TALBOT COUNTY GA  Estate of JAMES MASON - Slave division - 1861


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 insights@ntr.net  Susan Jinnett-Sack

Georgia
Talbot County


By virtue of an order of the Honorable Superior Court
of said county issued the 25th of September last to
us directed authorizing and requiring us to make
distribution of the negro property of the Estate of
James Mason deceased, not already conveyed by Trust,
among the distributees of said Estate.  We proceeded
on this day to the discharge of that duty and submit
the following as the results.

These being  Eight distributees to said Estate to
wit:  MARTHA C. STANFORD, DORINDA C. FELTS, HENRIETTA
M. MASON (now BREEDLOVE) ANTOINETTE V. COPELAND,
represented by WM. M. ADAMS, CORDELIA A. HARRIS,
MARILLA I. ADAMS, LEONIDAS B. MASON, represented by
EDGAR BUTTS, Esq., and MARY E MASON represented by
D.I. CASSETER(?) guardian, we divided the said
property into Eight Shares numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8 which being drawn for by lot in the usual way
were assigned to the distributees as follows



Share No 1 to ANTOINETTE V. COPELAND   consisting of
one negro man named FRED valued at $1100 and a girl
named SAVANNAH valued at $450.

Share No 2 to HENRIETTA M MASON consisting of a negro
man named JOE valued at $1250

Share No 3 to MARILLA O ADAMS consisting of a negro
man named RILEY valued at $1500

Share No 4 to LEONIDIES B MASON represented by E.
BUTTS Esq consisting of a negro man named REUBEN
valued at $1500

Share No 5 to MARTHA C STANFORD consisting of a negro
girl named AMERICA valued at $1400

Share No 6 to DARINDA C MASON consisting of a negro
woman named ELMIRA and two children named BURREL  and
REUBEN all valued at $1800

Share No 7 to MARY E MASON represented by D.I.
CASSETER consisting of a negro man named FRIDAY
valued at $500 and a girl named JUNE valued at $750
amounting in all to $1250

Share No 8 to C.A.W. HARRIS consisting of a girl
named MARRION valued at $1000 

SPECIFIC LEGACIES

1. To L.B. MASON  a man named HENRY valued at $1500

2. To HENRIETTA M BREEDLOVE a boy named MITCHELL
valued at $1300

3. To M.E. MASON a boy named RUFFIN  valued at $1200.


L.B. MASON pays to M.E. MASON $1.50

Estate pays to HENRIETTA M BREEDLOVE $50

In the general distribution

No. 6 pays to No 8 $393.75

No 1 pays to No 2 $143.75

No 3 pays to No 7 $93.75

No 4 pays to No 7 $2.50

No 4 pays to No 8 $12.50

No 4 pays to No 2 $12.50

No 2 pays to No 5 $0.25


Done by us the Commissioners whose names are hereto
subscribed and returned to WILLIAM I FELTS and JAS.
W. STANFORD Trustees on the Estate of JAS MASON dec'd
this the 8th Nov 1860



JNO S SEARCY

D.I. CASSETER

W.H. SEARCY

WM. HEATH



I do hereby certify that the above commissioners were
sworn to perform their duties as commissioners
according to Law this 8th day of November 1860.



DENNIS L DOWNS JP



January 9, 1861 filed in Office

MARION BETHUNE,



March Term approved and ordered to record

MARION BETHUNE



Recorded April 8th 1861

MARION BETHUNE

This document was copied from the volume entitled
Appraisements 1855-1866, for Talbot County, found in
the County Courthouse Probate Office, right wall, 5th
bin in, bottom shelf.  This document is recorded on
pages 336-337.  Susan Jinnett-Sack;  courthouse
visit, July, 1999.