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which petition is examined by the Court and
ordered to be filed and recorded; and it
appearing to the Court from the allegations
contained in said petition, and from other
good and sufficient evidence, that the said
Joseph T. Dorough departed this life in said
County on or about the 9^th day of August 1868,
being at the time of his death an inhabitant
of Shelby County, Alabama; that he died
leaving assets in this State, which assets,
both real and personal, are estimated to be
worth about One thousand Dollars, but
leaving no Will, testament or other writing,
relating to the disposal or distribution of his
estate, and that the death of the said
decedent was known more than 15 days before
this day; And it further appearing to the
satisfaction of the Court that W.F. Thetford Jr. the said
petitioner is over 21 years of age, an inhavitant
of this State, and a fit person, under the law
and in the estimation of the Court, to serve as
administrator de bonis non and no person
having appeared to oppose the granting of Letters of
Administration to the said W.F. Thetford Jr. or to
show cause why the prayer of said petitioner
should not be granted, it is ordered that the
same be granted, provided that the said W.F.
Thetford Jr. first file in this Court his bond in
the pinal sum of Two thousand Dollars,
conditioned and payable according to the statute in
such cases made and provided, with such
security or securities as may be approved by the
Court. It is further ordered that the said
petition be recorded--And now again
comes W.F. Thetford Jr. and presents to the Court
his bond in form as by this Court heretofore
required, with W.F. Thetford Sr and J.C. Bowis as his
securities thereon, and the Court, being now
sufficiently advised concerning said bond and said
security, it is ordered and adjudged by the
Court that the said bond be taken, approved
and recorded. It is therefore ordered, adjudged
and decreed by the Court that Letters of
Administration de bonis non on the estate of said
deceased be granted to the said W.F. Thetford Jr.
and that he be and hereby is authorized to
administer said estate. It is further
ordered that the said W.F. Thetford Jr. Proceed