CRAWFORD COUNTY, GA - Estate of John Bentley Annual Returns Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Pat Crabtree (rcrabtree@homexpressway.net) Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/crawford.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm CRAWFORD Co., GA COURT OF ORDINARY, ANNUAL RETURNS, Bk J, 1858-1870; [Mormon Family History Library microfilm #-415146] p. 525 Georgia Crawford County We the undersigned and appointed by the Court of ______ to distribute the estate of John Bentley, late of [Crawford] County dec. do hereby report that we have distributed the negroes ______ to the estate into the following lots with their value annexed to _____ No. 1 Value at $2175 2 “ 2453 3 “ 2175 4 “ 2125 5 “ 2535 6 ‘ 2475 We decree that No 2 shall pay to No 1 one hundred & twenty seven 50/100 dollars That No 5 shall pay to No 3 one hundred & forty seven 50/100 dollars also to Lot No 4 Sixty five dollars and that Lot No 6 pay to Lot No 4 one hundred & thirty two 50/100 dollars also to Lot No 1 twenty dollars. The Negroes belonging to each list is as follows No. 1 Jacob 56 years old appraised $ 300 Sukey 59 “ “ 125 Moses 36 “ Ruptured 450 Sally 28 “ 800 Henry her child Ruptured 5 years old 000 Hollinger 6 “ “ 500 $2175.00 No. 2 Green 19 “ “ $1325 Harrison 15 “ “ 1125 $2450.00 No. 3 Benny Jacob 20 “ “ $1325 $2175.00 Brady 11 “ “ 850 No. 4 Jack 18 “ “ $1379 Nancy 36 “ “ 750 $2125.00 No. 5 Warren 21 “ “ $1275 Lewis 27 “ “ 1260 $2535.00 No. 6 Harry 25 “ “ $1300 Frank 16 “ “ 1175 $2475.00 We these placed all the numbers in one hat and in another hat the names of the distributes where Martha Bentley drew No 1 Dan. W. Bentley’s orphans drew No 2, Samuel Bentley drew No 3. Milly Ann Carter’s children drew No 4, I. E. Miller Husband of Elizabeth Miller drew No 5. & William Bentley drew No 6 Which concluded our duties, we most respectfully submit the foregoing as the report of the distributors. Distributors Washington C. Cleveland M. W. Hammock Talbot Hammock We the distributees of the estate of John Bentley dec. agree that the distribution made by the foregoing distribu____ is the true distribution of the Negroes belonging to said _____ agree to accept the part allotted it as the fair [?] share to which we are entitled of the negroes belonging to said estate and hereby release Samuel Bentley p. 526 as Administrator on said estate, and do release to each of the distributes all the interest which we have in the Negroes to those receiving them in fee simple In witness whereof we have hereunto set our signatures this 24 Dec. 1858 Isham E. Miller Williamson Bentley his mark John M. Kendrick in right of my wife Sarah E. Kendrick daughter of Milly Ann Carter Alexander C. Sandi___ in right of my wife Martha A. _. Sandison [?] daughter of Milly Ann Carter ____ W. C. Cleaveland RESEARCHER FOR Bentley Slave Line: "Tia Likely"