Schley County GaArchives Photo Document.....St. Elmo 1881, McElmurray Vs Chapman 
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GEORGIA, SCHLEY COUNTY

To all and singular the constables of said county to execute and return.

946th Dist. G.M.  Greeting the defendant A.S. Chapman you are here by required 
to be and appear at the next justice court to be held in and for said county 
and dist on the second Saturday in June next at St. Elmo by 10 o'clock AM to 
answer the complaint of J.H. McElmurray in a plea of debt by two notes for one 
hundred dollars or in default the court will proceed as to justice shall 
appertain here in fail not.  Given under my hand and seal this May 15th 1882.

Stephen Murray, J.P. (L.S.)


$50.00  August 27th 1881
On or before the 1st day of October next I promise to pay J.H. McElmurray or 
bearer fifty dollars with interest at 5 per cent per annum from date if not 
promptly paid and 10 per cent on the amount for Attorneys fees for collecting 
which the parties to this agree to pay and they waive and renounce the right 
to homestead exemption in their property as against this contract for value 
received.
A.S. Chapman


$50.00  Taylor County Ga  Sep 13th 1881
On or before the first day of October next I promis to pay to J.H. McElmurray 
or bearer fifty dollars with interest at 8 percent per annum from date if not 
promptly paid and ten percent on the amount for attorneys fees for collecting 
which the parties to this agree to pay and they waive and renounce their right 
to homestead and exemption in their property as against this contract for 
value received.
A.S. Chapman
witness, J.W. Barnes (his mark)


(Notations on the document sleeve) 
Received on the written note ten dollars Oct. 12 1881.
Received on the written note eighteen dollars this Feb. 6th 1882.

I served a copy of the within on the Defendant at his notorius place of abode 
this May the 27th 1882.
S.W. Bryant, Const.


Additional Comments:
I found this document of interest primarily because of the mention of St. Elmo 
as the location of the court in the 946th Georgia Militia District.  We know 
that Stephen Murray's court house was located at what is today known as the 
Concord community (photo at 
http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/schley/photos/concordc312nph.jpg ) and we 
also know that it was later referred to as Beulah and "Schley."  This fits in 
the correct time frame for what little we know about St. Elmo.  It is found on 
an 1881 map of Schley county which can be viewed at 

http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/schley/photos/documents/ph2354schleyco.jpg

Also of interest is the plaintiff in this action.  James H. McElmurray was 
murdered by a negro man in 1886, just a few years after this proceeding.  The 
death was later ruled justifiable homicide as self defense.  James H. 
McElmurray is buried in an unmarked grave at Philippi cemetery very near what 
was once called St. Elmo.

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