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prayer of said petitioner--It is further ordered that said Commissioners in accordance with the prayer of said petitioner make return to this Court, verified by oath a full and complete Inventory and Appraisement of the Real and Personal Property of said decedent, describing the property and stating the value of each item or parcel thereof, and the amount of any liens or incumbrance thereon, if known, and the value of the property over and above such liens or incumbrance thereon, created before the death of decedent, as required by law, and let this order be recorded. This 16^th day of March 1896. D.R. M^cMillan, Judge of Probate.

{order of} R.M. Pilgreen, } Probate Court, {Continuance} Deceased, } Shelby County, Alabama, Estate of-- } Special Term, Mch 16^th 1896

On [ination] it is ordered by the Court that the hearing of the report of Inventory filed by G.B. Deans, administrator of said Estate, be continued to 2^nd Monday in April--the regular Court day D.R. M^cMillan, Judge of Probate

{Order on report} James M. Johnson } Probate Court } Shelby County {of sale of} Deceased, } Special Term } Alabama {Real Estate} Estate of-- } -- Mch 23^rd 1896 --

C.W. O'Hara as administrator of said Estate having heretofore, on towit: March 9th 1896, filed with this Court his report in writing, under oath, of the sale made by him under the decree of this Court, rendered on the 20^th day of Jany, 1896, of the lands belonging to said estate, set forth and particularly described in said decree and the Court having examined said report and being satisfied from the allegations therein contained and from other good and sufficient evidence that said sale was duly advertised according to law, was fairly conducted, and that all the

sum of Six hundred, sixteen and 20/100 ($616²⁰) Dollars, belonging to all of said minors, as shown by accouts on file; And this also being the day set to hear the application of the said Mrs D.R. Cromwell, Guardian in this Court, of the said minors asking for authority to remove the person and estate of her said wards to Ardmon, Indian Territory; And the said Guardian having made full settlement of her guardian accounts, with this Court, as shown by this order; and said Guardian having also produced and filed with the Judge of this Court, a transcript, certified according to the Act of Congress of the records of the United States Court in Probate for the Southern District in the Indian Territory, that being a Court of Competent [jurisdic?] [tion?] in the premises, in said Indian Territory, showing her appointment as such Guardian by such United States Court; and the execution of a bond with surety for the performance of the trust, in twice the Value of the Estates of said wards all taken and considered together, and having also adduced testimony, showing to the satisfaction of the Court that the said sureties to such bond are sufficient; It is therefore, ordered, adjudged, and decreed by the Court that the said Mrs D.R. Cromwell, as such Guardian be and she is hereby authorized and empowered to remove the persons and estates of her said wards , Josie Cromwell, Jasper Cromwell, Virgie Cromwell, Wallace Cromwell, and Henry Cromwell to the Indian Territory and she the said Mrs D.R. Cromwell be and she is hereby discharged out of this Court, and that she hereafter account as such Guardian of the said minors to the proper Court in the Indian Territory. It is further ordered and decreed by the Court that the sureties on the bond of the said Mrs D.R. Cromwell, as Guardian in this Court be and they are hereby forever discharged as such sureties. It is further ordered that said application and all writings on file, relating thereto, be recorded,

Done at office in Columbiana, on this the 30^th day of March, 1896 D.R. M^cMillan Judge of Probate,

[?] lot and running north sixty feet to an alley three south sixty feet, thence West one hundred and fifty feet to the beginning at the price of six hundred ($600⁰⁰) Also an undivided half interest in lot No 13 at Childersburg Talladega County, alabama, founded on the West by a street on the South by a lot of B.F. Chitts on the east by a lot of G.E. Early and north by the E.J.V.andG Rail Road, at the price of Three hundred Dollars ($300--) Also the undivided half interest in Twenty five acres More or less near Childersburg, Talladega County, Ala, bounded West by land of J.E. Hendrix and B.F. Chitt also South by John Oden East by the J.E. Early and North by J.E. Hendrix and W.H. Keith all in Sec 20 Tp 20 Range 3 East, at price of Three hundred ($300⁰⁰) Dollars; And that Charles S. Duran, being the highest best and last bidder became the purchaser of the following described track or parcel of land to wit: The undivided half interest in all the land owned by S.H. Chitt North of the E.F.V.andG Rail Road and bounded West by land of H.G. Chitt North by land of Jno P Oden East by Jno Oden and south by Railroad and containing 80 Acres in Sec 20 Tp 20 Range 3 East in Talladega County, Alabama, at the price of Eightenn hundred ($1800⁰⁰) Dollars. Also five acres more or less in the South east quarter of North West quarter in Sec 22 Tp 22 Range 2 West, near Calera, Shelby County, Alabama, at the price of one hundred dollars ($100⁰⁰) -- And that Miss Lattie Duran being the highest best and last bidder for the same, became the purchaser of the following lot or parcel of land to wit: Four and 80/100 acres in Block 8 1/2 of the division of land between S. and N. Alabama R.R. Co. and Mrs Jessie A Kelly and others near Calera Ala and situated in the South East quarter of South West quarter of Sec 16 Tp 22 Range 2 West at the price of Two hundred dollars, Also lots numbered four hundred and fifteen (415) and four hundred and sixteen (416) each fifty two and one half feet fronting Orchard street and One hundred feet deep in the town of Calera, Shelby County, Alabama, at the price of One hundred and twenty five dollars ($125⁰⁰) The Administrator futher reports that said J.H. Duran as Guardian for said minors, and C.S. Duran and Lattie Duran have complied with the terms of said sale and fully paid the purchase money in full. Therefore it is ordered adjudged, and decreed that said sale be in all things ratified and confirmed, and that Walter

that the value and description of said property so set apart is as follows: (See Inventory on file, to which I refer and which I make a part of my order) -- Let this Decree be recorded, D.R. M^cMillan, Judge of Probate

{Decree of} The State of Alabama } Probate Court, {Insolvency} Shelby County } Regular Term May 11^th 1896 Estate of R.M. Pilgreen, Deceased

{R.M. Pilgreen} This day having been regularly appointed, by {Deceased--} order of the Judge of this Court, to hear and {Est of--} determine upon the report and settlements of the insolvency of said Estate which was heretofore filed by G.B. Deans, the Administrator thereof, now comes the said Administrator and moves the Court that said Estate be declared insolvent in accordance with said report and statements; And the Court being satisfied from due examination and proof that notice of the filing of said report and of the day set to hear and determine upon the same has been given to the creditors of said estate, as required by law, and in all respect as directed by the order of Court entered in the premises on the 10^th day of Feby. 1896; thereupon the Court proceeds to hear and determine as to the said report; And now, none of the creditors of said estate contesting the correctness of said report; It is ordered, adjudged and decreed, That said Estate be, and the same is hereby Declared Insolvent--It is Further ordered That the said G.B. Deans, as such administrator do file his accounts, vouchers and evidences, within thirty days from this day for a settlement of his past administration of said estate; and that the 6^th day of July 1896 be appointed a day for such administrator to appear and make settlement of said accounts; and that notice of this order and decree, and of the time set for making such settlement of said administration be given to the creditors of said estate by fowarding notices to them by mail, postage paid, property [add--], 30 day before said day of hearing, in all cases when the residence is known, by posting notice at the Court-house door for the same length of time, and by publication once a week for three

cosecutive weeks in The Peoples Advocate a newspaper published in said County. D.R. M^cMillan, Judge

{Order on} The State of Alabama, } Probate Court {application to} Shelby County } Regular Term, May 11^th 1896 {Sell Land} Estate of W.L. Dickerson, --Deceased--

This day came Sarah D. Hall and W.T. Hall, adm'r with the will annexed of said estate and filed his application, in writing and under oath, praying for an order and proceedings to sell certain real estate, in said petition described, the property of said decedent, for the purpose of making division among the heirs thereof. And it appearing from said petition that the only heirs of said estate are Ira C. Dickerson, W.S. Dickerson, Julia Ann Moore, wife of Wesley Moore, [Tommilzene] Perry, wife of Jake Perry, all over the age of Twenty one years, and residing in Shelby Co. Ala and Mary Elon Dickerson and W^m Dickerson, minors and over the age of 14 years and residing in Shelby Co. Ala,--James Dickerson, over the age of 21 years and residing in the state of South Carolina, and Trip Dickerson over the age of 21 years and residing in the State of Texas, all of sound mind, and Sarah D Hall widow of said deceased, wife of W.T. Hall, over 21 years and residing in Shelby Co. Ala.--It is therefore ordered that C.W. O'Hara who is deemed by the Court a fit and proper person, and who is not related to the petitioner, be, and is hereby appointed guardian ad litem, for the said Mary Elon Dickerson and William Dickerson, said minors and that notice of his appointment be personally served upon him--and that the 22^nd day of June, 1896, be and 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 the hearing thereof, be given at least forty days before said day of hearing by publication made in The Chronicle a newspaper published in said County, for three successive weeks, requiring all persons in interest to appear and contest said application, if they think proper. It is further ordered that Ira C. Dickerson, W.S.

Dickerson, Julia Ann Moore, Wesley Moore, Tommilzine Perry, Jake Perry, Mary Elon Dickerson and W^m Dickerson have notice of this proceeding and of the day set for hearing the same, by citation to be personally served upon them at least ten days before the day for hearing the same, It is further ordered that a copy of said published notice be forwarded through the post office postage prepaid and addressed to said James Dickerson of [blank space] in the State of South Carolina and Trip Dickerson son of [blank space] Texas within five days after the first publication there of, as aforesaid D.R. M^cMillan, Judge of Probate Court

{Order of} E.H. Sawyer, } Probate Court {Continuance} Deceased,-- } Shelby County, Alabama, Estate of -- } Regular Term, May 11^th 1896

This being the day set for the final settlement of the Administration of R.L. Sawyer deceased, as Administrator of the Estate of E.H. Sawyer, deceased; it is ordered by the Court, on motion, that said settlement be continued until the next Regular Term of this Court, the 2^nd Monday in June, D.R. M^cMillan, Judge of Probate.

{Order on Petition} W.L. Dickerson, } Probate Court, {to Require} Deceased-- } Shelby County, Alabama, {new Bond} Estate of-- } Special Term, May 18^th 1896

Mrs. Sarah D. Hall, having been heretofore duly appointed by this Court, Administratrix with the will annexed upon the said Estate (her husband W.T. Hall being joined with her as such admr) M Fare, M.J. [Creamer] and J.P. Woods being sole sureties on her bond as such admr, and Ira C. Dickerson, a legatee under the will of the said W.L. Dickerson, deceased, having this day filed his written application under oath, alleging, among other things that the bond of the said Sarah D. Hall and W.T. Hall has become insufficient by reason of the removal of sureties from the state, and praying that the said Sarah

157 1/2 feet, thence South 157 1/2 Feet thence West 57 1/2 Feet, thence South 60 feet thence West 100 feet to Sec. line Thence along said Sec. line to Sec Corner -- (Value) -- $400⁰⁰ Let this decree be recorded. D.R. M^cMillan Judge of Probate

{order of} Jos. T. Dorough } Probate Court, {Publication} Deceased, } Shelby County, Alabama, {and Continuance} Estate of, } Special Term, May 25^th 1896,

This cause coming on to be heard on the sworn application of W.F. Thetford Jr, Admr de bonis non, of said estate--Now presented to the Court, setting forth the fact that the following named parties all in the opinion of affiant, nonresidents of Alabama and that their places of residence are unknown to affiant and that he has made diligent [requiry] to ascertain their whereabouts and cannot; and asking that they be made, parties by publication, to wit: Frances Harden, wife of W^m Harden, Margaret, wife of J.H. Frankland; F.F. Dorough, A.N. Dorough, Bonie, wife of J. Lee Antoinette wife of D. G. Mask, -- Abner F Dorough, Hugh L. Dorough, -- Julia A -- W^m E -- and L.A. Dorough, Victoria wife of N.D. Mask, Simson E. Dorough and Johanna wife of --[blank space]-- Falkner:-- It is ordered and decreed by the Court that the hearing of the original petition in this cause be continued to Monday, June 22^nd 1896 and that order of publication be made as to the parties above mentioned for three successive weeks on "The Chronicle" a newspaper published in Columbiana, Ala, requiring said parties to appear on said 22^nd day of June 1896, and contest said application if the should think proper. D.R. M^cMillan, Judge of Probate,

and understood that such administration is to be no cost to said Estate, either in Commissions or otherwise, and that no pay from or claim against said estate shall be rendered or charged for such services as administrator. 5. My personal property and household effects are to be divided among the aforesaid heirs as to them may seem best among themselves and for their own peace and happiness Witnesses: Mary A Cooper S.T. Bristow Fanny L. Bristow Filed in Office Feby 11^th 1895 and recorded, Jno. S. Leeper Judge of Probate

E.G. Walker } Probate Court, Deceased, } Shelby County Alabama, Estate of } March 13^th 1895,

This being the day appopinted more than forty days since for hearing the application of H.E. M^cCormack, as Administrator with the will annexed of the Estate of E.G. Walker, deceased, for an order to sell certain lands hereinafter the described for division on the ground that the same cannot be equitable divided among the heirs of said Estate, and Jennie A. Footer, Mary E. Barnett, Geo J. Walker, Joseph Enoch, Emma, Eli and Hattis Honnecutt, Annie Crabt, L.W. Griffiny Joseph Peebles, Rose Gager, Kate Ruggy, Percy H. Williams Ellen Futler, Kate M^cMullen, and D.A. Byrnes who are non-residents of this state, having been duly brought unto Court by publication in a newspaper, viz: The Shelby Sentiniel,- in all respects strictly according to the order of this Court made and entered on the 28^th day of January 1895 and also appearing by counsel, Now comes the said administrator and moves the Court that such application be granted and the said heirs having been duly brought into Court by publication in the Shelby Sentinel, a newspaper published in said County according to the order of this Court made and entered in the premises on the 28^th day of January 1895, and also having appeared by counsel at said time, And it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court by the oaths of French Nabors and [B--] Nators disinterested witnesses whose testimony has been taken by deposition as in Chancery proceedings and which testimony has been filed

John Dorrough, } Probate Court, Deceased, } Shelby County, Alabama, Estate of } Jany 14^th 1895,

In the matter of hearing the petition of the Administration de bonis non, to sell the lands of said Estate; It is ordered by the Court that the same be continued to Feby 11^th 1895. Jno. S. Leeper Judge of Probate

Jno T. Cromwell } Probate Court Deceased, } Shelby County Alabama, Estate of } January 14^th 1895

In the matter of the application of J L. Peters Administrator of said Estate to compromise a claim of said Estate; it is hereby ordered that same be continued until February the 11^th 1895, Jno. S. Leeper Judge of Probate

E.G. Walker } Probate Court Deceased, } Shelby County, Alabama, Estate of } January 25^th 1895,

H.E. M^cCormack, as Administrator with the will annexed of said Estate, having this day filed his application in writing and under oath, praying for an order and proceeding to sell certain real estate in said petition described the property of said decedent 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 said petition that the only heirs of said estate are: Jennie A. Foster, wife of William Foster and Mary E. Barnett wife of James Barnett, who reside in Tracy City in the State of Tenn, Geo J. Walker who resides in Jackson, West Va, Joseph Honnecutt, [En--] Honnecutt, Emma Honnecutt, Eli Honnecutt and Hattie Honnecutt, who reside in the City of Pittsburgh in the State of Penn., Annie Craft wife of Harry Craft who resides in the City of St Louis Mo, Lee Griffing, wife of Howard Griffing who resides in the city of Linesville, Penn. Joseph Peebles who resides in Salem in the State of Ohio. Rose Gager, wife of JP Gager, who resides in the City of Cleveland in the State of Ohio, Kate [Reeggy] who resides in the City of Salem in the State of Ohio, Percy H Wilson who resides in the City of Cleveland, in the State of Ohio

Joseph T. Dorough proceed to convey to the sold John Dorough J.O. Dorough all the right, title SC. which the said John Dorough had and heldin and to said lands at the time of his death W.F. Thetford. J. Special Judge of Probate

{Oliver, Mrs LA} State of Alabama } In Probate Court {Dec^d} Shelby County } Feby 21^st 1896. {Probate of Will} This day came C.C. Oliver and filed in this Court a petition together with a paper purporting {Order setting} to the last will and testament of Mrs. Laura A. {day to hear} Oliver late of said County, deceased, for probate; and {petition for} it appearing from said petition that the following named persons are [leg--] under said Will and heirs of the Estate of said Mrs. Laura A. Oliver deceased towit: C.C. Oliver said petitioner and W.R. Oliver both of whom are sons of said deceased; and the children of Henry L. Oliver, deceased, who are Henry, Albert, George and Arthur, all of whom are minors, the two oldest, Henry and Albert, being over 14 years of age and all residing with their mother, Mrs Hannah Oliver, widow of said Henry L. Oliver, deceased; All of whom reside in Shelby County, Ala, and are over the age of 21 years and of sound mind, except the minors above named,--It is ordered by the Court that Monday the 9^th of March, 1896, be set apart for the hearing of said petition, and that citation issue and be served on each of the adult heirs above named, and that a copy of same be served on Mrs. Hannah Oliver for herself, and that copies be handed her, as the mother of said minors, for each one of said minors, Henry, Albert George and Arthur Oliver, notifying them and each and all of them to appear before me on that day and contest said application if they think proper. D.R M^cMillan, Judge of Probate