Morgan County AlArchives Wills.....McCutchen
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File contributed by: Charles McCutchen <chamac45@yahoo.com>
December 21, 2003


Joshua McCutchen & Sowell Jennings are the legal representatives of said 
decedent that Mrs. McCutchen, resident of said county is the widow and 
relict of said decedent, that said decedent was seized and possessed of 
the foregoing described lands during the civeture (sic); we further will
respectfully show unto your Honor that said widow is entitled to dower in 
all the foregoing described lands being that she has never relinquished 
her dower right of any of said lands and that none of said lands were 
alienated by said decedent during his life; that the heirs are 
distributees of said decedent and the following named and they alone 
except the said widow; Joseph McCutchen, Joshua S. McCutchen, Elizabeth 
Calvert daughter of said decedent who is the wife of John Calvert of 
Hancock County in same state; Elvira Ann McCutchen, Amanda McCutchen, 
Nancy Lowery the wife of John Lowery also the children of William 
McCutchen deceased who reside in said county with Mrs. Ellen McCutchen the 
mother of said minor children (towit) Mary Jane McCutchen, Nancy 
McCutchen, Sarah McCutchen & Martha McCutchen; also the children of Mrs. 
Mary Bowers deceased who was the daughter of said decedent and was the 
wife of Jesse Bowers of said County: Mildred Bowers, Daniel Ewing Bowers, 
Jesse Tilman Bowers who reside with the Father Jesse Bowers in said 
county. We therefore pray your Honor to grant and make an order for the 
assessment of said dower interest and that Guardian ad litem be appointed 
to represent the interest of said minors in this proceeding and that any 
other be made that may serve to your Honor meet and proper in the premises 
according to the law in such cases made and provided all of which is 
respectfully submitted this Aug. 16th, 1859.