Butts-Fayette County GaArchives News.....John Brooks – An Interesting Case March 10, 1899
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Jackson Argus March 10, 1899
Last year near here there died an old man by the name of John Brooks.  Before 
his death a petition was presented to the ordinary setting forth the fact that 
Mr. Brooks was a proper subject for the county farm, and when he died Butts 
county paid his burial expenses.

It is announced now that the deceased has been awarded the sum of $754.00 by 
the government, the same being an old war claim.  A son-in-law of Brooks in 
Fayette county has applied for letters of administration before the ordinary of 
Fayette on Brooks estate, while Mrs. Brooks, the widow of the deceased, has 
made application for letters of administration before Judge Carmichael in this 
county.

The law is that the administration shall be obtained in the county where the 
deceased resided at the time of his death.  This county is, therefore, the 
county from which letters will issue and Mrs. Brooks will be the administratrix 
and get that money in spite of all the son-in-law can do.

The Argus congratulates Mrs. Brooks!

Jackson Argus – Butts County
Week of March 10, 1899


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