HARALSON COUNTY, GA - WILLS - Mrs. Anna Carpentier Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: lrober@plantationcable.net E. Robertson Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/haralson.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm WILL BOOK A, PAGE 138 WILL OF MRS. ANNA CARPENTIER STATE OF GEORGIA HARALSON COUNTY To Thos. A. Hutcheson, Ordinary, or Court of Ordinary, in and for said County. The petition of WM. O. PARDEE of New Haven Conn., shows that the following facts, to wit: Lst. That Mrs. Anna CARPENTIER departed this life on the 10th day of April 1900 and that prior to her death, to wit: On the 29th Day of August 1893, she made a will disposing of all her property both real and personal, a copy of said will is hereto attached marked exhibit- A - , and made a part of this petition. 2. Petitioner shows that at the time of making said will the said Mrs. Anna Charpentier was a resident of the State of Conn., and that her residence continued in said state of Conn. Untill her death on the 10th day of April 1900, aforesaid. 3. Petitioner shows that the property conveyed by said will is situated lying and being in the city of Tallapoosa, Georgia said county. 4. Petitioner shows that the following named persons are all the heirs at law of said deceased. MRS. A. L. C. PITTS, GAINESVILLE, FLA., MRS. E. M. C. PARDEE, ORANGE, N. J., MISS PAULINE CHARPENTIER, ORANGE N. J., AND MAGNOWNE SARAH CHARPENTIER LINCOLN, HAMDEN, CONN., and all of said heirs above named reside without the limits of this state as is indicated above. 5. Petitioner shows that the said Mrs. Anna Charpentier failed to name an Executor of her last will and testment, Therefore your petitioner prays, 1. For leave to prove said will in solemn form. 2nd That your petitioner be appointed Administrator with the will annexed. 3rd., That citation to said heirs at law do issue in terms of the statutes for such cases made and provided. 4th and that each - all of said heirs be served by publication. William O. Pardee, By his Attorney, W. R. Hutcheson HARALSON COUNTY COURT OF ORDINARY, BUCHANAN, GA., FEBY 18, 1901. The foregoing petition of W. O. PARDEE, to have the last will and testament of Mrs. Anna Charpentier probated in solemn form, and to be appointed Administrator with the will annexed, read and considered: Ordered that Mrs. A. L. C. Pitts, Gainesville, Fla., E. M. C. Pardee, Orange N. J., and Mignowne Sarah Charpentier Lincoln, Hamden, Conn. Do be and appear before the Court of Ordinary in and for said County on the first Monday in May 1901; said court to be held in the Ordinary’s office in Buchanan, Haralson County, GA., on said date aforesaid, beginning at 10 o’clock A. M. Let citation issue accordingly andbe served upon each of the heirs named above by publication in the Tribune, a newspaper published in said County, twice a month for Eight weeks preceding the date fixed above for the hearing of this case, each and all of said heirs being non residents. THOS. A. HUTCHESON, ORDINARY GEORGIA, HARALSON COUNTY. To Mrs. A. L. C. Pitts, E. M. C. Pardee, Pauline Charpentier, and Magnwne Sarah Charpentier Lincoln, W. O. Pardee, having in proper form, applied to me to have the last will and testament of Mrs. Anna Charpentier probated in solemn for, and to be appointed administrator with the will annexed, and you, and each of you, as the heirs at law of Mrs. Anna Charpentier, are hereby required to be and appear on the first Monday in May 1901, when said application for probate will be heard. Said hearing will commence at 10 o’clock A. M., on said first Monday in May 1901 aforesaid. Said hearing will be had in the Ordinary’s office in Buchanan, Haralson County, GA. On date fixed aforesaid. Thos. A. Hutcheson, Ordinary HARALSON COURT OF ORDINARY, MAY TERM 1901. Upon hearing the petititon of William O. Pardee, for probate in solemn form, of the paper propounded by him as the last will and testament of Mrs. Anna Charpentier, late of the State of Fla., deceased, and for its admission to record as such, and it appearing that A. L. C. Pitts, E. M. C. Pardee, Pauline Charpentier, and Mignowne Charpentier Lincoln, the heirs at law of said deceased, have had legal notice of said application and time of hearing and have failed to show any legal and sufficient cause who said paper should not be proven and admited to record as the last will and testament of said deceased. It is therefore ordered and adjudged by the court, upon the proof of said will by all the witnesses to said will, that the same be set up as the last will and testament of said deceased, and be admitted to record as such. And it is further ordered that letters of administration with the will of said deceased annexed, issue to said William O. Pardee, on whose application this will is probated, upon his taking the oath required by law and giving bond in the sum of $2,000. To be approved by this court. This the 6th day of May 1901. Thos A. Hutchenson, Ordinary WILL BOOK A., PAGE 140 WILL OF MRS. ANNA MARIA VON LATUM CHARPENTIER I, Anna Maria Von Latum Charpentier, now residing in New Haven, State of Conn., being of sound mind and memnory, do make public and declare this my last will and testamnet. I bequeath all I possess, my house situated in Tallapoosa, Georgia, with all its contents, the lot on which it stands, and all my furniture there, and here, and all money which I have in the Bank at Bridgeport, or others etc., etc., to my daughter Pauline if she is not married at the time of my death: If she were, I leave to whichever daughter would care for my dear little (Minowne) Sarah Carpentier Lincoln, all that I possess, but to her (Mignowne), and to my other daughters, I leave, I give that which the law obliges me to give them, one dollar to each one. If my dear little Mignowne is no longer lviing at the time of my death, or is resident with her fathers family, I leave that which I have equally to my children. ANNA CHARPENTIER, Nee von Latum STATE OF GEORGIA, HARALSON COUNTY Whereas, at the regular May term 1901, of the Court of Ordinary of said County, an order was passed authorizing the issuing to William O. Pardee, permanent letters of administration upon the estate of Mrs. Anna Charlpentier, late of the state of Fla., deceased, upon his taking the usual oath of office, and giving bond as required. Now therefore, the said William O. Pardee, having taken said oath, and given the bond required, is by these presence authorized and given powere to act as permanent administrator upon said estate, to ask , demand and recover all claims and debts owing to deceased, to pay all of her obligations, so far as the will of the said Mrs. Anna Charpentier authorizeds, (The said William O. Pardee having been appointed Admr. With the will of Mrs. Anna Charpentier annexed) , and make distribution of said estate according to the will annexed and according to law. Given under my hand and seal, this the15th day of June 1901, Thos. A. Hutcheson EXAMINED AND FOUND NEAT AND CORRECT, JULY TERM 1901 A. V. HOWE THOS. H. GIFFITH ALFRED AYERS COMMITTEE