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     Georgia
     Coweta County
     To The Honorable Court of Ordinary of Said County
     The Petition of Lizzie Boyd shows that she is the widow of W. L. E.
     Boyd late of said County deceased, who departed this life intestate
     on the ___ day of January 1891, leaving surviving him your
     petitious and Eight Minor Children, Lena, and Willie, and Mattie,
     and Belle, and Robert and Thos. and Jessie May and Lizzie, aged
     respectively Eighteen, Sixteen, fourteen, twelve, ten, Eight, Six
     and four. That thre is no representation on the estate of said
     deceased. That she desires to have support and assigned to herself
     and his said Children in property or money, a sufficently from the
     estate of said dexeased for the support and maintenous of herself
     and his said children, for the space of twelve months from the date
     of the death of said W. L. E. Boyd.
     Wherefor Petitious prays that five descreet persons be appointed
     for the purpose of setting apart and assigning a years support and
     a sufficent amount of household furniture to herself and said minor
     children.
     W. A. Post
     Alvoes D. Freeman
     Petitious Atty
     
     Coweta Court of Ordinary Jany 28th 1892
     It appearing to the Court that Lizzie Boyd the widow of W. L. E.
     Boyd late of said County dec'd has applied for the appointment of
     appraisers to set apart to her and the Eight Minor Children of said
     dec'd and mentioned in foregoing petition, a years support or
     property or money out of estate of said dec'd and a sufficent
     amount of household and kitchen furniture for her and said minors
     and it further appearing that there is no administrator on said
     estate It is therefore ordered that R. T. Carpentis, R. Brown, E.
     B. Jackson, T. B. Chancellor & J. H. Fry be and they are hereby
     appointed appraisers to appraise and set apart to said Lizzie Boyd
     and his said Eight Minor Children out of the Estate of said W. L.
     E. Boyd, deceased a twelve months support from the date of the
     death of said dec'd and a sufficent amount of the household
     furniture for their use. And a warrant is ordered to issue sections
     of the law directed to said appraisers.
     W. A. Pusens
     
     Ordinary
     
     WARRANT TO APPRAISERS TO SET APART 12 MONTHS SUPPORT
     GEORGIA, COWETA COUNTY
     BY W. H. PERSONS ORDINARY OF SAID COUNTY.
     
     To R. T. Carpenter, R. A. Brown, E. B. Jackson, F. B. Chandler, J.
     H. Fry
     
     You or a majority of you, are directed to set apart and assign to
     Lizzie Boyd, Eight Minor Children either in property or money, a
     sufficency from the estate of W. L. E. Boyd, deceased, for their
     support and maintenance for the space of twelve months from the
     date of this application to be estimated according to the
     circumstances and standing of the family previous to the death of
     deceased, keeping in view also the solvency of the estate.
     
     You are also directed to set apart for the use of said family a
     sufficent amount of the household furniture of said estate.
     
     Provided, that the amount so set apart for the family shall in no
     event be less than the sum of one hundred dollars; and if it shall
     appear upon a just appraisement of the estate, that it does not
     exceed in value the sum of five hundred dollars, it shall be your
     duty to set apart the whole of said estate for the support and
     maintenance of the family of said deceased.
     
     And make due return of your actings and doings in the premises and
     a schedule of the property so set apart by you, under your hands
     and seals, to me within thirty days from this date, together with
     this warrant.
     Witness my hand and seal this February 11th, 1892
     
     GEORGIA, COWETA COUNTY
     To the Honorable Court of Ordinary of said County:
     
     We, the undersigned, appointed by the Honorable the Ordinary of
     said County of Coweta to assess and set apart a sum necessary for
     the support and maintenance of the widow and minor children of W.
     L. E. Boyd, deceased for the space of twelve months, do report,
     that we have assessed and set apart the cash and other property as
     follows, which the said widow has selected to take, to wit: We have
     not found any property or money of the Estate of W. L. E. Boyd to
     set aside a years' support for his widow and minor children.
     
     And we also set apart the following Household and kitchen furniture
     for the use of said widow and children. We set aside all the
     household and kitchen furniture now in possession of W. L. E.
     Boyd's widow and minor children for twelve months' support of said
     widow & minor children.
     
     In Testimony Whereof, we have hereto set our hands and seals, this
     26th day of February 1892.
     R. T. Carpenter (L. S.)
     R. A. Brown (L. S.)
     E. B. Jackson (L. S.)
     F. B. Chandler (L. S.)
     J. H. Fry Appraisers.