, a minor of Marion County, shall faithfully
account with the
Orphan's Court of Marion County as directed by law, for the management
of the pro-
perty and estate of the orphan under his care, and shall also deliver
up the said property,
agreeably to the order of the said Court, or the directions of law,
and shall in all respects
perform the duty of guardian to the said Francis B. Sones according
to law. Then the
above obligation shall cease. It shall otherwise remain in full force
and virtue of law.
Signed and Sealed in Open Court this Twenty-Fourth
day of March, Eighteen
Hundred and Twenty-Three.
James Phillips, Judge of Probate
Henry Sones
James McGowen
Samuel Simpson
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
MARION COUNTY
Know all men by these presents that we, Arthur
Lott, Junior, John Lott, Senior, and
William B. Sones, all of the state of Mississippi and county of Marion,
are held and
firmly bound unto James Phillips, Esquire, Judge of Probate for the
County of Marion
for the time being, and his successors in office, in the penal sum
of two thousand five
hundred dollars, good and lawful money of the United States, for the
payment of which
sum will and truly to be made. We and each of us bind ourselves and
each of our heirs,
Executors, Administrators, and assigns, jointly and severally, firmly
by these presents.
Sealed with our seals and dated this Twenty-Fifth
day of March, in the year of our
Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-Three.
The condition of the above obligation is such,
that the above binds Henry Sones as
guardian to Francis B. Sones, a minor of Marion County, shall faithfully
account with
the Orphan's Court of Marion County as directed by law, for the management
of the
property and estate of the orphan under his care, and shall also deliver
up the said pro-
perty, agreeably to the order of the said Court, or the directions
of law, and shall in all
respects perform the duty of guardian to the said Francis B. Sones
according to law.
Then the above obligation shall cease. It shall otherwise remain in
full force and virtue
of law.
Signed and Sealed in Open Court this Twenty-Fifth
day of March, Eighteen
Hundred and Twenty-Three.
James Phillips, Judge of Probate
Henry Sones
James McGowen
Samuel Simpson
The foregoing bond duly recorded this Twenty-Seventh
day of March, Eighteen
Hundred and Twenty-Three.
James Phillips, Judge of Probate
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
MARION COUNTY
Know all men by these presents that we, Arthur
Lott, Junior, John Lott, Senior, and
William B. Sones, all of the state of Mississippi and county of Marion,
are held and firmly
bound unto James Phillips, Esquire, Judge of Probate for the County
of Marion for the
time being, and his successors in office, in the penal sum of two thousand
five hundred
dollars, good and lawful money of the United States, for the payment
of which sum will
and truly to be made, we and each of us bind ourselves and each of
our heirs, Executors,
Administrators, and assigns, jointly and severally, firmly by these
presents, sealed with
our seals and dated this Twenty-Fifth day of March, in the year of
our Lord, One
Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty- Three.
The condition of the above obligation is such
that if the said Arthur Lott, Junior, Exec-
utor of the Last Will and Testament of Henry Sones, Senior, deceased,
do make a true
and perfect inventory of all and singular, the goods, chattels, and
credits of the said
deceased, which have or shall come to the hands, possession, or knowledge
of him, the
said Arthur Lott, Junior, or unto the hands or possession of any other
person or persons
for the said Arthur Lott, Junior, and the same so made, do exhibit
to the Orphan's Court
of Marion County at such time as he shall be thereunto required by
the said Court, and
the same goods, chattels, and credits, do will and truly administer
according to law, and
make a just and true account of his actings and doings therein when
thereunto required
by the said Court. And further do well and truly pay and deliver all
the legatees con-
tained and specified in the said Will as far as the goods, chattels,
and credits will extend
according to the value thereof, and as the law shall charge. Then this
obligation to void
or else remain in full force.
Signed, Sealed, and Acknowledged in Open Court
this Twenty-Fifth day of March,
Eighteen Hundred and Twenty-Three.
James Phillips, Judge of Probate
Arthur Lott, Junior
John Lott, Senior
William B. Sones
The foregoing bond duly recorded this Twenty-Seventh
day of March, Eighteen
Hundred and Twenty-Three.
James Phillips, Judge of Probate
A LIST OF THE REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY OF
HENRY SONES, SENIOR, DECEASED
To say:
A Negro man, Castelio................................................................................$
400.00
A Negro boy, Abram...................................................................................
450.00
A Negro woman, Juliette, & three children,
Jenny, Randal, & George........ 600.00
A quarter section of land...............................................................................
100.00
One sorrel mare............................................................................................
15.00
One lot of pots & c.......................................................................................
7.00
One lot of farming utensils.............................................................................
9.00
One bed stead..............................................................................................
3.00
Seven chairs.................................................................................................
4.00
One shot gun................................................................................................
5.00
One lot of kitchen furniture............................................................................
3.00
One saddle...................................................................................................
3.00
One chest.....................................................................................................
2.00
Five head of cattle not found @ $5.00 each...................................................
25.00
Estate's Total Value.......... $1626.00
We the undersigned appraisers of the above
property, appointed by the Honorable
Orphan's Court of Marion County, do certify that the above is a fair
statement to the best
of our knowledge.
William Mellon
C. Stovall
Hugh McGowen
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
MARION COUNTY
I hereby certify that on April Seventh, Eighteen
Hundred and Twenty-Three William
Mellon, C. Stovall, and Hugh McGowen were duly sworn before me, to
appraise the
personal estate of Henry Sones, Senior, deceased.
Given under my hand and Seal this Twenty-Eighth
day of April, Eighteen Hundred
and Twenty-Three.
Gilbert Stovall, Justice of the Peace
The above and foregoing inventory and certificate
of qualification duly Recorded
this Twenty-Ninth day of April, Eighteen Hundred and Twenty-Three.
James Phillips, Judge of Probate
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
MARION COUNTY
The following claims are against the estate
of Henry Sones, deceased. A judgment
from South Carolina in favour of S. D. Miller on said estate for the
sum of two hundred
and sixteen dollars and four cents; One in favour of C. Grant for fourteen
dollars; And
one do issue of James Godwin for twelve dollars. And objections thereby
being made
by the Executor of said estate; It is ordered that said claims be rejected
on the grounds
and reasons thereon respectively enclosed.
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
MARION COUNTY
Arthur Lott, Executor of the estate of Henry
Sones, Senior, deceased, having
presented for first allowing by the Court the following accounts...
TO WIT:
An account in favour of William B. Sones in
said estate.................................$ 46.75
Balance of Simeon Duke in said estate..........................................................
8.43
John Lott, Junior in said estate......................................................................
68.30
And the said accounts having been examined,
accredited, and reported for allowance
and due proof of notices being made by the Executors as required by
law; And no excep-
tions being made thereto. It is therefore decreed by the Court that
the said accounts be
finally allowed, and that this decree be made a part of the record
of this administration.
James Phillips, Judge of Probate
OTHER COURT RECORDS INVOLVING THE SONES FAMILY
The following court records are significant to the children and estate
of Henry Sones, SR.
The Orphan's Court Record Book page number for the event is given with
each date for
further reference. The appropriate book can be found in the archives
of the Marion
County court house. More than one volume is required. The appropriate
book
corresponds
with the dates given.
May 31, 1823:
Sale of the property of Henry Sones, SR. Purchasers were: Henry
(page 239)
Sones, JR, William Mellon, Robert Lott, JR, Arthur Lott, Dugall
McLaughlin, C. Stovall, John Alexander, D. L. Preston, John Lott,
JR, Mrs Jones, Hugh Berry, & Jacob Smith. The sale was recorded
in court on June 26, 1823
Sep 26, 1827:
A bond of $300 from Henry Sones, JR, Harrison Bracey, and Hugh
(page 73)
McGowen to Judge William Spencer makes Henry Sones, JR the
guardian of Jackson Sones.
Dec 31, 1827:
A bond of $300 from Henry Sones, JR, Harrison Bracey, and Hugh
(page 75)
McGowen to Judge William Spencer makes Henry Sones, JR the
guardian of Benjamin Sones.
Dec 31, 1827:
A bond of $300 from Henry Sones, JR, Harrison Bracey, and Hugh
(page 76 - 77)
McGowen to Judge William Spencer makes Henry Sones, JR the
guardian of Rebecca Sones.
Oct 1, 1830:
Inventory of the estate of John Horren, Martha, Francis B.,
(page 174)
Benjamin, Jackson, and Rebecca Sones as rendered by their
guardian, Henry Sones, JR.
Jun 6, 1831:
Henry Sones, JR as guardian gives account of the situation of John
(page 256)
Horren, Francis B., Benjamin, Rebecca, and Jackson.
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END OF
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON HENRY SONES, SR
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MORE DOCUMENTATION ON THE SONES FAMILY
WILLIAM B. SONES
William B. Sones first appears by name on the
1816 Territorial Census of Marion
County, Mississippi. The household information is as follows: One white
male over
twenty-one years of age (William, himself), One white female over twenty-one
years
of age (his wife, Mary), Two white females under twenty-one years of
age (one is
Emma and the other's name is unknown). One slave is reported in the
household
making a total of five.
William B. Sones is also found on the 1825
Tax List for Marion County in Volume
67 of the Auditor's Records. This book is found in the Mississippi
Department of
Archives and History located in Jackson, Mississippi.
On January 2, 1837 William B. and Mary D.
Sones deed the following described
land to Benjamin B. Barnes:
The South West Quarter, Section 27, T 5, R 19 W;
The South East Quarter of the North West Quarter,
Section 27, T 5, R 19 W, Containing 49.92 Acres.
Selling price was $500. Acknowledged before
R. Willoughby, Justice of the Peace.
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END OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON WILLIAM B. SONES
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JOHN HORREN SONES
Conveyance Record:
Recorded May 5, 1858
William B. Fife
STATE OF LOUISIANA LAND TO JOHN H. SONES
Know all men by these presents that I, William
B. Fife, of the Parish of Catahoula,
state aforesaid, have this day and do by these presents grant, bargain,
sell, transfer, and
convey unto John H. Sones of the same residence the following described
tract of land
situated in the Parish of Catahoula, Louisiana:
The South West Quarter of the North
East Quarter,
and South East Quarter of the North
West Quarter,
and North West Quarter of the South
East Quarter
of Section No. 5 in Township 10, North Range No. 5.
containing One Hundred and twenty-seven and 86/100
Acres as for duplicate receivers receipt
No. 14050
dated Monroe, Louisiana October 28, 1857.
Together with all the improvements and rights,
and appertaining to the same, belong-
ing or in any way appertaining forever to him, John H. Sones, his heirs
and assigns for-
ever against the claim of me and my heirs and assigns. This sale is
made for and in
consideration of the sum of four hundred dollars to be paid in the
two promissory notes
of said Sones in favor of said Fife for the sum of two hundred dollars
each, payable
respectably on the first day of January, A.D. 1858 and 1859, with interest
from their
respective maturities and which said notes bear even dates herewith,
and in order to
identify them with act by consent of parties a written contract by
George H. Walls,
Notary Public. And in order to secure the prompt and final payment
of the said two
notes at their maturities, the said Sones hereby mortgages and specially
hypothecates
the land herein before described, in favor of the said Vendor to remain
so mortgaged
and hypothecated until the final payment of said notes and all accruing
interest, binding
and obligating himself not to alienate, deteriorate, or encumber the
same to the prefer-
ences of the special mortgage. In testimony of all which the said parties
hereto set their
hands in presence of the two undersigned witnesses of lawful age and
domicile, this
Seventh day of December, Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-Seven.
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END OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON JOHN HORREN SONES
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MARTHA ELIZABETH SONES
From Pam Allison
My great-uncle said that his name was ZACHARIAH NEAL who married MARTHA SONES... since he had the "Martha Sones" part correct, I haven't completely given up on the Zachariah.
However, I have found NO Zachariah. There was a James NEAL that lived adjacent to Henry SONES Jr (who was the guardian of Martha after her dad died)... For James NEAL to have married her, he would have been much older and it would have been a 2nd marriage. It seems to me, the descendants of his 1st marriage would "know about" this second marriage, and they don't seem to. Clearly, the _____ NEAL was likely a relatively of his.
There was a John S. NEAL that lived nearby to Mary (daughter of Martha SONES NEAL), in both the 1850 and 1860 censuses... he was about the right age, and I suspect he may have been the husband/father. He was either the kids' father or their uncle.
He married (again?) quite well financially and had daughters, but I found no will or anything that has attached him yet to my Martha SONES. with one exception... 2 of Martha SONES' sons (that I have tracked down) named their first sons John S. NEAL... and my ancestor (James M. NEAL) was married 1st to someone (unknown so far) and had 1 or 2 kids (unknown so far, but believe one was a son, maybe both were sons -- and one was probably his own namesake). He never had a "John" child, unless it was one from this first marriage.
Thus, I believe John S. NEAL was her husband, and that she must have died, and he stuck around but didn't keep the family together.
Also, James had an older brother Jeddiah (who, to me, seemed to help him as a father would have), and I wonder if that is where my great-uncles name of Zachariah came from (Zachariah and Jeddiah both biblical and end in -iah!!!)
If it was John S. Neal (who was born in SC), then I know when/where he died and is buried (near Silver Creek, MS)
He was a Captain in the Civil War, but if he was wealthy (which he was by then), he would not have been eligible for a pension from Mississippi (am I correct on this for Mississippi?)
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RUTH JANE SONES CHAPMAN
Ruth was a housewife until the death of her
husband, Amos. She lived at home for
many years after his death and later became a resident of Columbia
Heights Nursing
Home. While there, she suffered a broken hip and never again regained
the will to live, and
soonafter died.
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END OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON RUTH JANE SONES
CHAPMAN
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SADIE MARY BLYTHE SONES
The story goes that Mary Sones was a very mean,
cantankerous old woman. It is told
that she was out at the barn, milking and cussing her cow, when lightning
came down and
struck her dead.
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END OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON SADIE MARY
BLYTHE SONES
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ANDREW SIDNEY SONES
STATE OF LOUISIANA
SIDNEY A. SONES, DECEASED
PARISH OF CATAHOULA
ESTATE OF
To the Honorable Judge of The Parish Court
of Catahoula Parish, Louisiana:
John W. Hanks, a resident of your said Parish of Catahoula, with respect,
represents that
A. S. Sones, late of your said Parish, departed this life interstate
about the 10th of
December, 1872, leaving herein a small estate of real and personal
property, rights and
credits, also aware that said estate is
considerably in debt, and that an administration
is necessary;
Also aware that he is a creditor of
said estate, is for that reason is
entitled to said
administration.
Wherefore petitioner prays that he be appointed
and confirmed Administrator of the
estate of said A. S. Sones; That an inventory and appraisement be made
of all the property
situated in said Parish belonging to said estate.
( One line here not legible )
J. W. Hanks
Let the above application be advertised
as the law directs. Also let a ( commission )
issue to the ( residents ) of Catahoula and be taken and cause to be
made an inventory and
appraisement of all the property situated in said Parish and belonging
to said estate.
Done and Signed this January the 14th, A.D.
1874
H. B. Taliaferro
Parish Judge
The applicant, John W. Hanks, having taken
the oath and given bond according to law;
His application having been duly advertised and no opposition thereto
having been filed; It
is therefore ordered that he be
confirmed as Administrator of the succession of A. W.
Sones, deceased, and that letters issue accordingly.
Done and Signed in chambers February 7th, 1874.
H. B. Taliaferro
Parish Judge
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH COURT
PARISH OF CATAHOULA
CLERK'S OFFICE
ESTATE OF A. S. SONES, DECEASED
THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting:
Whereas John W. Hanks has been appointed Administrator
of the estate of said
decedent, A. S. Sones and taken the oath and executed bond as prescribed
by law.
Now therefore, be it known that said John W.
Hanks is hereby confirmed in said
appointment and is authorized and fully empowered to discharge and
perform all and
singular the duties appertaining to said appointment according to law.
Given under my hand and the seal of said Court, this 7th day of February, A.D. 1874.
C. C. Duke, Clerk
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF CATAHOULA
Be it known and remembered by these presents
that, in pursuance of a commission
directed to the Recorder of the Parish of Catahoula, commanding an
inventory to be
taken, and appraisement to be made of all the property, real and personal,
rights and
credits, belonging to and composing the estate of A. S. Sones, deceased,
and situated in
this Parish, I, Samuel D. L. Walker, Deputy Recorder in and for said
Parish and State,
duly sworn and qualified, did on the second day of February, A.D. One
Thousand, Eight
Hundred and Seventy-Four, repose to my office, at the town of Harrisonburg,
said Parish
and State, and proceeded to make an inventory of the property belonging
to and
composing said estate, and for this purpose I appointed James E. Kiper
and Nicholas M.
Guilford as experts, good and lawful men, by me duly sworn and qualified
by me to act as
appraisers, an account of which is as follows:
One mare ( brown )
appraised to be worth $ 50.00
( Item not legible )
20.00
Twenty bbls corn, more or less
10.00
Quarter interest in 1614 pounds
of live cotton
50.00
One saddle and bridle
5.00
One trunk and clothes
5.00
400 lbs pork in Wm Cagle's possession
16.00
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$ 156.00
Showing an aggregate of One Hundred and Fifty-Six
dollars; And not knowing or
being informed of any other property belonging to the said succession;
We have closed
this inventory and appraisement on the same day it was opened.
Insoforth whereof the said appraisers have
hereunto set their hands in presence of the
undersigned, competent witnesses, and said Deputy Recorder, on this
2nd day of
February, A.D. 1874.
Attested by:
R. L. Brooks
N. M. Guilford
C. C. Duke
James E. Kiper
S. D. L. Walker
Deputy Recorder
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CARL J. WILHITE
Newspaper clipping from Monroe News-Journal, Sunday March 27, 1994
( died March 26, 1994 )
Carl J. Wilhite, 89
ST. JOSEPH - Carl J. Wilhite, a retired farmer,
died Saturday. The funeral will be at 11
a.m. Monday at Riser First National Funeral Home, Winnsboro. Burial
will be at
Crowville Masonic Cemetery.
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