Perry County AlArchives Court.....Jackson, John Y. - Order to Divide Slave
Property December 27, 1859
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Court Order to Divide the Slave
Property of John Y. Jackson, Sr.

The State of Alabama} Probate Court - December 27, 1859
Perry County        } - Special Term

 To W. R. Brown, John Howze, A. S. Toler, W. N. Wyatt, and S. H. Fowlkes 

Whereas the Estate of John Y. Jackson, deceased, of which R. D. Jackson is the 
Execution in said Court is possessed of curtain personal property described as 
follows: To wit, Giles, Charles, Vina, Carolisse, Liz, Byron & infant child, 
Austin, Howell, Sy, Caty, Fillis, Miles, Joe, Floid, Tom, Buck, Starling, 
Barney, & Martha which property has been directed by due decree of said Court to 
be divided equally into four shares apart.  One share apart to be distributed to 
Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson, the widow of said decedent; one to R. D. Jackson; one 
to John Y. Jackson or E. Jackson Esq. for his use; and one to M. M. Pool, wife 
of A. J. Pool.  The said parties being lawfully entitled to an equal 
distribution among them of all the above-described property of said decedent.  
And you and each of you having been appointed in a by said decree Commissioners 
to make such distribution.  Now, therefore, you are hereby commanded after first 
having taken an oath to make said division fairly and impartially of the 
same can be made to proceed and make distribution of said property according to 
said decree and to your said oaths, and to make return to said Court of your 
proceeding in the premises in writing signed by you with all convenient speed.

Witness my hand this 27 December 1859. 

						
							James F. Bailey 
								Judge

John Y. Jackson Estate Papers, File # 53-017-0866

John Y. Jackson was the son of Green B. Jackson and Clara Yeates.

These men are listed here because they were appointed Commissioners of the Court 
to decide how the property of John Y. Jackson was to be divided in the most 
equal manner.  

John Howze was a Marion, Alabama grocery merchant.  He was born in 1824 in North 
Carolina. 

A.S. Toler was a partner in a dry goods store named Myatt and Toler, formed in 
1857 in Marion, Alabama.  Toler was born in 1820 in Virginia.  

W. N. Wyatt was a wealthy Perry County farmer who lived in Marion.

S. W. Fowlkes was a Marion, Alabama merchant.  He was born in 1817 in Virginia.

James Francis Bailey was a graduate of the University of Alabama and the 
University of Virginia.  He was born in 1811 in Wilkes County, North Carolina 
and was a veteran of the Mexican War.


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