Sworn to and subscribed				J. Lawrence
before me in open court {
this 28th July AD 1851 {			Filed 28th July 1851
John R. Kennard	     {				(clerk unreadable)
Chief Justice Grimes Co {

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The foregoing is submited to the court in connection with her former exhitit as a full and complete showing of all her acts as adminstratrix aforesaid from which it appears that she has paid out and expended per account of said Estate the sum of _______ dollars over and above the amount received which she prays maybe considered & adjusted by the court so justly due and placed to her credit on final settlement and distribution of her said deceased husbands Estate to the court in reference to the amts paid for Lumber, nails, and work that the conditions of the buildings from natural decay was such that in order to avoid their entire destruction and loss from the cause aforesaid the said expenditure became absolutely necessary and as it will excuse to the benefit of the heirs generally she deems it but just that they be taxed as aforesaid in final distribution for the amount thus expended as well as for other payments

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on a/c of said estate ~ All of which is respectfully submitted as her final ac court praying that she be fully and finally discharged from said administration, and as in duty she will ever pray & c

					Joice V. McGuffin
					by Atty J. Lawrence
I James Lawrence Atty for J. V. McGuffin do
solemnly swear . . .
Filed 28 Feby 1855
__________	Clk
Filed 28th Feby 1855
J. Hadley Estate
By{Petition of discharge
J. V. McGuffin Admix
	Jany Term 1855
	Joyce basically asked court for final discharge of estate next
	term of court.  She be discharged.
		Filed 31st January 1855

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By the will of Joshua Hadley Dec'd the Land (Homestead) and above named negroes were left in the care and charge of Joyce Hadley to make a support for the minors Joshua H., William B., and Anthony D. K. Hadley by producing crops & c. therefore the guardian is of the opinion that said minors have an interest in the present crop for their support of at least two fifths of what of the crop may be on hand after paying M. Thompson the overseer his interest in same and after paying that portion of the boy Bill that Mrs. McGuffin is bound for, the value of which cannot be at present accurately ascertained as the crop is to be gathered and divided

The Estate above described has an in ______ upon it, in favor of Mrs. Joice V. McGuffin late adminstratix of said estate as allowed by the County Court at the February term 1855 for the sum of $546.45

There is also the following named property that belonged to said Joshua Hadley Dec'd and was during life willed and delivered to the following named heirs and appraised by the appraisors of said estate at the amounts named for which said named heirs are to render an account upon a final distribution of the Estate.
To Wit:

500 acres of land bequeathed to D. P. Hadley of }
which he has possession by Deed 3rd Oct 1843 }             $500.00
606 acres of land bequeathed to Caroline Martin
of which she ahs possession by J. L. Bennett's bond
at ____ (which bequest was lost to said C. Martin
by the bond's not having been ____ in the
life time of the Testator, and the attorney
for the Admtr. of said Bennets refusing to
acknowledge it or make title)                               303.00
500 acres of land bequeathed to H. F.
	Hadley (Henry T.)
320 acres of land bequeathed to Grantham H.
	Hadley lying on the Navisota, Soldiers
	claim  4/-                                          160.00
One Negro girl name Sidney bequeathed to }
	Caroline Martin }                                   220.00
One Negro girl named June bequeathed to
	D. P. Hadley                                        350.00
One negro boy named Bob bequeathed to H. F. Hadley          300.00
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Said minor has also an undivided interest of one third
in the following mans as inherited from the estate of
T. K. Hadley Dec'd.
400 acres of land in T. K. Hadleys headright of 1/3 League
of land in Trinity County and valued by commissioners
to partition same at $405. 1/3 of which is              $195.00
Cash in the hands of J. V. McGuffin former }
Guardian, as shown in her Exhibit of 1st January }
1855 $531.61   1/3 of which is  }                        177.20 1/3
There was willed to said minor by J. V. McGuffin
his mother an interest of one third part of $20, to
be paid him and his two brothers in twelve months
by Jas. V. Floyd  1/3 is                                   6.66 2/3
One s__kling horse colt of Brown color }
	now in charge of W. E. Kennard }                  25.00
5 head stock cattle (branded DF)                          33.00
3 head ewe sheep                                           7.50
One feather bed, furniture & bed sted                     30.00
By the will of Mrs. Joyce V. McGuffin she directed that her two brood
mares (Mary & Ball) with the horse given to Joshua, Wm. B. and Anthony
D. K. Hadley be left in the care and keeping of Wm. E. Kennard,
to raise from until Joshua becomes of age, then the whole
to be equally divided between the three sons --
Mary valued at $100 - Ball at $80 - and the horse at $50 -
We the undersigned appraisers do solemnly swear that the above &
foregoing appraisement is a fair and just valuation of the property and
effects therein named, belonging to the estate of Anthony D. K. Hadley,
a minor, to the best of our knowledge and judgement
Sworn to & subscribed          Reuben W. Bennett
before me Sept 28th 1855       James K. Bennett
J. G. Chatham Clerk            J. W. Jenkins
I OHP Hill Guardian of the person & property of the minor D. K. Hadley
do solemnly swear that the foregoing list and statement enumerates &
exhibits a showing of all the property belong-
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ing to the Estate of my said ward that has come to my knowledge or
possession
Sworn to & subscribed }            OHP Hill
before me Sept 28th 1855 }
J. G. Chatham Clerk }
	Filed 28th Sept 1855     J. G. Chatham Clerk
Page 530  Joshua Hadley minor bond by Elisha Floyd as guardian.
	OHP Hill & D. P. Hadley sureties on Six thousand dollars bond.
		Filed Sept 24th 1855
Page 531  Wm. Hadley bond for D. P. Hadley Guardian. OHP Hill
	& E. Floyd sureties on Three Thousand Dollar bond.
		Filed 24 Sept 1855

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