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This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Sandra Brown <> ================================================================================ July 2001 Lowndes Co AL Record of Petition, No. 3 page 177 State of Alabama Lowndes County Probate Court To the Hon A.E. CAFFEE, Judge of Probate in said county, your petitioner W H WHITTLE, administrator of the Estate of ELLISON WHITTLE dec'd, respectfully represents unto your honor that the following lands belongs to said decedents estate and lies in an distinct and ____ body from the lands Known as the Homestead of descedent to wit: Thirty five acres more or less in the SW 4 of the NE 4 in section 28, township 13 and Range 14, situated near Mt. Willing in said Lowndes County: that said named above lands can not be utilized or used to advantage being unclear and altogeather in the woods and can not be equitably divided among the heirs of said decedent, that said heirs are as follows to wit: Petitoner over 21 years of age, WM WHITTLE, J.R. WHITTLE, J.E. WHITTLE, MRS S.J. FAVOR wife of WM FAVOR, MRS M.E. (this could be a C) SULLIVAN, MRS M.E.RODES wife of W.P. RODES, MRS U.A. NOBLE, wife of W.T. NOBLE, all of full age and residents of this County except J.E. WHITTLE who lives in Butler County Alabama & W.M. WHITTLE who lives in Hill County Texas; and VANDER WHITTLE, PET WHITTLE & MARTHA WHITTLE children of A.Y. WHITTLE dec'd, each under 14 years old & live in this county in the custody of their mother ALICE WILLIAMS, ELIZA COKER and NANCY COKER children of M.E. BARGAINER, a dec'd daughter of E WHITTLE dec'd each under 21 & under 14 years of age &living in this county, WILLIE NOBLE child, of about 8 years of age, of U.M. NOBLE a dec'd daughter of said decedent living in the custody of W.T. NOBLE in this county, JEROME NOBLE and DAISY NOBLE children of C._ NOBLE a deceased daughter of said decedent living in this county in the custody of WM FAVORS, their uncle each under 14 years of age; wherefore petitioner prays your Honor for a decree authorizing him to sell said land for division among those entitled and for necessary preliminary orders and proceedings as to your Honor may seem proper to accomplish this end, and is in duty bound ___. Sworn to and subscribed this 1st day of Dec 1892 W.H. WHITTLE A.E. CAFFEE, Judge of Probate Additional Information: Descendants of Ellison Whittle 1 Ellison WHITTLE b: Abt. 1820 .. +Margaret Eliza JONES b: Aug 27, 1826 .......... 2 James M. WHITTLE b: Abt. 1846 .......... 2 William Holloway WHITTLE b: Jun 27, 1847 .............. +Theodosia Norris BARGANIER b: May 04, 1856 ...................... 3 Otto LaFayette WHITTLE b: Sep 06, 1875 .......................... +Elizabeth "Lizzie" A. ? b: Dec 14, 1877 .................................. 4 Lucille WHITTLE b: Jun 1898 ...................... *2nd Wife of Otto LaFayette WHITTLE: .......................... +Leora ROBERTS b: Aug 30, 1892 ...................... 3 Margaret WHITTLE b: Mar 11, 1877 ...................... 3 W. Walter WHITTLE b: Dec 05, 1878 ...................... 3 Oscar O. WHITTLE b: Dec 30, 1884 ...................... 3 Pearl WHITTLE b: Nov 26, 1886 .......................... +S. M. MATTHEWS ...................... 3 Ruby WHITTLE b: Dec 30, 1888 .......................... +Thomas Earl ROBERTS b: Sep 02, 1882 ...................... 3 Irby C. WHITTLE b: Abt. 1895 .......................... +Gladys LEE ...................... 3 Eva WHITTLE b: Jan 21, 1897 .......................... +David Caffey TILL b: May 11, 1895 ...................... 3 Henry D. WHITTLE b: Abt. 1898 .......... 2 Josephus WHITTLE b: Abt. 1848 .......... 2 West M. WHITTLE b: Abt. 1849 .......... 2 Mary E. WHITTLE b: Abt. 1852 .............. +Claiborne Payne BARGANIER b: Jan 10, 1839 ...................... 3 Nancy BARGANIER b: Nov 11, 1873 .......................... +Eugene B. COKER b: Jul 1871 .................................. 4 Mary L. COKER b: Dec 1891 .................................. 4 Anna M. COKER b: Jul 1894 .................................. 4 N. B. COKER b: Sep 1895 .................................. 4 Eugene COKER b: Mar 1897 ...................... 3 Eliza F. BARGANIER b: Jan 06, 1876 .......................... +Comer Jackson COKER b: Aug 24, 1868 .................................. 4 Terry L. COKER b: Abt. 1893 .................................. 4 Comer Jackson COKER, Jr. b: Jun 1894 .................................. 4 Cyrus N. COKER b: Dec 1895 ...................................... +Clara Belle BRANCH b: Jul 18, 1899 .............................................. 5 Comer L. COKER b: Abt. 1919 .................................. 4 Clyde Herbert COKER b: Jan 30, 1899 .......... 2 Sarah Jane WHITTLE b: Jul 04, 1853 .............. +William Lee FAVOR, Sr. b: Oct 13, 1844 ...................... 3 Bettie FAVOR b: Jun 1885 ...................... 3 Maggie FAVOR b: Apr 1887 ...................... 3 John Ellerson FAVOR b: Apr 06, 1889 .......................... +Katie C. HARRIS b: Jul 11, 1893 .................................. 4 John Ellerson FAVOR, Jr. b: May 07, 1915 .................................. 4 Joseph Isreal FAVOR b: Jul 12, 1916 ...................... *2nd Wife of John Ellerson FAVOR: .......................... +Lucile HOLLADAY b: Jan 20, 1905 ...................... 3 William Lee FAVOR, Jr. b: Jan 12, 1891 ...................... 3 Ella S. FAVOR b: Jan 1894 ...................... 3 Sallie L. FAVOR b: Jan 1894 .......... 2 Albert C. WHITTLE b: Abt. 1855 .............. +Martha Alice NOBLE b: Mar 1864 ...................... 3 VANDER WHITTLE ...................... 3 Pet WHITTLE b: Sep 1885 ...................... 3 Martha WHITTLE b: Jun 1888 .......... 2 Jesse H. WHITTLE b: Abt. 1858 .............. +Georgia b: Abt. 1862 ...................... 3 Ina WHITTLE b: Oct 1879 .......... 2 Carolina R. WHITTLE b: Abt. 1859 .............. +John Steve NOBLE b: Jun 15, 1858 ...................... 3 Jerome B. NOBLE b: May 1880 ...................... 3 Daisy NOBLE b: Aug 1881 .......................... +James H. COKER b: Sep 1878 .................................. 4 Clarence COKER b: Dec 1899 .......... 2 Melissa WHITTLE b: Abt. 1861 .............. +[1] William Thomas NOBLE ...................... 3 Willie NOBLE b: Abt. 1884 .......... 2 Nancy Ella WHITTLE b: Apr 16, 1863 .............. +Daniel William SULLIVAN b: Feb 16, 1862 ...................... 3 Eric Aurelius SULLIVAN b: Mar 16, 1887 ...................... 3 Travis Meekins SULLIVAN b: May 06, 1889 ...................... 3 Greene McKeen SULLIVAN b: Nov 26, 1892 .......................... +Savannah COATS ...................... 3 Jessie Zimmerman SULLIVAN b: Nov 02, 1896 ...................... 3 Daniel LaFayette SULLIVAN b: Oct 19, 1900 ...................... 3 Mattie Mable SULLIVAN b: Feb 01, 1905 .......... 2 Emma WHITTLE b: Abt. 1865 .............. +Wilt P. RHODES b: May 1856 ...................... 3 Robert RHODES b: Oct 1886 ...................... 3 Ellis RHODES b: 1893 ...................... 3 Russell RHODES b: Jun 1895 .......... 2 Ellison WHITTLE b: Abt. 1867 .......... 2 Nettie Alabama "Bama" WHITTLE b: Abt. 1873 .............. +[1] William Thomas NOBLE