WALKER COUNTY, GA - COURT 12 Months Support Amandy Colquitt Widow of H. B. Colquitt dec’d Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Troy Colquitt Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/walker.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Application for 12 Months Support By Amandy Colquitt Widow of H. B. Colquitt dec’d Filed in office This March 22nd /89 W. B. Foster July Term 1889 Order granted W. B. Foster Ordy Recorded on record of Years Support page 29 Book 1 Petition for 12 months support State of Georgia, Walker County To the Honorable Court of Ordinary of said County: The petition of Mrs. Mandy Colquitt Respectfully showeth that H. B. Colquitt late of said County, departed this life on the 9th day of Feby 1889, leaving your Petitioner, his widow, and Two minor children surviving him, and she prays your Honorable Court in conformity with the statute in such case made and provided, to appoint five discreet and proper persons to act as appraisers in setting apart to your petitioner and her Two minor children, as aforesaid, the sum necessary in their judgment for support and maintenance for the space of twelve months from the death of the said H. B. Colquitt of your petitioner and her children, either in money or such property as may be selected by your petitioner at a fair valuation to be made by said appraisers . And also, to set apart a sufficient amount of household furniture for the use of your petitioner and her children. And, further, to require said appraisers to return to you for record their proceedings. And your petitioner will ever pray, & c. & petitioner further shows that there is no administration on said Estate & said Estate is worth $500 or less you will set it all aside for said support. Amanda Colquitt Walker Court of Ordinary, At Chambers Feby 25 1889. Upon the foregoing application of Mandy Colquitt the widow of H. B. Colquitt deceased, for the appointment of appraisers to set apart to said widow and her Two minor children, a sum necessary for their support and maintenance for the space of twelve months out of the estate of said H. B. Colquitt deceased, and, also, to set apart for the use of said widow and children a sufficient amount of household furniture. It is ordered that J. F. Fricks, Newton Powell, Newton Johnson, John Johnson and Peter W. Kilgore be and they are hereby appointed appraisers, and they, or a majority of them, are hereby empowered to set off and assign to the said Mandy Colquitt widow of H. B. Colquitt deceased , late of said County, and her Two minor children, out of the estate of said deceased, a sum necessary for the support and maintenance of said widow and children for the space of twelve months; and, also, a sufficient amount of household furniture for the use of said widow and children. And the said sum so set apart as aforesaid to be either in money or such property as the said widow may select, at a fair valuation, to be made by said appraisers. Further ordered, that said appraisers return to me for record all their proceedings in the premises. Given under my hand and official signature, this 25th day of February 1889. W. B. Foster Ordinary Georgia, Walker County. I do hereby certify that the above appraisers were sworn to perform their duty according to law, this day of 6th March 1889 Peter W. Kilgore Georgia, Walker County. To the Honorable Court of Ordinary of said County: We, the undersigned, appointed by the honorable the Ordinary of said County of Walker to assses and set apart a sum necessary for the support and maintenance of the widow and minor children of H. B. Colquit deceased, for the space of twelve months, either in money or such property as the said widow may select, do report, that we have assessed and set apart as being necessary for the support and maintenance of said widow and children the sum------------- ------------- Dollars, which the said widow has selected to take as follows:--------------------------- One sorrel Mare 9 years old $50.00 Plow & Gear 1.00 Carpenter tools 5.00 80 acres of land No. 125 in 11 Dist 4 section 250.00 ----------- 306.00 And we also set apart the following household furniture for the use of said widow and children: 2 Beds steads & Furniture $20.00 Sewing Machean 10.00 1 Clock 2.00 --------- 32.00 In Witness Whereof, We have hereto set our hands and seals, this 6th day of March 1889 Walker County Ordy At chambers March 22 /89 ] Peter W. Kilgore ( L. S. ) Read & Considered and ] J. V. Johnson ( L. S. ) It is hereby ordered that ] Newton Powell ( L. S ) Citation issure & be pu-- ] N. G. Johnson ( L. S. ) -blished as required by law W. B. Foster Ordy Court of Ordinary, July , Term, 1889 The report of the appraisers appointed to set apart to the widow and minor children of H. B. Colquitt, deceased the provision allowed by law, being & citation having issure & published as required by law read, and the Court being satisfied that the same is in due form, and properly made, it is ordered that the same be admitted to record, and stand as the judgment of this Court. W. B. Foster Ordy