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VARIOUS
BASTROP COUNTY COURT RECORDS Attorney,
R. G. Green, presented the following petition to wit: Republic
of Texas County
of Bastrop To the
Hon. G. Fisk, Judge of Probate, now setting, etc. The
petition of Samuel Wolfenbarger of said County,
administrator of the Estate of R. M. Coleman, Decd., respectfully represents
that there are several large claims against the estate of his intestate, to
wit: two notes due to Col. J. E. Wallace of Matagorda, amounting to about two
thousand dollars with interest, and others not yet recognized by your
petitioners, but which he has no doubt are just. That the personal estate of
said decedent has been exhausted, and there remains no means of paying these
debts, but by the sale of the real estate of the said decedent. Your
petitioner therefore prays that he may be permitted to sell the following
lands at such places and on such terms as your Hon. Court may think best, towit: The Headright League of the said Coleman, located
on the Yegua in Milam County, and 555 acres of land
in Bastrop County, being the late residence of the family of said Coleman,
and where his wife was killed by Indians. Also a lot of corn now on the
latter place, being the rent of the same, and the proceeds applied to the
payment of the said debt. Your petitioner will ever pray, etc. Bastrop,
Monday, Feby 22nd, 1841. R. G. Green, Fr. Ptr. Ordered
and Decreed by the Court that the prayer of the petitioner be granted, that
the said Administrator be allowed to sell said lands at the Court House in
the Town of Bastrop, after advertising the time prescribed by Law, by posting
up advertisements in three public places in the County, agreeable to the
provisions of the law, in such cases made and provided. Christian,
Decd, appeared in open Court and filed the
following petition. Republic
of Texas, County of Bastrop Probate
Court, June Regular Term To the
Hon. Judge of Probate for said County: The
petition of Mary Burleson, formerly the widow and relic of Thomas Christian, Decd, late of said County, respectfully represents that
the said Thomas, her former husband, died seized ad possessed of one League
of land on the Waters of Wilbarger's Creek, in said County in the year A. D.
1833, when the Mexican laws were in force in the Republic. That the said
Thomas also left the following children, who are minors, to wit: John A,
Nancy R, Martha B, Amanda J, and Sarah B. Christian, all of the said County,
and who are without Guardian. That petitioner, the widow, as aforesaid, is
entitled as ??? To
one-half of the said League of land, being ????
(Remainder of page missing) pray, etc. R. G.
Green, Att. For Petitioner June
28th, 1841 Whereupon
it was Ordered and Decreed by the Court that the prayer of the Petitioner be
granted, and that Jonathan Burleson be appointed Guardian and
litem, to appear at the Court House in the Town of Bastrop on the 10th day of
July, ult., at which time a Special Term of said Court will be held, then and
there to represent the interest of said Minor Heirs, as prayed for in the
foregoing petition. Estate
of John L. Lynch, Decd. James
Manor, Administrator June
Term 1841 It
appearing to the Court that said Administrator has appeared in open Court and
asked for his dismission from the further
administration of same, and for satisfaction cause to the court here shown. August
Term Probate Court Tuesday
Morning 10 o'clock AM Court
met pursuant to adjournment, present and presiding Greenlief
Fisk, Judge of Probate, James Smith, Esqr., Associate Do, a quorum present preceeded
to business. Daniel
A. Wells, a minor heir of Martin Wells, Decd., appeared in open court, and
over the age of fourteen years, chose Norman Woods, Guardian and litem. Whereupon,
it was Ordered and Decreed by the Court that said Woods be appointed Guardian
ad litem for said D. A. Wells, to represent his interest in the division of
land belonging to the Estate of Martin Wells, Decd. And
also appeared Henry B. Wells, and it appearing to the Court that he was under
the age of fourteen years. Whereupon
it was Ordered by the Court that Norman Woods be appointed Guardian ad litem
for said Henry B. Wells, Minor Heir of said Martin Wells, Decd,
to represent his interest in the division… ***** |
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