Limestone County AlArchives Court.....Brock, W B March 8 1920 ************************************************ 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: Russell Brock Hathcock donegal_circle@hotmail.com October 13, 2004, 8:48 am Source: Probate Minutes 1917 – 1920, Pages 480 & 481 Written: March 8 1920 W. B. Brock, Dec’d. Order Appointings & Admr.}} The State of Alabama Limestone County. Probate Court}} March 8th, 1920. Estate of W. B. Brock, Deceased. Comes W. T. Hatchett, and files in Court his application praying the Court to appoint him Special Administrator of the estate of W. B. Brock, deceased, with authority to collect and preserve the goods of said decedent until Letters of Administration shall have been granted upon said estate, and showing unto the Court that such administration is necessary for the purpose of securing and preserving the goods and chattels of said decedent. And it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that the allegations of said applications are true; That Letters of Administration have not been granted upon the estate of said decedent; that it is necessary to appoint a special administrator for the purpose of collecting and preserving the goods of said decedent until the grant of Letters of Administration. It is Therefore Ordered, Adjudged and Decreed, by the Court that said W. T. Cooley (sic) be, and he is hereby appointed special Administrator of the estate of of (sic) said W. B. Brock, deceased, with all the powers and authority conferred under the law, upon his entering into bond, with sufficient sureties, payable to and to be approved by the Judge of Probate Court of Limestone County, Alabama, in the penal sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars, and conditioned to perform all the duties which are or may be required of him as such Special Administrator. And came upon this day, the said W. T. Cooler (sic), and filed his bond with W. E. Estes. As sureties, in the penal sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars, Payable and conditioned as required by law, which bond appears to be sufficient and is hereby ordered approved, and it is further Ordered, Adjudged And Decreed by the Court, that the said W. T. Hatchett be, and he is hereby appointed Special Administrator of the estate of said W. B. Brock, deceased. Signed//Geo. Malone, Judge of Probate Filed March 8 – 1920 Geo. Malone, Judge of Probate W. B. Brock, Dec’d Order of Sale. The State of Alabama Limestone County In the Probate Court of Limestone County, Alabama, March 8th 1920 Estate of W. B. Brock, deceased. Upon this day came W. T. Hatchett as Special Administrator of the estate of said decedent and made application for the sale of the following personal property belonging to said estate, to-wit: One Gray Jenny Mule, 5 years old. One Black Jenny Mule, 5 years old. About 350 bushels of Corn. (upon which there is a subsisting mortgage to Estes and Hatchett). 9 head of Cattle. 11 Head of Hogs. 10 bushels of cotton seed. 25 bales of hay and fodder. A lot of farming tools and implements on the grounds that the same are perishable and liable to waste. And it appearing to the Court that the allegations of said application are true. It is therefore, Ordered, Adjudged and Decreed that the said Special Administrator sell said property at public auction for cash, after advertising the day, place and terms of sale, for five days by written notice posted at the Court house door, and three other public places in the country. Geo. Malone, Judge of Probate Filed March 8 – 1920 Geo. Malone, Judge of Probate [Probate Minutes 1917 – 1920, Pages 480 & 481 Additional Comments: Probate Minutes to appoint administrator for the estate of Watha [WB] Brock. Also application for the sale of personal property belonging to WB Brock estate. Transcribed by Imogean McDonald of Ardmore Alabama File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/limestone/court/gwl39brock.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 4.2 Kb