Georgia: Columbia County: LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION ESTATE OF JONATHAN CLIATT 11 February 1839 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: Marilyn Cliett jean123321@netzero.net ==================================================================== Columbia County, Ordinary Reel No. 378 Estate records Administrators' Bonds 1831-1851 LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION ESTATE OF JONATHAN CLIATT STATE OF GEORGIA COLUMBIA COUNTY, KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we, William Cliatt, John Cliatt & William B Tindall are held and firmly bound and obliged unto the honorable the Justices of the Inferior Court of Columbia County for the time being, acting as a Court of Ordinary, in the sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars, to be paid to the said Justices, their successors in office, or assigns; for which payment, well and truly to be made and done, we bind ourselves, jointly and severally, and each of our heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seal and dated at Appling the Eleventh day of February in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine. The conditions of the above obligation is such, that if the above bound William Cliett, Administrators of the Goods, Chattels and Credits of Jonathan Cliatt Deceased, do make a true and perfect inventory of all and singular, the Goods, Chattels and Credit of the said deceased, which have, or shall come to the hands , possession, or knowledge of the said William Cliatt or into the hands or possession of any other person or persons, for 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 and true account of his acting and doings thereon, when required by the superior court, or register of probates, for the 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 by the said court, shall deliver and pay to such person, 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 a certificate of the probate thereof, and the said William Cliatt do in such case, if required, reunder and deliver up the said Letters of Administration, then this obligation to be void, else remain in full force. singed, sealed and delivered William Cliatt in presence of: John Cliatt G Jones, Clerk William B Tindall