Ordinary Court Minutes,
Union Co., GA - 1900Roll #RHS 3957 - Georgia
Union County, Georgia
- Court of Ordinary
Ordinary Court Minutes
- 1891-1903
[Pages 345 thru 362
-- 1900]
Transcribed by Linda
Smith Murray on October 30, 2000, from microfilm copy
purchased from the
Georgia Archives.
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Page 345
Union Court of Ordinary
- January Term 1900
Petition of AC Smith
at the October Term of this court, asking to be appointed
administrator upon
the estate of Bennett Smith, decd., citation having been run
as the law directs,
and the case to be heard at the November Term of this court,
but was continued
until this court by a motion of attorney for heirs at law of
said Bennett Smith;
and now at this term of court, there being no lawful
objections filed,
it is ordered by the court that the said AC Smith be and he is
hereby appointed Administrator
upon said estate, and that Letters of Permanent
Administration do
issue to him upon his subscribing the usual oath and making
good bond for the
faithful performance of his duty, in the sum of .......
dollars.
This January 1, 1900
- John T. Colwell, Ordinary
Petition of John F.
Colwell for letters of Administration on the estate of
Jeremiah Rogers, late
of this county, deceased. Ordered
that citation do issue
and be published in
the Blairsville Herald in terms of the law.
January 1, 1900
Page 346
In vacation
Petition of Thomas
M. Fleming for letters of dismission from the guardianship of
Hansel E. Rogers,
formerly Hansel E. Nicholson, ordered citation do issue and be
published, and that
the hearing be on the 1st Monday in March next at my office.
This
16th January 1900
Application of William
Davis, Administrator of George W. Davis, deceased, for
leave to sell rent
corn - so ordered upon his advertising the same as the law
directs.
January 30, 1900
Page 347
Union Court of Ordinary
- February Term 1900
Application of John
F. Calwell at the January term of this court for Letters of
Administration upon
the estate of Jerry Rogers, decd.
No objections being
filed, application
granted. February 5, 1900
Page 348
Union Court of Ordinary
- March Term 1900
Petition of John F.
Calwell asking for leave to sell personal property belonging
to the estate of JM
Rogers, decd., of which he is administrator.
Granted.
March 5, 1900 - John
T. Calwell, Ordinary
Letters of Guardianship
Dismissal granted to Thomas W. Fleming.
March 5, 1900
Page 349
Union Court of Ordinary
- April Term 1900
Ordered by the court
that SY Jarrett be appointed to open court as the law
directs, instead of
the sheriff who cannot attend on acct. of the session of
Superior Court.
This April 2, 1900 - John T. Colwell, Ordinary
Received of John T.
Calwell, Ordinary, three hundred dollars, money borrowed by
him from Larkin Lewis
for courthouse fund, this 4th day of April 1900.
James G.
Fields, CT
Application of AJ
Lance to probate the LW&T of Danl. Loudermilk in common form;
ordered that the same
be probated in common form and admitted to record as the
law directs.
Let Letters Testamentary be issued to AJ Lance upon his making the
usual oath of office.
This 2nd April 1900
Application of AJ
Lance, Executor of the will of Danl. Loudermilk for leave to
sell the perishable
property of said estate - granted upon his posting notice of
the sale at the door
of the courthouse and two other public places in the county
for ten days.
April 2, 1900
Page 351
Union Court of Ordinary
- May Term 1900
Petition of WM Ross
of said county showing that his father, James H. Ross is a
lunatic from old age
or otherwise, and therefore not capable of managing his
affairs and ought
to have a guardian - said James H. Ross having both personal
and real property
of the probable value of $500, wherefore said WJ Ross asks
that commissioners
be appointed to investigate the matter as the law directs and
if found incapable
of managing his business, that your petitioner be appointed
guardian of his person
and property.
Ordered that WJ Ross
be appointed guardian of James H. Ross of both person and
property after making
bond in the amount of $1000 and taking oath.
This May 7,
1900
Petition of WJ Ross,
guardian of James H. Ross, asking for leave to sell the
perishable property
belonging to his ward. Leave
to Sell granted. May 7, 1900
Page 352
Petition of JY Walker,
asking leave to encroach on the corpus of the sum
belonging to the minor
heirs of Thomas Owenby, deceased, to the amount of $18,
as the profits on
the amount belonging to said heirs is not sufficient for their
maintenance. - JY
Walker, Guardian
Ordered by the court
that he have leave to use the sum of $8 of the corpus
belonging to said
heirs for their benefit. This
7the March 1900
Page 353
Union Court of Ordinary
- June Term 1900
Application of Ellen
Loudermilk for Year’s Support from estate of Daniel
Loudermilk.
It appearing to the court that the order appointing commissioners
to examine the same
was improperly issued and no legal action has been taken by
them.
Ordered by the court, counsel consenting, that new commissioners
be
appointed and that
the return now in office be declared void and that in the
appointment of said
new commissioners, no one shall be suggested by either side,
the court to appoint
such as he knows to be upright and intelligent men, such as
are provided by statute.
John T. Colwell, Ordinary
Ordered that Tony?
Meadows, Mart Low, Dave Byers, Alf Bruce and Sam Waters be
appointed appraisers
to set aside to Ellen Loudermilk a Year’s Support out of
the estate of Daniel
Loudermilk and make their report to this court on or before
the 1st Monday in
July next. This 4th June 1900.
Page 354
Received of John T.
Colwell, Ordinary, of Union County, Georgia, the sum of
eleven hundred dollars,
said money borrowed of FE Conley for courthouse fund.
June 15, 1900 - JG
Fields, CT
Page 355
Union Court of Ordinary
- July Term 1900
John J. Self, administrator
of the estate of Josiah Daniel, decd., having duly
applied by petition
for leave to sell estate and notice of same having been
published as required
by S.3450 of the civil code, and it appearing that the
allegations are true,
it is ordered that leave be granted to said petitioner to
sell at private sale
the following of said estate to wit - Lot #267, 27th
District and 2nd Section
of Murray County, Georgia. This
2nd July 1900
Page 356
Union Court of Ordinary
- August Term 1900
Mrs. Nannie Calwell,
widow of FA Calwell, deceased, applies for Year’s Support
upon the estate of
said FA Calwell, for herself and three minor children.
HL
Carroll, John Haralson,
Thomas J. Haralson, Ab Satterfield and William
Satterfield appointed
commissioners to lay off said support.
August 7, 1900
The hearing of the
caveat filed to the return of the commissioners appointed to
set up a Year’s
Support to the widow of Dan Loudermilk, deceased was fixed for
the 1st Monday in
September 1900.
Page 357
Union Court of Ordinary
- September Term 1900
Application of Mrs.
Nannie Calwell, widow of FA Calwell, deceased, for Year’s
Support at the August
term of this court, appraisers having made their report
and citation having
been run as the law directs - and the case coming to be
heard at this term,
and it being made to appear to the court that this court was
disqualified to sit
in judgment upon the case on account of relationship, it is
ordered that the case
be continued until 1st Monday in October next that another
Ordinary be had to
judgment the same. This 3rd
September 1900. John T.
Colwell, Ordinary
AJ Lance, Executor
of Dan Loudermilk vs . . .
. . . . . . . widow, for Year’s
Support - Caveat
Upon hearing this
case, it is found that the return of commissioners appointed
to set up Year’s
Support was illegal upon the grounds that they were not sworn.
It is ordered that
appraisers make a new return to this court by the 1st Monday
in October 1900.
This September 3, 1900
Page 358
Union County Court
of Ordinary - Sitting for County Purposes
September 10, 1900
It is ordered by the
court of Ordinary in and for said county that 6 and 3/10
mills or 63 cents
be and is hereby levied upon every one hundred dollars worth
of taxable property
in said county for the year 1900, for the following
purposes:
To pay legal indebtedness
of the county due on new courthouse -
30 cents $1661.71
To repair public buildings
and bridges 05 cents $
276.95
To pay sheriff, jail,
etc. 10 cents
$ 553.90
To support paupers
05 cents $ 276.95
To pay jurors and
courts 13 cents
$ 720.07
Total $3489.58
and the tax collector
WA Seabolt is hereby ordered to collect said amount
together with the
State Tax and pay same over to the Treasurer of said county,
less his commission,
and this order shall be his legal authority for so doing.
Under my hand and
official signature, this 10th day September 1900 - John T.
Colwell, Ordinary
Page 359
Application of Adline
Queen, natural guardian of Jessie Lee Queen, asking for
leave to sell the
land belonging to said ward which consists of an interest in
the land whereon they
now live, left by said ward’s father, Mose Queen,
deceased.
Ordered that citation
issue and be published as the law directs, and the case be
heard at the October
term of this court. This September
3, 1900
Page 360
Union Court Ordinary
- October Term 1900
Case of Mrs. Nannie
Calwell for Year’s Support - this court disqualified because
of relationship and
the case was continued. Judge
Kimsey, Ordinary of Towns
County, was obtained
to enter judgment in said case.
Approved and confirmed,
this 1st day October, 1900 - JT Kimsey, Ordinary of
Towns County
Page 361
Union Court Ordinary
- November Term 1900
Nellie Loudermilk
vs _____ Meadows, AA Bruce, Dave Byers, Mort Low and Sam
Waters, appraisers
- Caveat to return of said appraisers setting up Year’s
Support - Ordered
that the caveat be heard at the December Term of this court.
Page 362
Union Court Ordinary
- December Term 1900
In the case of Nellie
Loudermilk, widow of Danl. Loudermilk, deceased,
application for Year’s
Support caveated the return of appraisers - the case was
set for this court
but was continued until 1st Monday in January 1901 on account
of sickness of said
Nellie. This 3rd December,
1900
Application of Jane
Rogers, widow of Jeremiah M. Rogers, deceased, for Year’s
Support - appointed
Thomas M. Watkins, Ab Satterfield, LC Atkins, Bart Swanson
and HJ Loftus, appraisers
to set apart said Year’s Support and make report to
this court within
30 days from this date. December
3, 1900
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