Court Records: Miscellaneous
1845 - 1855
Contributed for use by Wanda Wood RafiqJackson County, Indiana
13 Sep 1845
I Jno Hamilton clerk of the Probate Court in and for the county of Jackson in the state of Indiana, do hereby certify that administration of the goods and chattels, rights, credits, monies and effects which were of John H Areigan(?) late of Jackson county, deceased, who died intestate, is granted to Anderson Franklin and the said Anderson Franklin having qualified and given bond as such administratror is duly authorized to take upon himself the administration of such estate according to law.
Witness my hand and seal of said court this 13th day of September in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five.
(signed) Jno Hamilton, Clk
16 Sep 1850
State of Indiana, Jackson County SS
I, William H. Ewing Clerk of the Probate Court in and for the County
of Jackson in the State of Indiana do hereby certify that
administration of the goods, chattels, rights, credits, moneys and
effects which were of James Philips late of Jackson County deceased,
who died intestate is granted unto Dorothy Philips and the said
Dorothy Philips having qualified and given bond as such
administratrix is duly authorized to take upon herself the
administration of such estate according to law.
Witness my hand and the seal of said court this 16th day of September
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
(signed) William H. Ewing Clerk
Jackson County, Indiana
15 May 1839
Andrew C. GRIFFITTS
as the administrator debonis non(?) of the estate
of M G C WOOD dec On
Petition to sell VS the heirs & Creditors
And now at this time comes the said adr(?) and files the
valuation and
appraisment of the real estate mentioned in his said
petition which
seem inspected and approved by the court. Whereupon
the said adr files
his additional Bond with William MARSHALL and
William T OTTO his
securities herein in the final sum of $600
conditions according to law
which is also approved. And thereupon on
motion of the said adr It is
ordered adjudged and decreed that the
adr sell all and singular the
real estate or title thereto or
certificates therefor of whatsoever
kind as description that he
executed such transfers or assignments
thereof as may be necessary to
invest the same in the purchaser
thereof.
And it appearing to the court that it
would be to the interest of
the said estate that the adr sell the said
lands & certificates at
private sale.
Therefore it is ordered and decreed that the said adr as such may
sell
the said estate or any part thereof either at public or private
sale as
he may think most to the interest of the estate. If at
private sale for
not less than the appraisement and if at public sale
then the same
shall be made persuent to public notice at least four
weeks by written
advisement. One at the court house door in
Brownstown and three others
at three of the most public places in
this county on a credit of twelve
months with interest thereon at the
per culum(?) per annum from the day
of sale until payment the
purchaser giving his bond with good security
for the purchase money &
this course is
p....d.
5
Sep 1845
I Jno HAMILTON clerk of the Probate
Court in and for the county
of Jackson in the state of Indiana, do
hereby certify that
administration of the goods, chattels, rights,
credits, monies and
effects which were of Daniel WOOD late of Jackson
county, deceased,
who died in testate, is granted to Elizabeth WOOD and
the said
Elizabeth Wood having qualified and given bond as such
administratrix
is duly authorized to take upon herself the
administration of such
estate according to law.
Witness my hand
and seal of said court this 5th day of September in
the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty
five.
(signed) Jno HAMILTON,
Clk
25
Sep 1850
State of Indiana, Jackson County
SS
I, William H. EWING Clerk of the Probate Court in and for the
County
of Jackson in the State of Indiana do hereby certify
that
administration of the goods, chattels, rights, credits, moneys
and
effects which were of Daniel WOOD late of Jackson County
deceased,
who died intestate is granted unto Moses TURPEN and the said
Moses
TURPEN having qualified and given bond as such administrator is
duly
authorized to take upon himself the administration of such
estate
according to law.
Witness my hand and the seal of said
court this 25th day of September
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and fifty.
(signed) William H. EWING
Clerk
Friday,
May 16th A.D. 1851
Moses TURPIN Admin of the Estate of Daniel WOODS
dec'd vs
Milley WOOD, Polly WOOD, Susan WOOD on Application to Sell
Real
Estate
Now at this time comes the said
Administrator an on his motion
Joseph WOODY and Moses CALLAHAN two
reputable freeholders of the
neighborhood where said land is situate
are hereby appointed
appraisers to appraise the North East quarter of
the North West
quarter and the North West quarter of the South East
quarter of
section no 21 in Township six, North of Range [word
undecipherable]
containing Eighty acres and make their report during
the present term
of this court .. and now the said Appraisers return
into court their
report of appraisement, which is in the words and
figures following.
Towit (Here insert it) which being duly inspected by
the court is
approved and confirmed. And whereas on the 20th day
of March A.D.
1851 the said Moses TURPIN Administrator of the Estate of
Daniel
WOODS deceased, filed his memonorial[?] setting forth that
the
personal Estate of the said deceased was insufficient for payment
of
his debts, and showing sundry messages and tenements which were
the
Real Estate of the said deceased at the time of his death,
and
praying on Order of this court for the sale of said Real Estate.
And
it appearing to the court from the sheriffs return ordered on
the
writ of Summons herein, that process has been duly served on the
said
Susan WOOD one of the Defendents herein . more than ten days
before
the first day of the present term of this court . and it
further
appearing from said petition that certain of said Defendents
namely,
Milley WOODS and Polly WOODS are minors under the age of twenty
one
years. John H BENTON Esq is appointed their Guardian ad [?],
who
files his answer for said minor defendents in these words and
figures
Towit (Here Insert it). And it appearing that said
Administrator has
filed his Bond as required by law on the sum of One
hundred and
seventy dollars with Joseph WOODY as Security Thereto and
conditioned
as required by the statute, which Bond is approved by the
court . and
this cause coming on to be heard and No cause being shown
to the
contrary . It it is ordered by the court that the said Moses
TURPIN
Adm as foresaid, be authorized and empowered to sell at private
sale
the lands above described and in his said position mentioned, at
a
sum not less than the appraised value thereof.
One half of the purchase money to be paid within six, and the
residue
within twelve months from the day of sale . the purchaser to
execute
his note with approved security for the payment of such
installments as
respectively they fall due . and this cause is
continued . (next page
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Thursday
August Term AD 1852 To wit August 12th 1852
Moses TURPIN, Admin of
Daniel Wood deceased ON Motion for Settlement.
Now comes into court the said administrator and files his
account
current showing that there came into his hands of assets
belonging to
said estate the sum of $403.87 and claims credit which is
allowed him
by the court for $215.27 which leaves a balance in his
hands for the
payment of debts $188.00 which sum of money is deposited
in the
clerk's office of this Court by order of the Court, the
following
claims are on file to wit
Edward
Kindred
$5.00 Paid
John Henderson (receipts on
file) 118.00
Paid
Samuel
Smallwood
15.37 Paid
Andrew
Dodds
2.01 Paid
Hickman
Henderson
7.00 Paid
James
Callahan
2.40 Paid
D. I. Hostetter in last
sickness
10.00 Paid
D. I. Hostetter not in last
sickness 28.00
Paid
Henry
Clark
?8.00
Tilghman
Shields
16.00 Paid
D. H.
Long
2.40 Paid
William
Holland
3.90 Paid
Moses
Turpin
16.00
Paid
Total amount of claim $231.08
The amount of money
(Deposited by the Administrator will pay 75 cents
to the
dollar)
Thursday
Morning 9 O'clock Aug 19 1852 Court met pursuant
to
adjournment
Moses Turpen Administrator of Daniel Wood
deceased on Application to
sell real estate vs The heirs and
Creditors
Now at this time comes Daniel H LONG
Esquire hereto appointed a
commissioner to make conveyance of certain
lands to James CALLAHAN
reports his deed and acknowledges the same in
Open Court and the
Court after inspecting said deed being satisfied
therewith ordered
the same to be confirmed and said deed made a part of
the record of
the
case.
Saturday
January 21, 1854, Sixth day of the Jany Term
Elizabeth WOOD,
Administratrix of
The Estate of Daniel WOOD, Deceased
Agreed Case
And now at this time comes the same
Administratrix by LONG her
attorney and James RAMEY by John J. CUMMINGS
his attorney and in
pursuance of an agreement between the said
Administratrix and the
said RAMEY, and between one William SCOTT which
agreements are in the
words and figures following to wit. Agreement
Number One. Agreement
made the 11th day of April 1850 between George
SMALLWOOD as agent of
Elizabeth WOOD Admx of Daniel WOOD Dec'd on the
one part and James
RAMEY of the second part. The said SMALLWOOD for and
on account of
said Admx agrees that this day paid the cost in a certain
case which
has been for some time pending in the Probate Court &
Circuit Court
wherein said Admx was the petitioner to sell the real
estate of said
Daniel WOOD dec'd against the heirs of said descendent
of which James
RAMEY is one, the parties herein named agree to dismiss
said petition
or suit the said petitioner to pay all the cost which has
accumulated
in said case and is to have 40 acres of land out on
Guthries Creek
which belonged to said Daniel WOOD dec'd and the said
RAMEY to have
the 90 acres in the bottom where he now lives and forty
acres which
joins the said tract making 130 acres, which at the next
Probate
Court in May next is to be by parties herein named to be
transferred,
a deed, ordered or decreed by said Probate Court to the
said RAMEY
for his 130 acres. & to Mrs. Elizabeth WOOD for her 40
acres and the
parties herein named do not intend to prosecute said
petitioner for
the sale of the land of D. WOOD dec'd and further and
all is agreed
to be settled in a peaceable efficient manner.
April
11,
1850
(signed) George SMALLWOOD
Attest Wm H
EWING
James RAMEY
Be it remembered that I William
SCOTT of the county of Jackson in
the State of Indiana have purchased
of Elizabeth WOOD Administratrix
of the estate of Daniel WOOD late of
the county of Jackson in the
State of Indiana deceased at
administratrix sale the following
described real estate lying and being
in the county of Jackson
aforesaid to wit The south east quarter of the
... south west quarter
of section thirty two in Township six north of
Range three east for
the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to be
paid to the said
Elizabeth WOOD, Administratrix as aforesaid on her
make executing and
delivering to me a good and sufficient deed of
conveyance for the
aforesaid real estate it being a part of the real
estate of the said
Daniel WOOD deceased. Now therefore be it known that
the said William
SCOTT do hereby release the said Elizabeth WOOD
Administratrix as
aforesaid from making executing & delivering the
aforesaid deed of
conveyance and bind myself my heirs to look to and to
receive said
deed of conveyance from James RAMEY and other heirs of
said Daniel
WOOD deceased he the said James RAMEY paying the said sum
of one
hundred and fifty dollars the purchase money aforesaid to the
said
Elizabeth WOOD the Administratrix aforesaid. Given under my hand
and
seal this 2nd day of January AD
1854
Witness
William SCOTT (seal)
[Following part voided]
And which by
agreement is made a part of the second in the settlement
of said estate
and to apply to all suits heretofore prosecuted and
that may be
hereafter instituted in any and all matters embraced
within same which
agreement is admitted by the court to be so placed
upon the second and
it also being admitted that the said parties have
fully complied with
the terms of said agreement The said James RAMEY
and the other heirs of
the said Daniel WOOD deceased are hereby
released from all liabilities
to said Administratrix for any and all
defects in said estate and from
all liabilities thereon and it also
appears that said estate is fully
administered and there is nothing
left for distribution said
Administratrix is fully discharged and
acquitted from said tract and
all liabilities thereon.