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MENTIONS OF PROBATE DATES IN COUNTY COURT MINUTE BOOK, 1860-l866

Jonathan Kennon Thompson Smith

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CLEM MULLINS' will probated September 3, 1860; William Mullins appointed administrator when will contested, soon after which James R. Read was appointed temporary administrator. Page 53, the Mullins' will re-admitted to probate with Leonard C. Smith as administrator, September 1860.

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JOHN B. YOUNG's will probated October 1, 1860; B. J. YOUNG appointed administrator.

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MARY J. JOHNSON's will probated October 1, 1860.

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Ursly Howard mentioned as having died in July 1860.

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HENRY B. SHERROD's will probated January 7, 1861; executors were Lafayette McHaney and Alexander H. Rhodes, page 60.

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WILLIAM RHODES' will probated February 4, 1861.

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HUGH CARROLL's will probated July 1, 1861; John S. Carroll, executor.

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The will of ELIJAH FLAKE, probated in the mid-1850s, mentioned, commissioners appointed to divide slaves in estate as per will among the heirs who were the children of Mary Liles, Dudley L. Flake; James S. Flake; Mourning J. House, wife of James House and B. L. Flake; also pages 180-184 showing the actual distributions among these heirs. The first mention, page 168, was Dec.4, 1861 and the second mention, pages 180-184, was in January 1862.

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MARGARET McRAW's will probated January 6,1862;James McRaw appointed executor.

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JOSEPH READ's will probated January 9,1862; John L. Read and William Reed appointed executors.

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WILLIAM R. SMITH's will probated February 4, 1862; Nelly Ann Smith appointed executrix.

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THOMAS MORGAN's will probated April 7, 1862; Isham C.Burrow appointed executor.

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MARGARET BURTON's will probated May 5, 1862.

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THOMAS BARROW'S will probated May 5, 1862.

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SAMUEL A. SAYLE's will probated May 10, 1862; Dudley H. Williams appointed administrator.

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THOMAS BARROW's will re-probated, June 2,1862, with William Stewart appointed executor.

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HUGH R. SPAIN's will probated August 4, 1862; David T. Spain appointed executor.

Page 250, DANIEL M. McCALLUM's will probated October 6, 1862; James F. McKenzie appointed executor.

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PROVIDENCE E. BARNHILL's will probated October 6, 1862; John B. Barnhill, Jeremiah W. Barnhill appointed executors.

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SHERROD JOHNSON's will probated April 6, 1863; Stephen M. Johnson appointed executor.

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JOHN HALBROOK's will probated June 1, 1863; John L. Read appointed executor.

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MARY WHITE's will probated November 2, 1863; Edmund B. Webb appointed executor.

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JOHN RENSHAW's will probated November 7, 1864; James Blackmon appointed executor.

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JAMES PURTLE's will probated August 8, 1865; no executor named.

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LOYD SPARKS' will probated November 6, 1865.

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VINCENT WOODS' will probated January 1, 1866.

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DAVID BIRD was reported with no will but he had and James W. Bird acted as executor and had made partial settlement, Feb. 27, 1861; in March 1866 John L. Read and Thomas P. Bird were appointed administrators.

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JAMES A. WELCH's will probated April 2, 1866; George Johnson appointed executor.

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ELIAS RICHARDSON of Henderson County mentioned as having died July 18, 1865 in Louisville, Kentucky, leaving widow, Mary Richardson.

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MARY TYE's nuncupative will probated May 7, 1866; P. W. Austin appointed executor.

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JAMES T. DOUGLASS' will probated June 4, 1866; Elizabeth Douglass and A. Y. Douglass appointed executors.

Other works by Jonathan K. T. Smith can be found at the Madison County Records Repository at TNGenWeb.