RABUN CO., GA - - Homestead Application, Marinda Curtis, 1889
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Transcribed by Dawn Watson

Notes: some punctuation added.


Homestead Book B, 1879 - 1914, Rabun Co., GA, p. 118

Georgia      } 
Rabun County } To the Court of Ordinary of said County the petition 
of Marinda Curtis wife of A. J. Curtis is a citizen of said County 
and the head of a family of minor children, Claimes Homestead under 
Section 2040 of the code of 1873, and acts amendatory thereof as 
exempt from levy and sale and the following is a full and complete 
Schedule of the same.

one  cow & calf $15.00     10 head of Hogs  $15.00     $30.00
"    Yoke of Steer                                      30.00
"    Wagon                                              10.00

and fifty dollars worth of Provisions & five dollars worth for each 
child named James, aged 15 years old, Lula aged 13 yrs old, Lelia 
aged 11 years old, Nelia aged 8 yrs old, Nancy aged 6 years old,
Joseph aged 4 years old, Mary aged 2 yrs. old.

3 beds & Bedding & Common bed steads sufficient for the family, one 
loom & spinning wheel, 2 pairs Cards, 100# Cotton, common wols of 
trade of herself[?] and family, & arms of a Malitia Soldier and 
Troops Horse & ordinary cooking stove utinsils and table crockery 
ware & Wearing apparel of herself and family, Bible Religious works 
& school books, 50 bushels of corn, 1000 Bundles of fodder. 
Respectfully Submitted April 12th 1889.

                                     her
                             Marinda  x  Curtis Petitioner
                                     mark

My husband A. J. Curtis refusing to Petition

Filed and Recorded April 12th 1889

                             W. S. Long,
                               Ordinary

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