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

Death of Ambrose Lockabee ; Imminent Death of Roland Bearden, 1897, Ellijay, Gilmer, Georgia

Newspaper: North Georgia Citizen
Place of Publication: Dalton, Whitfield, Georgia
Date of Publication: 19 August 1897
Page: 3 (begins at column 2, bottom of page)
Title of Article: "Bearden Killed Lockabee."
Subtitle of Article: "Son of the Dead Man Wounds His Father's Slayer."
Contributor (of this extract): D.K. Pritchett
Date of Extract: 12 July 2018

"Ellijay, Ga., August 18.--
"Roland Bearden killed Ambrose Lockabee Sunday afternoon about fifteen miles east of here by cutting his throat and was knocked in the head by the victim's son, who was present, receiving wounds from which he will die.
"Bearden was drunk and Lockabee was trying to get him home. They quarreled, and Bearden jerked out a knife and almost severed Lockabee's head from his body with one stroke.
"Lockabee's boy, who saw the fight, hurled a stone at Bearden, crushing his skull."

Nancy Caroline (Wells) Pritchett, Biography, Death Record

Biographical Details and Death Record of Nancy Caroline (Wells) Pritchett
Georgia Death Certificate (1921): no. 9891

Name: Nancy Caroline Pritchett
Birth Date: 05 December 1842
Age at Death: 79 years, 1 month, 24 days
State of Death: Georgia
County of Death: Murray
Date of Death: 30 January 1921
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Female
Spouse's name: Jasper Pritchett
[Parents not known, not listed in record].
Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemorrhage & organic heart lesion
Contributory: Stroke of Apoplexy, 18 days
Autopsy? No

What test confirmed diagnosis? (checked, with comment added): paralysis of limbs and heart murmur

Also accessed on-line on 26 July 2008:

Citation: Death Certificates, Vital Records, Public Health, RG 26-5-95, Georgia Death Certificates, Georgia Archives. Filename: 004176622_00034.jpg 

Note: above file is no longer available at Georgia's Virtual Vault. However, the death record index file and image may be found at Family Search (account, log-in, may be required to access):

"Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3VY-DXQ9-K6?cc=1320969&wc=MJ94-7M9%3A954794001 : 20 May 2014), 004176622 > image 34 of 1473; Department of Archives and History, Atlanta.
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Biographical Details (Other Sources)

Maiden Name: Nancy Caroline Wells
Parents not known. First found in census in 1860, Gilmer Co., Georgia, as an adult female, aged 23, dwelling in the household of Jasper (and Elizabeth) Pritchett. She later married Jasper Pritchett:

Marriage: 10 March 1861
Gilmer, Georgia, United States

Gilmer County, Georgia, Marriages (Links to Southern Muse files)

Gilmer County Marriages (on Southern Muse), courtesy of USGenWeb

Indexes (Plain Text):

http://southernmuse.com/genealogy/gilmer-marriages-a-l-by-groom.txt

http://southernmuse.com/genealogy/gilmer-marriages-m-z-by-groom.txt

http://southernmuse.com/genealogy/gilmer-marriages-a-l-by-bride.txt

http://southernmuse.com/genealogy/gilmer-marriages-m-z-by-bride.txt

http://southernmuse.com/genealogy/gilmer-marriages-book-4.txt (one marriage: Stephens to Watkins)

http://southernmuse.com/genealogy/gilmer-marriages-langley-surname.txt

http://southernmuse.com/genealogy/gilmer-co-georgia-mcclure-surname-file.txt

1840 Census, Gilmer County, Georgia (Our Selected Surnames)

1840 Gilmer County Census

The Gilmer County, Georgia census is found on M704, roll 42. This census only lists the head of the household by name and the other members of the household are listed by age group, seperated by male and female.

The age groups for male and females are:
Under 5 . 5-10 . 10-15 . 15-20 . 20-30 . 30-40 . 40-50 .
50-60 . 60-70 . 70-80 . 80-90 . 90-100 . Over 100

Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services included in the foregoing Cox, Richard Sr., age 79, page 2 - enumerated with self Smith, Enoch, age 81, page 6 - enumerated with Asakel Smith Hill, James, age 81, page 7 - enumerated with Alexander Hill Fain, Ebenezer, age 78, page 13 - enumerated with self Ellis, Mary, age 84, page 13 - enumerated with Elijah Ellis.

This lists men // women // slaves//free colored:

Page 4

Pritchell, Jasper        0-1-2-1-0-0-0-1 // 0-2-0-2-0-0-1

(No other names of "ours" on page 4)

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Page 5

Barton, John            0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1 // 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1
Carroll, James D.     1-0-0-0-0-1 // 0-0-0-0-1
---skip---
Crook, William        1-1-0-0-0-1 // 1-0-0-0-1
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Littleton, Mark         0-0-0-1-1-0-0-1 // 0-2-0-1-0-0-1
Pritchett, John          0-0-0-0-1 // 1-0-0-0-1
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Pritchett, Lewis        3-0-0-0-1 // 2-0-0-0-1
Carroll, William        0-2-0-0-0-0-1 // 0-0-1-0-0-1

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Page 9

Walker, William       1-1-0-0-0-1 // 0-0-0-0-1
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Pettit, Henry           1-1-1-1-0-0-0-1 // 1-2-1-0-1-0-1 // 1
Pettit, Elijah            0-0-0-0-1 // 0-0-0-1
---skip---
Walker, John         1-1-0-0-0-1 // 1-1-0-0-0-1
---skip---
Dunn, John            1-1-1-0-0-0-1 // 2-0-0-0-1-0-1
---skip---
Parker, Eli            1-2-1-1-0-1 // 1-1-1-0-0-1

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http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/6370/gilmer/gilmer1840.html

date accessed: 28 April 2002