LAUDERDALE COUNTY, ALABAMA
ORIGINAL PROBATE RECORDS
MARY CANTRELL's ESTATE PAPERS
from Lauderdale Co., AL Courthouse
Contributed 1 Sep 2000
by
Linda Vestal
Invitary
of Sale of property sold at Mary Cantrell
deceased December 23rd 1847
John Howard Adm.
Lee
Hendrix
one lot leather
$1.12 ½
W C Reynolds
one Kettle
2.68
Jesse Olive
one Oven
1.18 ¾
Josep Hardwick
1 check reel
3.05
Lucinda Coburn
one lot bed clothing
10.00
Thomas Clemmons one
lot bed clothing 6.60
Nathaniel Smith one
lot bed clothing 6.87
½
Thomas Clemmons one
lot bed clothing 7.37
½
Robert Harville one
lot bed clothing 5.50
Jincy Cantrell
set curtains
1.12 ½
W C Reynolds
table cloth
.87 ½
Jincy Cantrell
one lot Table cloths
1.50
Jincy Cantrell one
lot bed furniture .75
Jincy Cantrell
one lot tin ware
1.00
Joseph Hardwick one
spice morton
1.25
Washington Campbell cotton yearn
& med. 1.50
Jincy Cantrell
one lot wool
1.87 ½
Edmond Kenedy one
oxe & plow
2.60
W. C. Reynolds
one bed & furniture
10.20
George Terrel
one bed & stid
8.75
Lucinda Coburn
one lot ware
1.00
John Story
one large dish
.37 ½
Abner Beard one lot plates
& silver spoons
2.50
Robert Harville 6
coffe plates
.37 ½
Lucinda Coburn
cooper ware
1.00
Giles McBride
1 pail
.06 ¼
Joseph Hardwick 3
pr cards
1.20
John Anderson
one raw hide
1.12 ½
T. C. Mackey
5 bushel wheat
xxx
Edmund Canedy
10 bushel wheat
6.50
Thomas Kenedy
10 bushel wheat
6.65
John G. Parke
lot seed cotton .50
L. L. Hendrix
one lot pick cotton
.85
L. L. Hendrix
one bee hive
2.55
T. C. Mackey
3 pork hogs
24.00
Levi Hurst
3 pork hogs
15.00
Thomas Kenedy
5 barrels corn 8.20
William Wesson 25
bar. corn
40.00
T. B. Arnote
5 bar corn
8.05
Archibald Olive
6.40
John Story -
- - - - -
5.15
William Wesson one
mare
42.50
John Liles
one black cow
8.75
John Howell
one yearling
.60
Amos McDonald
1 steer
4.37 ½
Amos McDonald
3 yearlings
8.50
Thomas Clemons one
cow
6.12 ½
T. E. Anderson one
yoke oxen
39.00
Joseph Hardwick 13
sheep
20.15
Joseph Hardwick 6
sows pigs
20.25
Buckly Hamm
7 hogs
18.37 ½
James Oakley
20 shoots
16.35
Mathew McDonald one
waggon
30.37 ½
Harden Atwell
one lot salt
1.60
Antom
one wash pan
.25
A. Olive
one lot chickens
1.57 ½
Lucinda Coburn shelfware
.56 ¼
Thos Ross
one file &co
.30
William Howell one
hog
1.18
$332.19
96.55
$428.74
To
the Hon. William B. Wood Judge of the County and Orphans
Court for Lauderdale County, Alabama.
Your petitioner, John W. Howard respectfully showeth unto your Honor that he is
administrater of all and singular the goods & chattels rights and credits of
Mary Cantrill lately decd of said county & here exhibits his letters of
administration to him granted by your Hon bearing date the (blank) day of
(blank) of 184_ marked "A" and mark apart hereof.
He further states that his intestate did not to the best of his
knowledge, information & beliefs at the time of her death own any real
estate of any character or description in this state.
And soon after his appointment as administrater aforesaid to wit in
December 1847 he sold at public sale to the highest bidder on a credit of twelve
months all of the personal property belonging to his intestate which sold for
about the sum of four hundred and twenty eight dollars and seventy four cents.
Part of this money he has collected and has on hand the following notes
for purchasing at said sale to wit
one
on Joseph A. Hardwick
residing in this county for $35.82
one on Jane Brewer
residing in this county for 50.00
one on Jessee A. Oakley
residing in this county for 43.00
one on Wm. A. Wesson, O. W. Wesson
& Jesse A. Oakley for
82.50
all residing in this county and
said thereon
And he has the following judgments against the following named persons (all residing in this county) on the docket of Thomas H. Reynolds a Justice of the peace for said county to wit:
one
against J. B. Arnold &
Wm. B. Nail for
$10.75
one against Thos. J. Liles &
R. Couhome
10.05 ¼
one against Wm. R. James E.
& John Anderson for
$40.12 ½
on which has been paid
$18.20
leaving due thereon
21.92 ½
one against G. W. Terrill &
A. Beard for
$8.75
on which has been paid
$4.70
leaving due thereon
4.04
one against Thomas Clemmons for 32.97
one against B. Ham jr. and
John Story for
20.51 ¼
one judgment against R. C. OBryant,
T. O. H. P. Hatton and Archibald
Oliver for
6.40
now residing in Wayne County Tenessee
one against Levi and J. P. Hurst for 15.00
and 54 (?) dollars
cash on hand at intestates death
6.00
The above schedule contains all of the (?) in action of his intestates estate.
And there is no real estate or personal property.
The following is a schedule of all of the claims against his intestate so
far as your petitioner is informed by purculation (?) the nature of each claim,
its amount & the name and residence of the auditors to wit-
An
account of Levi Hurst residing
in Wayne County Tennessee for the
season of a mare of intestate for
$3.00
A store account due Thomas H. &
W. C. Reynols both residing in
this county for
2.18 ¾
An amount due Jessee B. Olive
in this court for
.50
An amount filed by Lucinda Cockburn of
Hardin County Tennessee for Services
which she claims to have been rendered
intestate in her lifetime - amounting
to about
395.00
Besides interest - And your petitioner
has already paid out for expenses (?)
incurred in his administration of said
estate over fifty dollars
50.00
And there are yet other costs and expenses to be paid besides this compensation for his services as administrater aforesaid.
Also
an account found Jo A Hardwick
of this county for making intestates
coffin of
$20.00
So that your petitioner charges that the estate of the said Mary Cantrill is insolvent and he prays your Honor so to declare it - out of the claims in decd estate as above petitioner thinks the following two as doubtfull
Ham
& Story for $20.51
1/4 &
Liles & Corhome for $10.05 ¼
one on Arnold & Nail is $10.78
& Liles & Hurst is
15.00
all the others he believes to be good
The
State of Alabama Lauderdale County to wit - This day personally came John W.
Howard administrater of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and
credits that were of Mary Cantrill lately decd of this county intestate and
makes oath before me William B. Wood Judge of the County and Orphans Court
within and for the County and state aforesaid, that the above allegations - and
the schedule above, showing the amount of the assests of his intestate in his
hands as well as the schedule also above showing the claims existing against
said estate - the nature and amount of each and the names and residence of each
creditor of the Estate are true and correct according to the best of his
knowledge, information and belief
Sworn to (?) before me on this the 23rd day of August 1849
Wm B. Wood Judge
Lauderdale Co Ct Ala
J. W. Howard
Florence
Enquirer" - Insolvent Notice.
The State of Alabama,
Lauderdale County.
Orphan's Court, September 24, 1849.
This day came John Howard, Administrator of the Estate of Mary Cantrill
deceased, and filed his allegation in writing, setting forth that said estate is
insolvent, and at the same time filed a schedule showing all the personal
estate, choses in action &c., belonging to said Estate, and also shewing
that the deceased had no Real Estate at the time of her death, to be
administered; also showing all the claims presented and existing against said
Estate, so far as the same has come to his knowledge.
Notice
is hereby given to the creditors and all others interested, that the Judge of
said County Court, has set apart the Fourth Monday in November next, to pass
upon said allegations, and hear reasons, if there is any, why said Estate should
not be delcared insolvent.
Test: W. T. Hawkins, Cl'k.
Oct 11, 1849
John
W Howard Admn
On Settlement of Mary Cantrells Estate
Exceptions filed by and on behalf of Willis Hays & Lucinda Hays his wife to
the account of the said admn as filed for settlement. [mentions "Thos. Reynolds as justice of the peace"]
See Also: John
Cantrell Sr
John Cantrell Jr.
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