Tallapoosa County AlArchives Court.....Henderson, James  August 28, 1848
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Source: Alabama State Guard
Written: August 28, 1848
Recorded: October 2, 1848

State of Alabama, 
TALLAPOOSA COUNTY.
Orphans' Court, Aug. 28, 1848. THIS day came Hiram W. Sanders Administrator the 
estate of James Henderson deceased, and files his petition, setting forth in 
substance as follows. That the deceased died seized and possessed of the 
following tractor piece of Land to wit: 5O acres of Land, part at the Northeast 
quarter of section 17, in Township 23, of Range 21, lying and being in 
Tallapoosa County, aforesaid, and that the same cannot be equally, fairly, and 
beneficially divided among the heirs of the said deceased, without a sale 
thereof. 
That Nancy, wife of William G. Sanders, and Matilda Henderson, who are of full 
age, and Ann E. Henderson a minor who reside in Clark County, in the State of 
Arkansas, 
Jesse M. Henderson a minor, residing in Oktibbeha County in the State of 
Mississippi, 
Laurena, wife of Hiram W. Sanders, and James Henderson who are of full age, 
and Lemuel Henderson, Mary J. Henderson, Richard W. Henderson and William D. 
Henderson, 
who are minors residing in Tallapoosa County, are the only legal heirs and 
representatives of the said deceased, he therefore prays the Court to grant an 
order for the sale of the said Land. 
It is therefore ordered by the Court, that John A. Jordan, be appointed Guardian 
ad li im of the minor heirs, and that publication be made in the “State Guard,’’ 
a newspaper published in the city of Wetumpka for 40 days, notifying the non-
resident heirs to be and appear at an Orphans Court to be held for said county, 
on the 2nd Monday it October next, to show cause, why the said petition should 
not be granted. 
JOHN A. JORDAN, Clerk. Sept 5, 1848

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