Estate Administration for Laura Baker, Deceased, Late Wife of M A Baker, of Cumberland County, North Carolina

[Indexed information, followed by document extract; note, only one name is indexed, the deceased, Laura Baker. However, another name and a clerk of court are included in the document. The genealogical information in the document shows that Laura Baker, the deceased, was the wife of M A Baker, the applicant]:

North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979, Probate. Event Year: 1888. Event Place: Cumberland, North Carolina, US. Number of Names with File: 1. File Name: Laura Baker. First Image Number: 01003. Last Image Number: 01004. Number of Images: 2. Name: Laura Baker.
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[Page or Document] Number 629. Application for Letters of Administration--Oath and Letters of Administration. Cumberland County [North Carolina], In the Superior Court. In the matter of the Administration of the Estate of Laura C Baker } Before C.G. Cam, C.S.C., M A Baker, being sworn, doth say: That Laura C Baker late of said County, is dead, without leaving any Will and Testament, and that he - M. A. Baker as her husband is the proper person entitled to Letters of Administration on the estate of the said Laura C Baker.

Further, That the value of said estate, so far as can be ascertained at the date of this application, is about $1200 and that he the said M A Baker as her surviving husband is entitled as heirs and distributees thereof.

[Signature]: M A Baker

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 20th day of Jan, 1888 } C.S.C.
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Oath of Administrator.--

State of North Carolina, Cumberland County.} S. S. In the Superior Court

I, M A Baker do solemnly swear (or affirm) That I believe that Laura C Baker died without leaving any last Will and Testament; and that I will well and truly administer all and singularly the Goods and Chattels, Rights and Credits of the said Laura C. Baker, and a true and perfect inventory thereof return as provided by law; and that all other duties appertaining to the charge reposed in me, I will faithfully and honestly perform with the best of my skill and ability: So help me God.

   Sworn and subscribed before me, this 21st day of June, 1888 - C.Y. Cam, C.S.C.

[Signed]: M A Baker
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[Source Citation]: "North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH6X-XYY : 12 March 2018), Laura Baker, 1888; citing Cumberland, North Carolina, United States, State Archives, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,853,959.

Extract: Will of Samuel P. C. Howard, of Ophir, Placer, California (1906)

Will of Samuel P. C. Howard
Ophir, Placer, California
31 August 1906
Brief Extract by: John T. Coleman, Rabun County, Georgia

[This will mentions]:

• heirs of my deceased brother, Lafayette Howard, of Macon Co., North Carolina
• heirs of my deceased brother, Pulaske Howard, of Macon Co., North Carolina
• my sister, Rosetta Norton nee Howard of Macon Co., North Carolina, or her heirs
• my sister, Marcella McClure nee Howard of Clay Co., North Carolina, or her heirs
• my brother, Dr. Nicholas F. Howard, of Dahlonega, Georgia, or his heirs
• my brother, John H. Howard, of Greenfield, Missouri, or his heirs
• heirs of my deceased sister, Elizabeth Roane nee Howard, of Jefferson Co., Illinois

Appointed Executors: William R. Monahan and Otto F. Walter, of Ophir, Placer, California

"I wish to be buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery at Auburn, Ophir, Placer, California."

[Dated] 31 August 1906

Witnesses: Fred Lutz

                  A. W. Ellison

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These are just brief notes by John T. Howard; he has published a more detailed transcript of the will in a self-published book on the Howard family. It may be found at Rabun County Historical Society and other libraries in Georgia and North Carolina.