Oglethorpe County GaArchives Court.....Lankford, William Mell December 4, 1944
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Source: Oglethorpe County Estate Case File
Written: December 4, 1944

Estate Case File / Lankford, W. M. / 1944 / Oglethorpe County / 209-2-1

Administrator's Bond and Oath
Miss Masina Langford, Administrator 
Estate of W. M. Langford
Sureties -- J. F. Mayo
Filed in Office, this 4th day of December 1944
F. D. Maxey, Ordinary, O. Co.

GEORGIA, Oglethorpe County. Know all Men by these Presents, That we, Masina 
Langford, Principal and J. F. Mayo, securities, are held and firmly bound unto 
the Ordinary for said County, and his successors in office and assigns, in the 
just and full sum of Two thousand & 00/100 ($2,000.00) for the payment of 
which sum to the said Ordinary, and his successors in office, we bind 
ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators, in the whole and for the 
whole sum, jointly and severally and firmly, by these presents.

Sealed with our seals, and dated this December 4th, 1944.

The Condition of the above Obligation is such, That if the above bound Masina 
Langford do make a true and perfect inventory of the goods, chattels, rights, 
credits, lands and tenements of W. M. Langford, late of Oglethorpe County, 
deceased, which have or shall come into the hands, possession, or knowledge of 
the said Masina Langford, or the hands or possession of any person or persons, 
for her, and the same, so made, do exhibit unto the said Ordinary when she 
shall be thereunto required; and such goods, chattels, credits, lands, and 
tenements do well and truly administer according to law, and do make a just 
and true account of her actings and doings therein when she shall thereunto be 
required by the Court; shall deliver and pay to such person or persons, 
respectively, as they may be entitled to the same by law. And if it shall 
hereafter appear that any last will and testament was made by the deceased, 
and the same be proven before the Court of Ordinary, and the Executor obtain a 
certificate of the probate thereof, and Masina Langford in such case, if 
required, render and deliver up the said Letters of Administration, then this 
obligation to be void; else to remain in full force.

Signed, sealed, and acknowledged in open Court.

[signed] Masina Lankford (L.S.) Principal
[signed] J. F. Mayo (L.S.) Security

OATH -- GEORGIA, Oglethorpe County.

I do solemnly swear that W. M. Langford deceased, died intestate, so far as I 
know or believe, and that I will well and truly administer on all the estate 
of the deceased, and disburse the same as the law requires, and discharge to 
the best of my ability all my duties as Administrator. "So help me God."

[signed] Masina Lankford

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 4th day of December 1944.

[signed] F. D. Maxey, Ordinary Oglethorpe County

GEORGIA, Oglethorpe County

The Honorable the Court of Ordinary, for the County and State aforesaid:

To Miss Masina Lankford.

Whereas, W. M. Lankford, late of the County and State aforesaid, deceased, 
died intestate, having whilst he lived, and at the time of death, real and 
personal estate within the county and State aforesaid, by means whereof the 
full disposition and power of granting the administration of all and singular, 
the real and personal estate of the said deceased, and also dismission of the 
same, to this Court is manifestly known to belong: I, desiring that the real 
and personal estate of the said deceased, may be well and truly administered, 
converted, and well disposed of, do hereby grant unto the said Miss Masina 
Lankford full power by the tenor of these presents to administer the real and 
personal estate of the said deceased which to him in his lifetime, and at the 
time of his death, did belong; and to ask, levy, sue for, recover, and receive 
the same; and to pay the debts in which the deceased stood obligated, so far 
forth as his real and personal estate will extend, according to their rate and 
order of law; being first sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, to 
make a true and perfect inventory thereof, and to exhibit the same unto the 
Court of Ordinary aforesaid, in order to be recorded, on or before the 1st day 
of Jan., 1945, next ensuing, and to render a just and true account, 
calculation, and reckoning of the said administration, when thereunto 
required: And I ordain, depute, and constitute you the said Miss Masina 
Lankford, Administratix of all and singular the real and personal estate of 
the said deceased.

Witness the Honorable F. D. Maxey, Ordinary for Oglethorpe County, and 
recorded this 4th day of Dec. 1944.

[signed] F. D. Maxey, Ordinary

Additional Comments:
William Mell Lankford was born 1861 and died October 6, 1944 in Oglethorpe 
Co., GA. Masina Elizabeth Lankford was his daughter. John Francis Mayo, Sr. 
was his son-in-law, married to daughter Annie Lou Lankford.  William's parents 
were Robert Chester Lankford and Elizabeth Bennett. William's wife was 
Nancy "Ella" Young. William and Ella are buried at Bairds Baptist Church 
Cemetery, Bairdstown, Oglethorpe Co., GA. 

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