Jefferson County AlArchives Court.....Ware, Zadoc(k) June 24, 1896 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lanelle Hanke lhbham@yahoo.com September 18, 2005, 2:20 pm Source: Probate Records Jefferson Co/birmingham Al Written: June 24, 1896 Recorded: June 24, 1896 The State of Alabama Jefferson County Court of Probate Petition for Letters of Administration. Estate of ZADOCK WARE, Deceased. JOHN C. WARE ----- Filed in the Office of the Judge of Probate Court, prayer granted and petition ordered re- corded, this 24 day of June 1896 M. T. Porter Judge of Probte Court. ----- Recorded in Administrator’s Record D Page 78 ----- Chge $1.25 for certified copy of pe- tition for letters & letters of administration ----- ----- The State of Alabama) Probate Court JeffersonCounty ) Petition of JOHN C. WARE for Letters of Administration upon the Estate of Zadock Ware deceased. To the Hon. M. T. Porter, Judge of Probate of said County: The petition of the undersigned JOHN C. WARE respectfully represents that ZADOCK WARE departed this life in ---(blank)--- on or about the 15th day of April 1896 leaving no last will or testament, so far as your petitioner knows or believes, and that his death occurred more than fifteen days before this day; and this petition further shows that the said Zadock Ware was at the time of his death an inhabitant of this County, and State and died seized and possessed of real and personal estate in this State of Alabama consisting chiefly of a few personal effects, all of said personal and real estate being estimated to be worth not more than Fifty & 00/100 Dollars, and probably not more; that the names, residences, ages and condition of the heirs and distributees of the estate of the said decedent, so far as your petitioner knows and believes, are as follows, to-wit: MRS. M. E. WARE, mother, lives at Jeff. Co. Ala JOHN C. WARE, brother, " " " " MRS. JESSE SIMMONS, child of S. W. WARE dec’d, lives in Jeff. Co. Ala. WILLIE WARE, LEILA WARE, MARY WARE, HARRY, MORT, and ROSE WARE all children of S. W. WARE dec’d. J. L. OWENS, MRS. ORA HARTLEY, DELA OWEN, and FORREST OWEN, children of MRS. RUTH OWEN dec’d MRS. LEONA SPENCER, MISS LURA ROCKET, children MRS. CLEMANTINE ROCKET dec’d. that your petitioner, being a brother of said deceased an inhabitant of this State, above the age of twenty-one years, and in no respect disqualified under the laws from serving as an administrator, believing that the said estate should be immediately administered to the end that the said property may be collected and preserved for those who shall appear to have a legal interest therein, does therefore, by virtue of his right under the statute, pray that your Honor will grant Letters of Administration to him on said estate to him upon his entering into a bond in such sum as is required by the statute, and with security or securities to be approved by your Honor. JOHN C. WARE The State of Alabama, Jefferson County. Before me personally appeared John C. Ware being duly sworn depose, and say that the facts alleged in the above petition are true according to the best of his knowledge, information and belief. Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 24 day of June 1896) John C. Ware M. T. PORTER ) Judge of Probate ) Additional Comments: Siblings of this Zadoc(k) Ware were: Jesse Colbert Ware (male, d. about age 19), George Ware (may have died without children by 1869), Anna Clementine Ware (married Manlius Rockett, had children), William Samuel Ware (married Malinda Owen, had children), Malissa Ware (died unmarried age 24), Ruth Ware (married unk. Owen, had children), and John C. Ware (married Adeline unk. His estate left to nieces and nephews) The above were children of John and Mary Elizabeth Ware. They were grandchildren of George and Ruth Ware. Re: nicknames of heirs in this document S. W.'s children: Willie was William O. Ware, Harry was John Harvey Ware, Mort was Samuel Morton Ware, Rose was James Rose Ware, a son. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/jefferson/court/ware111gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 4.4 Kb