Taliaferro County GaArchives Court.....Cunningham, Elizabeth C. Darracott (Estate Receipt) March 25, 1839
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Rhoda Taylor Fone http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00012.html#0002953 June 4, 2005, 9:27 pm

Source: Taliaferro County, Georgia Estate Receipts – 1836-1898
Written: March 25, 1839
Recorded: May 9, 1839


LDS Film No. 0220605
Taliaferro County, Georgia Estate Receipts – 1836-1898
Pages 11-13

Crawfordville Ga – March 25th 1839
This acknowledges that on Settlement had in right OF MY WIFE ELIZABETH C. 
CUNNINGHAM AND FORMERLY ELIZABETH C. DARRICOTT – WITH JAMES B. DARRICOTT AS 
GUARDIAN of said Elizabeth C. touching the property of said Elizabeth C. so 
received by him and in his hands as guardian as aforesaid he has accounted for 
and delivered the following negroes to wit Henry a man Linsey a woman and her 
two children Harrison and Wright[?] being four in all which negroes were 
received by said James B – as guardian as aforesaid of the admr on the ESTATE 
OF WILLIAM MASON of La. Decd. at the sum of thirty five Hundred and Eighty five 
Dollars or in lieu of three promissory notes for Eleven Hundred and ninety five 
Dollars each and due respectively on the seventeenth day of February Eighteen 
Hundred and thirty eight [note from Rhoda – maybe something missing here] Nine 
and forty making in the aggregate the said sum of Thirty five hundred and 
Eighty five Dollars the same being part of the distributive portion of the 
estate of said William Mason Decd. to which said Elizabeth C. is entitled and 
which negroes have by me been conveyed and delivered given to Thomas Chaffin by 
Deed to hold in trust for the sole and separate use &c. of the said Elizabeth 
C. for and during her natural life.   And also that I have in the right of my 
wife as aforesaid received of the said James B. guardian as aforesaid the sum 
of two Hundred and thirty five Dollars in full for the hire of said negroes 
until the twenty fifth day of December next as well as an order in writing from 
the said James B. to the Cashier and officers of the H O [sic- see note below] 
Canal and Banking Company of La for a note deposited by said James B. in said 
Bank for the sum of Eight Hundred and thirty four Dollars $834.00 and which 
Note was received by the said James B. as guardian as aforesaid as the full 
distributive portion to which the said Elizabeth C. was entitled in THE ESTATE 
OF HER UNCLE WILLIAM MASON OF MI DECD. the said negroes at the sum and in lieu 
&c. as aforesaid with their said Hire and the said Eight Hundred and Thirty 
four dollars note being all the property or intire Interest of the said 
Elizabeth C. TO WHICH SHE WAS ENTITLED IN THE ESTATES OF HER GRAND FATHER 
WILLIAM MASON OF LA DECEASED AND HER UNCLE WILLIAM MASON OF MI DECED so far as 
upon said Settlement is represented by said James B. to have been collected by 
him or have come into his hands as guardian as aforesaid, I having(?) in said 
Settlement paid and satisfied said James B. in full for all his costs and 
charges against the said Elizabeth C. as well for bond &c. as for his monies 
and interest thereon &c. by him paid out and expended in and about the getting 
said property so accounted for as aforesaid.  
/s/  W. A. CUNNINGHAM (seal)
Test: John E. King
John G. Roberts (J J C)
Recorded May the 9th 1839
/s/  Chesley Bristow  Clk.

[Note from Rhoda:  H O Canal and Banking Company of La mentioned above, was 
actually N O Canal and Banking Company – New Orleans Canal and Banking Company.]



Additional Comments:
Elizabeth C. Darracott was born about 1823 in Alabama, daughter of James B. 
Darracott and his first wife, Miss Mason.  She married William A. Cunningham, 
February 2, 1839 in Taliaferro Co.  

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