Clarke County GaArchives Court.....Doggett, Chattin May 5, 1817 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ken Doggett kendoggett2000@yahoo.com March 7, 2006, 4:08 pm Source: Clarke County Courthouse, Archives, Box 103, Folder 154 Written: May 5, 1817 Recorded: May 5, 1817 GEORGIA Clarke County: KNOW all men by these presents that we, Thomas Doggett & Oliver Hickinboton & Joseph Moss, are held and firmly bound unto their Honors the Judges of the Court of the Ordinary for said county, and their successors in office in the just and full sum of four thousand Dollars, for the payment of which sum to the said Judges and their successors we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators in the whole and for the whole sum jointly and severally firm by these presents, sealed with our seal and dated this 5th day of May 1817. The CONDITION of the above obligation is such that if the above bound Thomas Doggett & Oliver Hickinboton, administrators of the Goods, Chattels and Credits of Chattin Doggett late of this county, deceased, do make a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of said deceased which have or shall come to the hands, possession or knowledge of said Thomas & Oliver or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons for them and the same so made do exhibit into the said court of Ordinary when they shall be thereunto required, and such Goods, Chattels and Credits do well and truly administer according to law, and do make a just account of their acting and doing therein when they shall be thereunto required by the Court of Ordinary for said county and all the rest of the Goods, Chattels and Credits which shall be found remaining upon the account of the said administration, the same being first allowed of by the said court, shall deliver and pay to such person or persons respectively as are entitled to the same by law; and if it shall hereafter appear that any last Will and Testament was made by the said deceased, and the same be proved before the court, and the Executors obtain certificate of the probate thereof, and the said Thomas Doggett and Oliver Hickinboton do in such cases, if required, render and deliver up the said Letters of Administration, then this obligation shall be void. SIGNED, SEALED & ACKNOWLEDGED Thos Doggett IN OPEN COURT Oliver Higganbotham J M Malone (looks like) Clk Joseph Moss Additional Comments: This was a preprinted form using a fill-in format for the details. Oliver "Hickinboton" was a spelling error. The actual name was Higginbotham. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/clarke/court/doggett48nwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb