Tallapoosa County AlArchives Court.....Ray, Silas Petition To Sell Perishable Property October 14, 1861
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Source: Tallapoosa Co., Al Record Of Accounts Vol. 3
Written: October 14, 1861

Transcribed by Beverly Giles Loffler
beverly@jloffler.com

Tallapoosa Co., AL Record of Accounts Vol. 3
Pages 805 and 806
LDS Microfilm Number 1769658
Salt Lake City UT

SILAS RAY ESTATE: PETITION TO SELL PERISHABLE PROPERTY 1861

The State of Alabama
Tallapoosa County
To the Honorable Allen D. Sturdivant, Judge of Probate of said County.
The petition of James M. Berry respectfully [can’t read] the unto your Honor 
that he has been duly appointed Executor on the last will of Silas Ray deceased 
that he immediately proceeded to examine and to take possession of the assets 
of said estate, and that he has had the same inventoried and appraised and 
returned to this Court, as the law directs, in the course of which examination 
petitioner found that said estate in was possessed of the following property 
consisting of one horse and mule, cattle, Hogs, old wagon, some blacksmith and 
plantation tolls, and the present crop of corn, cotton & etc which said 
property is of a perishable nature, in this that winter is approaching and said 
property is with difficulty kept together and [can’t ] forever [can’t read]  In 
consideration of which your petitioner states that it is manifest that it will 
be beneficial to the interest of said estate to have said property sold at as 
early a day as feasible.
Wherefore your petitioner prays your Honor to take cognizance of the subject 
matter of this petition and order the sale of said property and that said sale 
may be made as early a day as feasible as much as said property is wasting 
every day to the detriment and loss of said estate.  Your Petitioner would 
respectfully suggest to your Honor that said sale should be made upon a credit 
of twelve months or until the 25th December 1862.  And as in duty bound he will 
[can’t read] pray.
James M. Berry, Exr.

Subscribed and sworn to this 14 October 1861.
Allen D. Sturdivant, Judge of Probate


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