Carroll County GaArchives Court.....Martha  Durrett November 6 1889
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Source: Georgia Archives
Written: November 6 1889
Recorded: December 16 1889


Petition for 12 Months Support 

                          STATE OF GEORGIA, CARROLL COUNTY

THE PETITION OF  Mrs. Martha Durrett respectfully showeth that Benjamin 
Durrett late of said County, departed this life on the 13th day of September, 
1889, leaving your petitioner, his widow, and one minor child surviving him, 
and she prays your Honorable Court in conformity with the statute in such case 
made and provided, to appoint five discreet and proper persons to act as 
appraisers in setting apart to your petitioner and her one minor child, as 
aforesaid, the sum necessary in their judgment for support and maintenance for 
the space of twelve months from the death of said Benjamin Durrett of your 
petitioner and her child, either in money or such property as may be selected 
by your petitioner at a fair valuation to be made by said appraisers.  And, 
also, to set apart a sufficient amount of household furniture for the use of 
your petitioner and her child.  And, further, to require said appraisers to 
return to you for record their proceedings.  And your petitioner will ever 
pray, etc.  
                                                                               
                                        Martha Durrett, Petitioner

                   CARROLL COURT OF ORDINARY ---AT CHAMBERS.

     Upon the foregoing application of Mrs. Martha Durrett the widow of 
Benjamin Durrett, deceased, for the appointment of appraisers to set apart to 
said widow and her one minor child, a sum necessary for their support and 
maintenance for the space of twelve months, out of the estate of said Benjamin 
Durrett deceased, and, also, to set apart for the use of said widow and child 
a sufficient amount of household furniture.  It is ordered that J.W. Green, 
G.W. Boyd, Robert Boyd, R.T. Spence and N.V. Stallings be and they are hereby 
appointed appraisers, and they, or a majority of them, are hereby empowered to 
set off and assign to the said Martha Durrett, widow of Benjamin Durrett 
deceased, late of said County, and her one minor child for the space of twelve 
months; and, also, a sufficient amount of household furniture for the use of 
said widow and child.  And the said sum so set apart as aforesaid to be either 
in money or such property as the said widow may select, at a fair valuation, 
to be made by said appraisers. 
     Further ordered, that said appraisers return to me for record all their 
proceedings in the premises.
     Given under my hand and official signature, this 6th day of November, 
1889.

                                                         S.J. Brown, ordinary
     I do hereby certify that the above appraisers were sworn to perform their 
duty according to law, this 7th day of November, 1889.
                                                           J.W. Carroll, N.P.  

To the Honorable court of Ordinary of said County: 
We, the undersigned, appointed by the Honorable the Ordinary of said County of 
Carroll to assess and set apart a sum necessary for the support and 
maintenance of the widow and minor child of Benjamin Durrett, deceased, for 
the space of twelve months, either in money or such property as the said widow 
my select, do report , that we have assessed and set apart as being necessary 
for the support and maintenance of said widow and child the sum of Five 
Hundred Dollars, which the said widow has selected to take as follows:  One 
horse $75.00, Buggy and harness $10.00, 6000 lbs. seed cotton, $155.00, less 
$33.50, 50 bushels of corn $20.00, 450 bundles of fodder $5.65, farming tools 
$3.00, carpenter’s tools $1.00, 30 gallons of syrup $10.00, 
Kitchen furniture, consisting of 13 plates, 8 cups and saucers, 2 dishes, 2 
pitchers, 3 jars. 4 jugs, 1 bucket, 1 tray, 1 smoothing iron, 1 table, 1 stove 
and cooking utensils, $8.90, one spinning wheel $1.00.  

     And we also set apart the following household furniture for the use of 
said widow and child.  One clock $3.00, one bed, four pillows, four quilts, 
two straw beds and stead $12.00, one bed, three pillows, four quilts, two 
mattresses and stead $12.00, five chairs $2.50, one rifle $5.00.   

     In witness whereof,  We have hereto set our hands and seals, this 7th day 
of November, 1889,
                                                                               
                                                     N.V. Stallings
                                                                               
                                                     G.W. Boyd
                                                                               
                                                     Robert Boyd
                                                                               
                                                     R.T. Spence

                         CARROLL COUNTY COURT OF ORDINARY,
                                                 Dec. 16th,     Term, 1889
     The report of the Appraisers appointed to set apart to the widow and 
minor children of Benjamin Durrett, dec’d, the provision allowed by law, being 
read, and the Court being satisfied that the same is in due form and properly 
made and that citation has been published it is ordered that the same be 
admitted to record, in terms of the law, and no objections being filed, and 
stand as the judgment of this Court.       

                                                     S.J. Brown,   Ordinary








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