- Notices -

LETTERS OF ADMINSTRATION

These 19th century Notices were posted in the Paoli papers to legally inform the public of the death of an individual and the commencement of probate of the deceased estate. These notices contain some very basic information; the name of the deceased, the date the letters of administration were granted, the administrator, and the standing of the estate, solvent or insolvent. While these notices will not pinpoint a date of death, they will provide another date that all of our databases share, the illusive - died before.

These notices were the initial step in settling an estate, so they were published within a short time of the death of the person named. This was a notice for those that owed the deceased to pay their debts, and those with claims to come forward and present those claims for payment. If the estate was insolvent, then the goods and property of the deceased were sold to pay the debts.

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ASHCRAFT, Elisha BELCHER, James BELCHER, John BLACKBURN, William BOTTLES, Joseph BRUNER, July Ann CADDELL, John M'D. CARROLL, William CASEY John CLOUD, David CLOUD, John CONDER, William CORNWELL, Peter CUNNINGHAM, William DAWSON, Daniel DENNY, Simon DOUGHERTY, George Sen. FIELD, Joseph W. FRENCH, Samuel HARDIN, Aaron HARNER, Philip HAYNES, Richard HOOTEN, William LAMBDIN, Daniel Sen. LINDLEY Zacharias McCLAIN, Isaac McDONALD, Daniel MAGNER, Henry MAGNER, John MAY, Silvester MORRIS, Elisha OSBORN, Abraham PADGETT, Robert PAYTON, Mathew PEARSON, Isaac PETER, William RIGNEY, Isaac SCOTT Simeon F. SMITH, Humphrey SPEARS, Moses SPEER, William TODD, William H. TUNGATE, Merideth VANCLEAVE, Benjamin WHITE, Jane WILSON, James A.