RABUN COUNTY, GA - Estate records - Testator Index, Minutes: Inventory & Appraisement, 1850 - 1860 ==================================================================== Submitted by Dawn Watson The following record is a testator index of the book "Minutes: Inventory & Appraisement, 1850 - 1860" for Rabun Co., GA held in the Probate Judge's office at the courthouse in Clayton. There are some wills recorded in this book. At the bottom are listed some minors of the deceased named herein; another section lists some slaves as they were named, and a third section deals with miscellaneous items mentioned in this book. Other notes: Pages 183, 253 and 290 were blank. Page 186 was numbered twice in the book; herein, the first 186 is referred to as 186A and the second as 186B. There was a page 193 and then a page 193A. Page 206/207 was torn out of the book. Two pages between pages 214 and 215 were unnumbered. Starting at page 354, the pages were misnumbered; page 354 reads "34", and the pages thereafter start at 345 and continue. The page numbers jump from 375 to 396. Baker, R. P. 22 - 24 [of Pickens Dist., SC, of which Ira R. Nicholson was the administrator] Brown, Andrew 348-350, 371-374, 398-399 Coffee, Edward 329-240, 404-413 Coffee, John 28 Coffee, Newton H. 346-397 Crawford, Thomas G. 158, 170-172 Derrick, John 3, 8-9, 187 Duncan, Daniel 234-238, 288-289, 398 FinCannon, Isaac 56, 58-68, 108, 109, 113, 123, 175 Franklin, Benjamin 56, 107 Fuller, Ransom 30-33, 74-75, 109, 114-120, 121, 254-256 Gaines, William [I/J.] [also Gains] 136-137, 157-158, 192, 211-215, 240, 341-344 Hefner, Samuel [also Heffner] [not #d, front of book], 11, 42, 80, 106, 148, 259-260, 365, 366-367 Henson, Henry 98, 99-102, 163-169, 204-205, 230, 262-276, 399-400 Hopper, Samuel 242-245, 374 Hunnicutt, James [also Huneycutt] 134, 160-163, 184, 251-252, 256-258 Jamison, Thos. P. 291-328 Jones, James 135 Kelly, John 4-5, 6, 7, 11, 27, 28, 29, 34-35, 47, 49, 57, 73, 104, 106, 146, 148, 186, 209-210, 229, 239, 260-261, 358-360, 365, 365-366 Kerby, William Rufus 345-355 Langston, Wm. D. 3, 12, 29, 37, 50, 57, 79, 104, 147, 173-174, 195, 229, 233, 286-287 McClain, David 188-190, 210-211, 219-228, 233, 282-285 McClain, John 12, 38-40, 103, 149-150, 186, 215-219 McCurley, Elisabeth 184 McKinney, David 13, 15, 16-21, 27, 29, 43-44, 79, 80, 193, 194, 208-209, 246-247, 346(2nd)-347, 350(2nd)-357, 375, 413-416 McKinny, William 396 Nicholson, Ira R. 21, 28, 45, 47 [see R. P. Baker] Price, Silas B. 48, 52-55, 90-91, 231 Ritchie, Eli [also Richie and Richey] 46 [crossed out], 51, 57, 69-72, 91-92, 93-97, 105, 122, 123, 124-134, 136, 157-158, 173, 230 Smith, Allen 28, 36, 122 Steel, John 1-2 Stonecypher, James 110, 136, 138-146, 151-156, 181-182, 195-203, 241, 277-281, 368-371, 400-403 Wall, Drewry 248-250 Watts, Joseph [also Wats] 108, 176-180, 185-186B, 190-192, 232, 285-286 Watts, Lidea 176 Webster, William B. 121 Woods, Thomas M. 10, 13, 14, 25-26, 27, 41, 57, 78, 104, 158-159 ORPHANS NAMED: PAGES DECEASED PARENT MINOR(S) ----- --------------- -------- 56 Franklin, Benjamin Albert Franklin 135 Jones, James John Jones b. 06 Jul 1838 Adaline Jones b. 07 Feb 1845 James Knox Polk Jones b. 08 Aug 1843 57 Langston, Wm. D. Adaline Langston Martha Evaline Langston James Ira Langston William D. Langston 184 McCurley, Elisabeth Samuel McCurley 28 Smith, Allen James A. Smith 121 Webster, William B. James A. Webster Archibald M. Webster SLAVES NAMED: PAGES DECEASED OWNER SLAVE(S) ----- -------------- -------- 335-6 Coffee, Edward Negro boy, Moze Negro girl, Huldah Negro girl, Betty Ann Negro boy, Aaron Negro girl, Harriet Negro boy, Marshal Negro girl, Nerve Child, Milo [child of Nerve] 361 Kelly, John Ned, Negroman Elizabeth [aka Lis] Child [not named] MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS: Page 48: August Term 1852, 10% of state tax collected set aside for poor school fund Page 50: W. W. Paine authorized to receive poor school funds from state Page 108: 1854, ordered that a percentage of the state tax go to poor school fund Page 108: James [no surname], John F. Smith and Marcus L. King appointed trustees of the poor school of Tallulah Dist. Page 108: Christopher Smith, Jacob Gables and Edley P. Jones appointed trustees of the poor school of Tiger Dist. Page 137: Ordered that the tax collector lay ten percent on the State tax for poor school purposes Page 159: Ordered that Edward Coffee be authorized to receive from the Governor a warrant upon the Treasurer of the State for the distribution of the poor school fund for 1855 ==================================================================== Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dawn Watson http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00003.html#0000643 ====================================================================