Gilbert Pritchett, Gilmer County, Georgia: Death, Appraisement of Property 1852; Sale of Property 1853

Appraisement and Sale of Real Estate and Personal Property

of Gilbert Pritchett, Deceased

Gilmer County, Georgia

1852 - 1853

Appraisement: October 1852

Sale at Public Outcry: March 1853 (first Tuesday)

Notes: Appraisment and Sale of the Estate of Gilbert Pritchett, 'Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990,' Gilmer County, Georgia (Wills, inventories and appraisements 1836-1914), pp. 194-196 (digital images 113 - 114 of 304 ; film no. 005761618): Gilbert Pritchett. Appraisment: 9 October 1852. Sale: First Tuesday of March 1853 (by public outcry).

Source/Reason: 

Gilbert Pritchett: source for name and approximate death date. Disposal of Property of Gilbert Pritchett listed on pages 194-196 (Digital Image 113 and 114 of 304) of Gilmer County, Georgia, Wills, inventories and appraisements: Names of most of the persons who purchased property match the names of his parents, siblings, and other relations.

Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990  
Gilmer Wills, inventories and appraisements 1836-1914 

Page 195 (bottom)

Schedule of sale of the Lands of the estate of Gilbert Pritchet deceased sold at public outcry on the first tuseday of March 1853

Names - Articles sold $ Cts

Wesley Ash - Lot 216 in 10th dist, 2s -                   $342.55
Jasper Pritchet - Lot no 65 in 26th dist 2 sec -        $100.00
L Pritchett - Lot no 45 in 26th dist 2 sec -               $176.80
L Pritchet - Lot no 64 in 26th dist 2 sec -                $151.50

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                                                             [TOTAL]: $770.85.

John Pritchet, adm.r

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Page 196

Schedule of the sale of personal property of Gilbert Pritchett Deceased
Sold on the 30th day of October 1852

Names - Articles $ cts

Articles sold on the 30th day of October 1852

John Pritchett - 1 Bay horse -         $ 50.00
E.E. Winn - 1 Gray Colt -           25.50
Lewis Pritchett - 1 White pided cow -   13.75
John Pritchett - 1 White steer -           09.25
Friend Spears - 1 Black Steer -   05.10
Barbary Pritchett - 1 Muly cow & calf -   10.00
H Burnett - 1 Saddle -           10.05
Lewis Pritchett - 1 Clock -           04.00
D W Ash - Haimes traces &c -   01.75
John Pritchett - 2 Ploughs & singletree -   01.95
Levi Tailor - 5 Bushels Rye -           02.60
Jackson Moreland - 5 Bushels rye -   02.50
George Brooks - 5 Bushels rye -   02.50
John Pritchett - 5 Bushels rye -   02.60
Jacob Deal - 5 Bushels rye -           02.70
A.J. Tailor - 5 Bushels rye -           02.50
Jonathan Withrow - 50 Bushels of corn -   15.12 1/2
Jonathan Withrow - 50 Bushels of corn -   15.12 1/2
A A. Duckett - 50 Bushels of corn -   15.00
A.M. Sheriff - 50 Bushels of corn -   15.12 1/2
James Duckett - 50 Bushels of corn -   15.12 1/2
John Pritchett - 50 Bushels more or less -   35.31 1/4
A.A. Duckett - 50 Bushels of corn -   14.12 1/2
Josiah Withrow - 50 Bushels more or less -   15.75
Lewis Pritchett - 50 Bushels of corn -   16.00
Lewis Pritchett - 50 Bushels more or less -   18.52 1/2
A.A. Duckett - 62 Dozen of oates -   06.51
George Brooks - 67 Dozen of oats -   08.54 1/4
Lewis Pritchett - 50 Dozen of oates -   05.50
John Pritchett - 50 Dozen of oats -   05.37 1/2
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[TOTAL]:                $348.45


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Citation: 
North Georgia Kin, "Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8935-K8FW?cc=1999178&wc=9SBM-BZC%3A267651101%2C267687401 : 20 May 2014), Gilmer > Wills, inventories and appraisements 1836-1914 > image 113 of 304; citing Houston County Probate Court Judge, Georgia.

Transcript of Will of Absalum Pence of Gilmer County, Georgia, 1852

Probate of Will of Absalum Pence 

Date: 5 July 1852

Gilmer County, Georgia Probate Records
Wills (pp.175-179)

[More common spelling of name]: Absalom Pence

[Database, FamilySearch.org]:

Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990, Gilmer, Wills, inventories and appraisements 1836-1914, images 104-106 of 304 in Film no. 005761618, Gilmer County Wills, pages 175-179, Last Will and Testament of Absalum Pence.

[Pages 175-176 (image 104)]:

Inventory and appraisement of the personal property of the Estate of Absalum Pence Deceased [Page contains an inventory list with values of the items and signatures of the appraisors]. 

[Page 177]: 

Schedule of the sale of a portion of the personal property of the estate of Absalum Pence deceased
[Page contains an inventory of items and names of persons who bought them].

[Transcript of the Will on pages 178 and 179 (images 105 and 106)]: 

[page 178]: 

Georgia
Gilmer County } Court of Ordinary
    July Term 1852

The will and testament of Absalum Pence late of said County deceased, having been proved in vacation and no objections being urged and motion being made to admit said will to record It is therefore considered that said probate is sufficient and it is ordered that said will be recorded--
July the 5 day of 1852
Moses Greer   Ordinary


In the name of God amen I Absalum Pence of the state of Georgia and County of Gilmer being of sound and perfect mind and memory Blessed be God, do this 30th day of January in the year of our Lord 1852 make and publish this my last will and testament in the manner following, that is to say first, I give and bequeath all and every of my Estate and property that I possess, to my beloved wife, Frances Pence, to have and to hold during her naturial life and at her death, the Estate to be equally divided between my Daughters that is Malinda Debord Susan Alvina Wells Mary Emily Hill Lusinda Pence
my sons I have already provided for that is Leroy Pence Caleb Posey Pence Andrew Calaway Pence I have given them lands to the amount of their part of my Estate

In witness whereof I the said Absalum Pence have to this my last will and
and testament set my hand and

[page 179]: 

seal the day and year above written
 [some words stricken] 
Absalum Pence

Signed sealed and published in the presence of us who were present at the time of signing and sealing there of

Test Nicholas K. Osborn
     Samuel Waters

     Recorded July the 9th day 1852

   Moses Greer    Ordinary

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Citation: 
"Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8935-K8H6?cc=1999178&wc=9SBM-BZC%3A267651101%2C267687401 : 20 May 2014), Gilmer > Wills, inventories and appraisements 1836-1914 > image 104 of 304; citing Houston County Probate Court Judge, Georgia.

Record Information: 

Wills, returns, accounts, inventories and appraisements, 1836-1914 [Gilmer County, Georgia]

Authors:
Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Gilmer County) (Main Author)
Georgia. Department of Archives and History (Repository)
Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Gilmer County) (Repository)

Format: Manuscript/Manuscript on Film

Language: English

Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1960
Atlanta, Georgia : Georgia Department of History and Archives,

Physical:
1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

Notes: Georgia, Probate Records are available online (link courtesy of FamilySearch; free account required to access): https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/1999178

Microfilm of manuscript at Ellijay, Gilmer County, Georgia.

Includes indexes.

Further catalog notes are available on Family Search.

Family Search tip: "View this catalog record in WorldCat for other possible copy locations."
Link provided by Family Search: https://www.worldcat.org/title/wills-returns-accounts-inventories-and-appraisements-1836-1914-gilmer-county-georgia/oclc/866003064

Subjects
Locality Subjects
United States, Georgia, Gilmer - Probate records
Location

Film/Digital Notes (The referenced family history center has 1 of 1 films/fiche.)

Note: Wills, returns, accounts, inventories and appraisements, 1836-1914

Location: Family History Library, 35 N West Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150-9005.

Collection/Shelf: United States & Canada Film

Film: 219504

DGS: 5761618

The digital image of this record is available online. Free account with log-in is required to view records on FamilySearch.org. The following link, provided by Family Search, is to the complete microfilm. Follow the link to the microfilm, then navigate to digital-image page 104 for the inventory and page 105 for the will, which then finishes at image 106.

Link to Microfilm
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L935-KDDT?mode=g&cc=1999178&cat=203466


[More common spelling]: Absalom Pence

Richard Sizemore, Dade County, Georgia, Various Documents

RICHARD SIZEMORE
Last Will & Testament (Transcript):

1. RICHARD SIZEMORE was born in 1800 near Greenville Greenville Co South Carolina and died in 1865 in DeKalb Co Alabama. . He married ELIZABETH ANN ‘BETTY' FORESTER/FOSTER about 1818 or 1819. She was born in 1804 in South Carolina and died 1 May 1879 in DeKalb Co Alabama. Her parents are FRANCIS FORESTER & UNKNOWN.  Richard & Betty are buried at Pea Ridge Cemetery DeKalb Co Alabama.

Richard is said to be the son of EPHRAIM SIZEMORE SR (1743-1836) & WINEFORD ‘WINNEY' GREEN (1745-1839), but the age of his mother would have been 55 years old when he was born. These are possibly his grandparents

The following information on Richard Sizemore from the Sand Mountain Melungeon Families website:

Richard Sizemore came from Spartansburg District, South Carolina and moved to Habersham County Georgia by 1822 and to Dade County Georgia about 1845 where he joined a group of other mixed breeds avoiding removal near Rising Fawn.  To credit descendants and relatives in Eastern Cherokee claims 1906-1924 which comprise two entire volumes of the Guion Miller Commission's report, the family came from North Carolina and Virginia and were Cherokee.  The name is cognate with Cismor and other Portuguese Jewish surnames, deriving from Sis(a)mai, a Judahite of the descendants of the daughter of Sheshan and Jarha, a Phoenician god's name, meaning water crane or swallow.  In Sephardic tradition applied to 'tax farmers.'  Sheshan had no sons, only daughters.  Sheshan had an Egyptian slave whose name was Jarha.  Eleasah begot Sisamai and Sisamai begot Shallum (1 Chronicles 2:34-40).  They were Portuguese Jews who came from London to Barbados and Jamestown, where they blended with the Saponi, Powhatan, Mattaponi, Cherokee, and Creek on the frontier.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Will and Testament of Richard Sizemore:

Georgia, Dade County.  In the name of God, Amen, I, Richard Sizemore of said state and county, being of advanced age and knowing that must depart this life, deem it right and proper both as respects my family and myself that I should make a disposition of my property with which a kind providence has blessed me:  do therefore make my last will and testament hereby revoking all others heretofore made by same.

1st item.  I design that my body be buried in a decent and Christian-like manner suitable to my condition in life.  My soul, I trust, shall return to rest with God who gave it.

2nd item.  I design and direct that all my just debts be paid without delay by my executors hereinafter appointed, as I am unwilling my creditors should be delayed their right.

3rd item.  I give, bequeath and devise to my son Andrew Jackson and Thomas Benton and James Clayton and my daughter Malinda Elizabeth part of lot of land number two hundred and nineteen in the eleventh district of formerly Cherokee, now Dade County, containing one hundred and ten acres with all rights, members and privaliges(sic) to said lot of land in any wise appertaining or belonging forever.

4th item.  I give and bequeath to my son John one sorrel horse and two cows and calves and their increase and six head of sheep and their increase, one yoak(sic) of stears(sic) and cart, one hundred bushels of corn and ten head of hogs, and one rifle gun, and three feather beds and furnature(sic).

5th item.  I hereby appoint my son John executor of this my last will and testament this April 18th, 1850.

Richard Sizemore

Registered this 20th of April 1850.

John B Perkins, Clerk

(Thanks to Winona Jones of Weatherford Texas)
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Richard Sizemore was buried in Pea Ridge Cemetery, DeKalb County, Alabama on top of the mountain.  This cemetery also contains the graves of Coopers and Bundrens.  His widow Elizabeth moved to Fraction Township in the area known as Shraders Mill, where her neighbors were the Coopers and Shraders (Alabama 1866 State Census).  She was the daughter of Francis Forester and a Chickahominy woman and died May 1, 1879.

Very recent efforts spearheaded by Alan Lerwick of Salt Lake City, Utah, have traced the Sizemores back to a Michael Sizemore, a London merchant who died in 1685. Lerwick has also mapped two distinct DNA lines in Virginia and North Carolina, one continuing the original R1b gene type and the other an American Indian Q haplotype. He believes that Indian descent entered the Sizemore family with Henry Sizemore, born about 1698. The descendants of Henry’s older brother Ephraim are R1b.

Jane Blevins Cooper Pension, 1858, Certification and Approval

Certification & Approval of Pension, 1858
Pension Files of Jane Cooper

[Transcript begins]:

Department of the Interior
Widow's Claim.

I certify that Jane Cooper, widow of Isaac Cooper, who was a private of company D, Georgia mounted volunteers, in the service of the United States, is entitled, under the provisions of the act of Congress approved June 3, 1858, to receive pay at the rate of Three dollars and Fifty cents per month, to commence on the Twenty-fourth day of December 1857, and to continue during life, unless she should again marry, in which case the pension is not payable after the date of such marriage.

Given at the Department of the Interior
this Thirtieth day of September, one thousand eight
hundred and fifty eight~
J. M~~~f~~~
Secretary of the Interior.
Countersigned.
[Geo~C?] Whitney
Commissioner of Pensions.
[Written across this document, diagonally, is the approval]:

Amount due on this Certificate from 24th Dec~r 1857 to 3d Sept 1858 inclusive, per pension office calculation $29.16 2/3

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TRANSCRIPTION NOTE

Transcribed by D.K. Pritchett from a photocopy of the court document. This file dated 25 June 2001.

Old URL (no longer extant): http://southernmuse.com/genealogy/cooper/jane1858d.htm

Jane Blevins Cooper Pension, 1858, Court Brief, Renewal and Increase

Court Brief of June 1858
Pension Files of Jane Cooper

[Transcript begins]:

Brief in the case of Jane Cooper, widow of
Isaac Cooper,
Priv~Co~D
Ga~mtd~vols~

Dade County and State of Ga. }
act           }
June 3, 1858.       }

Claim, ("original," or "for increase.") Renewal.

Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Pensioned under Act of July 21, 1848 & Feb. 3, 1853.

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

Widow's declaration states her age residence, service of husband that she has rec'd a pension & is still a widow. Two persons of credibility testify to identity & widowhood.

(If for increase.)

          Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

          Admd at $3:50 per month, coming. Dec. 24, 1857.

          Name and residence of Agent
          Pens~r~ }
          Rising Fawn }
          Ga. }

                                                                John D. Wilson
                                                                Examining Clerk.

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Transcribed by D.K. Pritchett from a photocopy of the court document. This file dated 20 June 2001.

Old URL (no longer extant): http://southernmuse.com/genealogy/cooper/jane1858a.htm

Jane Blevins Cooper, 1858, Pension Application, September 1858

Pension Application of 1858
Pension Files of Jane Cooper

[Transcript begins]:

[Cover of Document]

Rising Fawn Ga    [Fnu?]

To the Commissioner of Pensions

Washington City
   D.C~

[End of Cover]


[Document Begins]:

State of Georgia }
County of Dade    }

On the fifteenth day of September Eighteen hundred and fifty Eight. Personally appeard before me Mark Hale a justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid duly authorised by Law to adminster oaths. Jane Cooper aged fifty five years a Resident of the County of Dade & State of Georgia and Post Office of Rising Fawn. Who being duly sworn according to Law declares that she is the widow of Isaac Cooper Deceased who was a privet soldier in the Company D Commanded by Captain William D Fullton in the Regiment of Georgia mounted volunteers Commanded by Col- Calhoun in the War with Mexico and died on the twenty third day of December 1847: and that she is the identical Person who Drew a pension under the act of congress. the 5th of February 1853. at the Rate of three Dollars and fifty Cents pr month. Commencing on the Twenty fourth day of December 1852 and terminating on the Twenty fourth day of December 1857: at Mobile by Jas. Perrine agent for paying pensions in the agency of Alabama. That she now makes this affidavit for the purpose of obtaining the benefit, of the said act of Congress of June 3d 1858 that she has not intermarried but continues to be a widow that she now Resides in the County of Dade and State of Georgia and hir Post office is Rising Fawn and has Resided there for Two years Past Previous there to she Resided in the State of Alabama & County of DeKalb

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I certify that I believe the applicant to be the widow of the said soldier I also certify that I am not Interested in this claim or concerned in the Result there of



Mark Hale [seal]

Justice of the Peace

State of Georgia }

County of Dade   } 
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                                                                Jane [hir X mark] Cooper

TRANSCRIPTION NOTE

Transcribed by D.K. Pritchett from a photocopy of the court document. This file dated 20 June 2001.

Old URL (no longer extant): http://southernmuse.com/genealogy/cooper/jane1858b.htm

Jane Blevins Cooper Pension, September 1858, Oaths of Witnesses

Jane Cooper 1858 Oaths of Witnesses

Oaths of Witnesses of 1858
Pension Files of Jane Cooper

[Transcript begins]:

Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I certify that I believe the applicant to be the widow of the said soldier I also certify that I am not Interested in this claim or concerned in the Result there of

Mark Hale [seal]
Justice of the Peace
State of Georgia }
County of Dade   } 

On this the fifteenth day of September Eighteen hundred and fifty Eight. Personally appeared before me Mark Hale a Justice of the Peace in and for said county. The Two Persons whose names are undersigned Residents of the county of Dade and state of Georgia who being Duly sworn according to Law declared that M~s Jane Cooper is the Identical Person she Represents hir self to be from the fact that they knew hir in hir husbands Life time who was Isaac Cooper that hir and hir husband Isaac Cooper Lived to gether as husband & wife and to be so Reputed and that hir husband [went?] with Captain William D Fullton & his Company to the war with Mexico & that it was Reported he [taken sick?] & died in the year 1847 that they have known hir ever since the year -1847- and that she has not maried since and yet Remains the widow of the Late Isaac Cooper and that they kew she Drew a pension at Mobile in the agency of Alabama from the 24th day of December 1852 to the Twenty fourth day of December 1857 at the Rates of half pay Three Dollars and fifty Cents p~ month. They swor that they are disinterested witnesses and that hir signature is genuine written in their Present,

  Alex~r B Hanna
William Blevens
Subscribed and sworn to before me the day and year first above written and I hereby certify that Alex~r B Hanna and William Blevens are credible witnesses. I also certify that I am not intristed in this matter or concerned with the Result thereof

  Mark Hale [seal]
Justice of the Peace
State of Georgia }
Dade County   }

I Serug Killion clerk of the Superior court of said county do certify that Mark Hale is and was at the time of assigning the foregoing Declaration was a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly Elected and commissioned and that all hir acts as such is entitled to full faith and credit and that his* signature is genuine

Given under my hand and seal of office in Trinton this 17th day of September 1858

  Serug Killion clk
Superior Court
[large court seal of wax]

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Transcribed by D.K. Pritchett from a photocopy of the court document. This file dated 25 June 2001.

Note: It now appears to me that I have one of the J.P. attestations before the actual document, and might have gotten the page out of order. If I find the documents, I'll check this.

Old URL (no longer extant): http://www.southernmuse.com/genealogy/cooper/jane1858c.htm

Jane Blevins Cooper Pension Application, May 1850, Cover Letter

Pension Files of Jane Blevins Cooper

Cover letter of May 1850 in the Widow's Pension Application of Jane Cooper

[Transcript begins]:

                                                                Annawaika Ala
                                                                May 5th 1850

Sir

      Enclosed I send you the proof in support of my claim to a pension under the Act of Congress passed the 21st of July AD 1848, granting half pay to widdows and orphants in certain cases &c [~~~~illeg. line or lines in a fold~~~~] thing, to establish my claim, you will please refer to the papers (now on file in your office) in support of my claim to bounty land under the act of 11 of Feb 1847 and also to Now Wm. W. [Co...?] of Alabama " you will please inform me of the arrival of these papers by addressing me at Annawaika De Kalb Co. Ala Care of Mr George C. White.

                                                                Respectfully your Obt sevt &c
                                                                [Jane?] Cooper

Hon G Edwards
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington DC

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TRANSCRIPTION NOTE:

Difficult to read, with ink blots bleeding through from other side. I really can't read the applicant's given name at all, but since it is enclosed within other papers with Jane Cooper as the applicant, it is apparently Jane's letter.

Transcribed by D.K. Pritchett from a photocopy of the court document. This file dated 20 June 2001.

Old URL (no longer extant): http://www.southernmuse.com/genealogy/cooper/jane1850a.htm

Jane Blevins Cooper Pension: Oaths of Witnesses, April 1850

Oaths of Witnesses of 1850
Jane Cooper Pension Files

On this the 10th day of April AD 1850 personally appeard before the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace for the State and County aforesaid William Blevins and [large ink blot] Henry Smith Who being duly according to law declare that they were personally acquainted for many years with the late Isaac Cooper [decd?] and his wife Jane Cooper the accompining affiant and were present at her marriage to Isaac Cooper [on or?] about the [21st?] day of [January?] 1823 and that she yet remains a widow

Sworn to and subscribed before me
on the day and year above written

William [Blevins] [seal]
Henry Smith

        Geo~C White JP
I do hereby certify that the above named affiants William Blevins and Henry Smith are persons entitled to credit given under my hand the 10th of April AD 1850

                    George C White [seal]
                    Justice of the Peace

On this the 10th day of April AD 1850 personally appeard before the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace for the State and County aforesaid William Blevins and [large ink blot] Henry Smith Who being duly according to law declare that they were personally acquainted for many years with the late Isaac Cooper [decd?] and his wife Jane Cooper the accompining affiant and were present at her marriage to Isaac Cooper [on or?] about the [21st?] day of [January?] 1823 and that she yet remains a widow

Sworn to and subscribed before me
on the day and year above written

William [Blevins] [seal]
Henry Smith

        Geo~C White JP
I do hereby certify that the above named affiants William Blevins and Henry Smith are persons entitled to credit given under my hand the 10th of April AD 1850

                    George C White [seal]
                    Justice of the Peace

State of Alabama }
DeKalb County }

I Alexander W. Majors Clerk of said County do certify that George C White whose signature appears to the foregoing affidavits & certificate is and was at the time of [CoKing?] the same and acting justice of the peace in and for said county duly commissioned and sworn (and that his said signature is Genuine,) and that full faith and credit is [due?] of right to be given all his acts as such.

 
In Testimony of which I have
here un to put my name and
affixed the seal of said county
court of office the 15 day of
april 1850

          AW~Majors CK

 
State of Ala }
De Kalb Co }

Personally appeard before the undersigned
an acting justice of the peace for said county

William Blevins and makes oath in due form of law that Polly, Gaines, Mima, and Nancy Cooper are minor Children of Isaac and Jane Cooper and were under the age of sixteen years at the time of the death of their Father Isaac Cooper, [Decd?]
                      William Blevins

Sworn to and subscribed before me
the 10 of April AD 1850
        Geo~C White [seal]
        Justice of the Peace

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TRANSCRIPTION NOTES:
Document is highly illegible and difficult to decipher due to ink bleed-through and smudges. I deciphered some words by context, which fits the typical legal-clerical language. The marriage date is very "iffy," especially the month, which looks like "J~~~y." Blevins' surname is illegible on the signature. His seal is a circular squiggle. George White's seal looks like a "JP" with the "P" being a big circle.

Transcribed by D.K. Pritchett from a photocopy of the court document. This file is dated 20 June 2001.

Old URL (no longer extant): http://www.southernmuse.com/genealogy/cooper/jane1850c.htm

Jane Cooper Pension: William Cooper, Witness, April 1850

Pension Files of Jane Blevins Cooper

William Cooper Witness Document of April 1850 in the Pension File of Jane Cooper


State of Alabama }
De Kalb County }

On this the 10th of April AD 1850 Personally appeared before the undersigned an acting Justice of the Peace for said County, William Cooper, second Lieutenant of Capt Fulton's Company "D" Georgia Mounted Volunteers in Mexico. Who being duly sworn according to law declares that Isaac Cooper was a private in said company and that the said Isaac Cooper died at Vera Cruz in Mexico on the 23d day of December AD 1847 from disease contracted while in the service of the United States and while in the line of duty

Wm Cooper
2d Lieut Co D


Sworn to and subscribed before me
the day and year above written
George C. White [seal]
Justice of the Peace

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TRANSCRIPTION NOTE:

Document is highly illegible and difficult to decipher due to ink bleed-through and smudges. I deciphered some words by context, which fits the typical legal-clerical language. The marriage date is very "iffy," especially the month, which looks like "J~~~y." Blevins' surname is illegible on the signature. His seal is a circular squiggle. George White's seal looks like a "JP" with the "P" being a big circle.
Transcribed by D.K. Pritchett from a photocopy of the court document. This file is dated 20 June 2001.

Old URL (no longer extant): http://www.southernmuse.com/genealogy/cooper/jane1850b.htm

Jane Blevins Cooper Pension Files, October 1853, Widow's Declaration and Oath

Jane Cooper pension files:

Widow's Declaration & Oath ~ October of 1853

[Transcript begins]:


The State of Alabama }
DeKalb County           }
Personally appeared before me the under signed an acting Justice of the Peace for said county Jane Cooper, and declare an oath that she is the widow of Isaac Cooper Decd who was a member of Capt Fultons Company of Georgia Mounted volunteers in Mexico that she is the Identical Jane Cooper who drew a pension of five years half pay as said widow that she has not since intermarried but continues the widow of the said Isaac Cooper that she now resides in the county of DeKalb and state of Alabama where she has resided for some years past and that this Declaration is made to obtain a renewal of Pension under the act of Congress of 3rd February 1853.
 
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 17th October 1853
Jane [her X mark] Cooper
Test Seabird Cowan Justice of the peace
B.G. Cook
and I do hereby certify that I have no interest in and am not concerned in the prosecution of this case

Given under my hand this 17th October 1853

Seabird Cowan
Justice of the Peace

[End of Transcript].

Testimony of various witnesses ~ several documents:

[Transcript begins]:


The State of Alabama }
DeKalb County           }

Personally appeared before the undersigned an acting justice of the peace in and for said county B. F Cook and Robert M Cook who make oath in due form of Law that they are personally acquainted with Jane Cooper widow of the late Isaac Cooper Decd that she yet remains the widow of the said Isaac Cooper that she is the Identical Jane Cooper who drew a Pension of five years half pay as said widow and now makes the accompanying Declaration to obtain a renewal of Pension under the act of 3rd of February 1853 and that they reside in the county of De Kalb and State of Alabama

B. F. Cook
Robert M Cook

Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 17th October 1853

                Seabird Cowan
                Justice of the Peace
And I do hereby certify that I am personally acquainted with said affiants and that they were persons Entitled to full credit and belief Given under my hand this 17th October 1853

                Seabird Cowan
                Justice of the Peace

[End of transcript ].

Judge's Attestation of the Justice's Credibility:

[Transcript begins]:


The State of Alabama }
DeKalb County           }

I, Reuben Estes Judge of the probate court of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that Seabird Cowan is a justice of the peace in and for the County duly Commissiond and qualified that his Commission was dated on the first monday in March 1853 and will Expire on the first monday in March 1856 or sosoone there after as there successer shall have been duly qualified and that the signature above written are Genuine

                Given under my hand and
                seal of office at office
                this 22nd day of October 1853

                R. Estes
                Judge of Probate

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Transcribed by D.K. Pritchett from a photocopy of the court document. This file dated 17 June 2001.


Old URL (no longer extant): http://southernmuse.com/genealogy/cooper/jane1853d.htm

Jane Blevins Cooper Pension, September 1853, Followup Letter

Followup letter of September 1853
Pension Files of Jane Cooper

[Transcript begins]:

                                                                Annawaika Ala
                                                                Sept 20th 1853

Sir

      I write to you at the request of Mrs Jane Cooper, who is a petitioner under the late act of Congress, granting five years additional half-pay

      Her late certificate of pension was returned to James Perrine pension Agent at Mobile, by his direction and a new -- declaration was made and forwarded by her to your office some time in the month of June last. Since then nothing has been heard from it,,

      You will please notify her by letter at this office, if her declaration was recd and in due form, if not send a copy of forms requisite.

      She is yet the widow of Isaac Cooper Decd, who was a member of Capt Fultons Co Georgia Mtd Vols in Mexico, and wishes her certificate of Pension sent to her address at this office,, address Mrs Jane Cooper Annawaika DeKalb Co Ala,

      23 June

                                                                I am Respectfully &c

                                                                George ,C, White

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TRANSCRIPTION NOTES

Transcribed from an electronic-carbon copy of a handwritten document.

The marks around George White's name may be part of a flourish.

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Old URL, no longer extant: http://southernmuse.com/genealogy/cooper/jane1853b.htm

Jane Blevins Cooper Pension Files, 1853, Cover Letter 1

Cover letter of June 1853
Pension Files of Jane Cooper

[Transcript begins]:

                                                                Annawaika Ala
                                                                17 June 1853

Sir

      Enclosed please find the declarations of Mrs Jane Cooper, who now makes application for a certificate of Pension under the late act of Congress.

      If this is defective please find a form for declaration ,, a reference to your Books will shew that she was a pensioner under the late law

      Address Mrs Jane Cooper Annawaika De Kalb Co Ala care of George, C, White

                                                                Respectfully &c

                                                                George,, C, White



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TRANSCRIPTION NOTE

Transcribed by D.K. Pritchett from a photocopy of the court document. This file dated 16 June 2001.

Jane Blevins Cooper Second Cover Letter, October 1853

Second Cover Letter ~ October of 1853
Jane Cooper pension file:

[Transcript begins]:

                                                                Annawaika Ala
                                                                28 October 1853

Sir  please find enclosed my proof for a renewal of Pension under the Act of 3 of Feby 1853,

      You will please send my certificate of Pension to my adress at Annawaika De Kalb Co. Ala
      Hoping to have an early reply
                                                                I am your Obt sevt
                                                                Jane [her X mark] Cooper
Test
      Geo~C White

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TRANSCRIPTION NOTE

Transcribed by D.K. Pritchett from a photocopy of the court document. Legibility, fair to good. This file dated 17 June 2001.

Jane Blevins Cooper Pension File Index

Family of Ferdinand Hermann, Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky (1860 U.S. Census)

United States Census, 1860, 1st Ward Louisville City, Jefferson, Kentucky, Sheet 213 (enum. 5 June 1860), Dwelling 91, Family 160

Line 3: Ferdinand Hermann, aged 56, male. Birth: 1804, Baden, Germany. Occupation: Plasterer. Value of Real Estate: $1,600. Value of Personal Estate: $100.

Line 4: Malinda Hermann, aged 40, female, listed in the household of Ferdinand Hermann. Birth: 1820, Baden, Germany. Occupation: -- .

Line 5: William Hermann, aged 18, male, listed in the household of Ferdinand Hermann. Birth: 1842, Kentucky. Occupation: Plasterer.

Line 6: John Hermann, aged 16, male, listed in the household of Ferdinand Hermann. Birth: 1844, Kentucky. Occupation: Apprentice to Gilder.

Line 7: Rosa Hermann, aged 13, female, listed in the household of Ferdinand Hermann. Birth: 1847, Kentucky. Occupation: --.

Line 8: Phillip Hermann, aged 8, male, listed in the household of Ferdinand Hermann. Birth: 1852, Kentucky. Occupation: --.

Line 9: George Hermann, aged 5, male, listed in the household of Ferdinand Hermann. Birth: 1855, Kentucky. Occupation: --.

Line 10: Malinda Hermann, aged 3, female, listed in the household of Ferdinand Hermann. Birth: 1857, Kentucky. Occupation: --.

Line 11: Kate Hermann, aged 6/12, female, listed in the household of Ferdinand Hermann. Birth: 1860, Kentucky (est. birth: Dec. 1859 - Jan. 1860). Occupation: --.
_____________________

CITATION: "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBSS-3WG?cc=1473181&wc=7QXT-GKL%3A1589426984%2C1589422222%2C1592326321 : 24 March 2017), Kentucky > Jefferson > 1st Ward Louisville City > image 23 of 403; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Extract by D.K. Pritchett, from document image on Family Search.

Note the occupations: Father and one son are plasterers. Another son is apprenticed to a gilder. The occupations can be helpful when trying to distinguish between other persons in the same town, who are similar in name and age to the family being researched. In later census, the street and house number can be helpful (particularly when matching other records, such as death records and draft registration cards).

William and Arty Prince in Census, 1850

William Prince and Arta Prince were enumerated twice in census in 1850.

[RECORD NO. 1]:

1850 US Census: First Listing for William Prince and family (Wm D Prince, Habersham, Georgia).
[Indexing Data: 1850, Georgia: Habersham, Hall and Hancock counties (NARA Series M432, Roll 72)].
Enumeration date almost illegible: 13? August 1850 (see following page, as more legible)
Habersham County, Georgia, Sheet ??*, Document image no. 9 of 478, Dwelling 25:
(Line no., Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Birth):
Line 1, Wm D Prince, 66, M, Blacksmith, born NC.
Line 2, Alta Prince, 36, F, , born Virginia.
Line 3, I.H.P. (indexed as J H Prince), 18, M, Farmer, born " (Virginia).
Line 4, N P, 15, M, --, born Kentucky.
Line 5, J F P, 12, --, born " (Kentucky).
Line 6, G P, 11, M, --, born " (Kentucky).
Line 7, W P P, 8, M, --, born " (Kentucky).
Line 8, A H P, 5, M, --, born " (Kentucky).
Line 9, B T P, 4, M, --, born " (Kentucky).

[In the listed names of the children, the terminal "P" apparently stands for prince. This enumerator used initials in almost every listing for his area.]
[Note: In the last line, on the same page, after families, appears a Jos. Prince, aged 48? or 68?, whose apparently lives alone].

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[RECORD NO. 2]:

1850 US Census: Second Listing for William Prince and family (William Prince, Murray, Georgia).
[Indexing Data: 1850, Georgia: Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, and Murray counties (NARA Series M432, Roll 78)].
Enumeration date: 8 November 1850.
Murray County, Georgia, Sheet 214*, Document image no. 215 of 299, Dwelling 1465, Family 1465:
(Line no., Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Birth):
Line 34, William Prince, 65, M, Farmer, born SC.
Line 35, Arty Prince, 38, F, , born Va.
Line 36, Ira Prince, 17, M, "do" (? for "Farmer" ?; separated by one line from William's occupation), born Va.
Line 37, Neri Prince, 15, M, "do" (? for Farmer ?), born Ky.
Line 38, Julina Prince, 13, M, --, born Va.
Line 39, Green Prince, 8, M, --, born Ky.
Line 40, William Prince, 7, M, --, born "do" (Ky).
Line 41, Jackson Prince, 5, M, --, born NC.
Line 42, Brittain Prince, 3, M, --, born "do" (NC).
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*Sheet nos. unavailable or ambiguous: illegible on Habersham County image; ambiguous on Murray County listing -- original has 214, but previous and following pages have been overwritten with other numbers and also stamped.

[Abbrev. standards: M - Male; F - Female; " (or) do - ditto; Va - Virginia; KY - Kentucky; NC - North Carolina]

Note the major differences: Initials used in place of names in Habersham County. "Wm D Prince" (of Habersham County listing) appears as "William Prince" in Murray County listing; "Alta" (of Habersham County listing) appears as "Arty" in Murray County listing; A H P or A H Prince (of Habersham County listing) apparently appears as Jackson Prince in Murray County listing.

________________________________________________

See court record thought to be related to above individuals:

Rachel Prince: Divorce Petition Against William Prince
Lawrence Co., Kentucky, 1835 (Transcript)
https://northgeorgiakin.blogspot.com/2017/11/divorce-petition-rachel-prince-against.html

The divorce record references the earlier marriage of the couple in Russell, Virginia, about 1810; and lists as a complaint that William Prince had taken up with a mistress, Arty Mullins (estimated about 1827-1828), and had two children by her.

Zoilus Bell Deed to Jacob Hedrick, Murray County, Georgia, 1853

Murray County, Georgia
Deed Record Book I, page 542-543

[Transcript begins]:
________________________________

Zoilus Bell
Mortgage Deed   To
Jacob Hedrick
No 56  10   3

Georgia     }
Murray County    }

This Indenture made this 2nd day of April 1853 between Zoilus Bell of the one part and Jacob Hedrick of the other part both of the County and State aforesaid Witnesseth that Zoilus Bell has this day made and delivered to the said Jacob Hedrick his Certain promissory note Subscribed with his hand and [illegible] even Sale with these presents whereby the said Zoilus Bell

[page 543]:

has promised to pay the said Jacob Hedrick or heirs the sum of fifty five on or before the fifteenth day of September ensuring the Sale here of for value Received Now for and in consideration of the sum of five dollars by the said Jacob Hedrick in hand paid at and before the Sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged as well as for the better securing the payment of the afore mentioned promissory note the said Zoilus Bell has granted bargained and Sold and by these presents doth grant bargain and sell unto the said Jacob Hedrick his heirs and assigns all that tract or parcel of land situate lying and being in the County aforesaid known as the South half of lot Number fifty sise of the 10 district & third Section containing Eighty acres more or less with all the rights members and appertenances to said lot of land in any wise belonging  to have and to hold said bargain premises to the said Jacob Hedrick his heirs and assigns to his and their own proper use benefit and behoof for ever and the Said Zoilus Bell for him self his heirs, & assigns, the said bargained premises unto the said Jacob Hedrick will warrant and for ever defend against the claim of him self & his heirs, and against the claim of all other persons whatever provided nevertheless that if the said Zoilus Bell his heirs Executors and Administrators, shall well and truly pay or cause to be paid unto the said Jacob Hedrick his heirs and assigns the afore mentioned sum of forty five dollars in the day and time mentioned and appointed, for the payment thereof in the Said promissory note mentioned with lawful intrest for the same according to the [illegible] of the Land do note then & from thence forward this present indenture and the right to the property thereby consigned as the said promissory note shall cause determine and be void to all intense and purposes,

In witness whereof the said Zoilus Bell has here unto set his hand and seal the day and year above written

Signed Sealed and delivered in presence of Zoilus Bell {seal}

Robt. McCamy
A. Logan J. P.

Recorded and Certified for the 18th May 1853
F B Morris  Clk
       
__________________________

[Transcript ends]

Transcription note: The clerk’s handwriting is highly compressed and hard to read. Also, he  rarely crossed a “t,” but I transcribed each obvious “t” as a “t,” not an “l.”

Benjamin Mullinax, Executor: Estate of William Caler, dec'd (May 1858); admin. later revoked

May 1858: Benjamin Mullinax is appointed executor of the estate of William Caler, deceased; the administration is revoked in August (reason not stated).

Murray County Inferior Court: Administration Docket, 1834-1880, May term, 1858: Letters granted.

Benjamin Mullinax is appointed executor of the estate of William Caler, deceased. [Note that in the August term of 1858, the administration was revoked. ]
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Murray Co., Ga., Court of Ordinary, Temp. & Permanent Letters of Administrator's & Guardians (1856-1871), p.21-22, Bery* J. Mullinax is appointed as administrator of William Caylor's will, with George Caylor and Eli Caylor as security.
____________________________

*Probably "Beny" or "Benj," but I had extracted it as "Bery." The old handwriting can be difficult.

Research Note: William Caylor (born 1810-1812; died 1857-1858?); married Rhoda Jane Dunn. Benjamin Mullinax would be William Caylor's son-in-law. Benjamin married William's daughter, Mary Caylor.

[I previously published this note on Family Search, under the various individuals mentioned in the documents].

Surnames: CAYLOR, CALER, MULLINAX, MULINAX

1860 US Census Index, Murray, Georgia. Links to 1860, 1870 Census Search at FamilySearch

1860 US Census, Murray County, Georgia (link)
at Genealogy Trails
http://genealogytrails.com/geo/murray/1860_cohutta_springs.htm

This site has a handy index of the 1860 census for Murray County, Georgia.

To search the actual census, try FamilySearch's census index, which has linked images of the actual census pages. (It requires a free account and log-in. So far, FamilySearch is always free--it's not just a free trial, like Ancestry).

1860 U.S. Census Search for the FamilySearch Census Index
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473181

Each census index seems to have its own quirks. I think the 1860 census can be searched for county as well as state. Sometimes the less you fill in the blanks, the better. Some of the indexes, for instance, will fail to return an existing result if you have too much data input (such as sex, gender, etc.) It just depends on how they've indexed that particular census. Using a date range for the age is best. (Instead of birth, 1838, use birth, 1835-1840, etc.; ages in census vary so). DO NOT put names in the relationship fields for 1850, 1860, and 1870 (such as the field for "mother," "spouse," etcetera). Those census years do not recognize relationships of persons in the household. Instead, use the "other person."  A word to the wise: these indexes are rife with transcription errors, so be creative with your wildcard searches. For example, on "Headrick" surname searches, I always try: Hedrick, Headrick, He*ck, *drick, H*drick, etc. I vary input, such as "H*drick" (in the surname field) and "Blount," "Tennessee" for county and state; then remove the county if I'm not getting the right results. I have tried searches for the first name, county, and state (without the surname). It usually returns too many results, usually, but not always, and it can help find someone whose surname is badly misspelled. I've rarely tried this, but it might work: become familiar with common transcription errors. The transcribers often have trouble reading the old-fashioned script and cannot tell "s" from "l"; or "r" from "s," "n," etc. Capital "T" with a flourish is often transcribed as "P." Thus, "Thomas," as obvious as that seems to the descendant, might be transcribed as "Phomas."

1870 is one of the worst census years to search. It doesn't state relationships, and FamilySearch does not have it indexed by county. Therefore, adding the county doesn't weed out the results at all. Searching for "Headrick" of "Blount, Tennessee," will turn up all Headricks in Tennessee. It may also turn up "Hedrick," (common alternates), but not "Haedrick" or "Hadrick" or "Hetrick." But for what it's worth, I sometimes find it easier to search census straight from the collection, not from the main page at FamilySearch. Here's the page for 1870 Census Search:

1870 U.S. Census Search for the FamilySearch Census Index
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1438024

To find the Census search tool for any decade, I usually just search Google for "1880 census search at FamilySearch" or something like that. Ancestry probably has similar tools, but requires an account (not free, except for the trial period); I don't know if they use the same census index.

These wildcard searches have helped me greatly. I was able to find "Jacob Hddrix" and "William Hedrink" this way.

Speaking of transcribers who cannot read the old-fashioned cursive, read about the search for Mary Ann V. (Caylor) Headrick, and the terrible transcription errors on her death record....

Search for Death Record of Pollyan Fredrik.

1860 US Census Index, Murray, Georgia. Links to 1860, 1870 Census Search at FamilySearch

1860 US Census, Murray County, Georgia (link)
at Genealogy Trails
http://genealogytrails.com/geo/murray/1860_cohutta_springs.htm

This site has a handy index of the 1860 census for Murray County, Georgia.

To search the actual census, try FamilySearch's census index, which has linked images of the actual census pages. (It requires a free account and log-in. So far, FamilySearch is always free--it's not just a free trial, like Ancestry).

1860 U.S. Census Search for the FamilySearch Census Index
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473181

Each census index seems to have its own quirks. I think the 1860 census can be searched for county as well as state. Sometimes the less you fill in the blanks, the better. Some of the indexes, for instance, will fail to return an existing result if you have too much data input (such as sex, gender, etc.) It just depends on how they've indexed that particular census. Using a date range for the age is best. (Instead of birth, 1838, use birth, 1835-1840, etc.; ages in census vary so). DO NOT put names in the relationship fields for 1850, 1860, and 1870 (such as the field for "mother," "spouse," etcetera). Those census years do not recognize relationships of persons in the household. Instead, use the "other person."  A word to the wise: these indexes are rife with transcription errors, so be creative with your wildcard searches. For example, on "Headrick" surname searches, I always try: Hedrick, Headrick, He*ck, *drick, H*drick, etc. I vary input, such as "H*drick" (in the surname field) and "Blount," "Tennessee" for county and state; then remove the county if I'm not getting the right results. I have tried searches for the first name, county, and state (without the surname). It usually returns too many results, usually, but not always, and it can help find someone whose surname is badly misspelled. I've rarely tried this, but it might work: become familiar with common transcription errors. The transcribers often have trouble reading the old-fashioned script and cannot tell "s" from "l"; or "r" from "s," "n," etc. Capital "T" with a flourish is often transcribed as "P." Thus, "Thomas," as obvious as that seems to the descendant, might be transcribed as "Phomas."

1870 is one of the worst census years to search. It doesn't state relationships, and FamilySearch does not have it indexed by county. Therefore, adding the county doesn't weed out the results at all. Searching for "Headrick" of "Blount, Tennessee," will turn up all Headricks in Tennessee. It may also turn up "Hedrick," (common alternates), but not "Haedrick" or "Hadrick" or "Hetrick." But for what it's worth, I sometimes find it easier to search census straight from the collection, not from the main page at FamilySearch. Here's the page for 1870 Census Search:

1870 U.S. Census Search for the FamilySearch Census Index
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1438024

To find the Census search tool for any decade, I usually just search Google for "1880 census search at FamilySearch" or something like that. Ancestry probably has similar tools, but requires an account (not free, except for the trial period); I don't know if they use the same census index.

These wildcard searches have helped me greatly. I was able to find "Jacob Hddrix" and "William Hedrink" this way.

Speaking of transcribers who cannot read the old-fashioned cursive, read about the search for Mary Ann V. (Caylor) Headrick, and the terrible transcription errors on her death record....

Search for Death Record of Pollyan Fredrik.