Court Records: Wood Surname, 1839 - 1854: Jackson County, Indiana Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Wanda Wood Rafiq wrafiq@myfamily.com> ********************************************************************* *** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net ********************************************************************* ** Jackson County, Indiana 15 May 1839 Andrew C. GRIFFITTS as the administrator debonis non(?) of the estate of M G C WOOD dec On Petition to sell VS the heirs & Creditors And now at this time comes the said adr(?) and files the valuation and appraisment of the real estate mentioned in his said petition which seem inspected and approved by the court. Whereupon the said adr files his additional Bond with William MARSHALL and William T OTTO his securities herein in the final sum of $600 conditions according to law which is also approved. And thereupon on motion of the said adr It is ordered adjudged and decreed that the adr sell all and singular the real estate or title thereto or certificates therefor of whatsoever kind as description that he executed such transfers or assignments thereof as may be necessary to invest the same in the purchaser thereof. And it appearing to the court that it would be to the interest of the said estate that the adr sell the said lands & certificates at private sale. Therefore it is ordered and decreed that the said adr as such may sell the said estate or any part thereof either at public or private sale as he may think most to the interest of the estate. If at private sale for not less than the appraisement and if at public sale then the same shall be made persuent to public notice at least four weeks by written advisement. One at the court house door in Brownstown and three others at three of the most public places in this county on a credit of twelve months with interest thereon at the per culum(?) per annum from the day of sale until payment the purchaser giving his bond with good security for the purchase money & this course is p....d. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- 5 Sep 1845 I Jno HAMILTON clerk of the Probate Court in and for the county of Jackson in the state of Indiana, do hereby certify that administration of the goods, chattels, rights, credits, monies and effects which were of Daniel WOOD late of Jackson county, deceased, who died in testate, is granted to Elizabeth WOOD and the said Elizabeth Wood having qualified and given bond as such administratrix is duly authorized to take upon herself the administration of such estate according to law. Witness my hand and seal of said court this 5th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty five. (signed) Jno HAMILTON, Clk --------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- 25 Sep 1850 State of Indiana, Jackson County SS I, William H. EWING Clerk of the Probate Court in and for the County of Jackson in the State of Indiana do hereby certify that administration of the goods, chattels, rights, credits, moneys and effects which were of Daniel WOOD late of Jackson County deceased, who died intestate is granted unto Moses TURPEN and the said Moses TURPEN having qualified and given bond as such administrator is duly authorized to take upon himself the administration of such estate according to law. Witness my hand and the seal of said court this 25th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty. (signed) William H. EWING Clerk --------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- Friday, May 16th A.D. 1851 Moses TURPIN Admin of the Estate of Daniel WOODS dec'd vs Milley WOOD, Polly WOOD, Susan WOOD on Application to Sell Real Estate Now at this time comes the said Administrator an on his motion Joseph WOODY and Moses CALLAHAN two reputable freeholders of the neighborhood where said land is situate are hereby appointed appraisers to appraise the North East quarter of the North West quarter and the North West quarter of the South East quarter of section no 21 in Township six, North of Range [word undecipherable] containing Eighty acres and make their report during the present term of this court .. and now the said Appraisers return into court their report of appraisement, which is in the words and figures following. Towit (Here insert it) which being duly inspected by the court is approved and confirmed. And whereas on the 20th day of March A.D. 1851 the said Moses TURPIN Administrator of the Estate of Daniel WOODS deceased, filed his memonorial[?] setting forth that the personal Estate of the said deceased was insufficient for payment of his debts, and showing sundry messages and tenements which were the Real Estate of the said deceased at the time of his death, and praying on Order of this court for the sale of said Real Estate. And it appearing to the court from the sheriffs return ordered on the writ of Summons herein, that process has been duly served on the said Susan WOOD one of the Defendents herein . more than ten days before the first day of the present term of this court . and it further appearing from said petition that certain of said Defendents namely, Milley WOODS and Polly WOODS are minors under the age of twenty one years. John H BENTON Esq is appointed their Guardian ad [?], who files his answer for said minor defendents in these words and figures Towit (Here Insert it). And it appearing that said Administrator has filed his Bond as required by law on the sum of One hundred and seventy dollars with Joseph WOODY as Security Thereto and conditioned as required by the statute, which Bond is approved by the court . and this cause coming on to be heard and No cause being shown to the contrary . It it is ordered by the court that the said Moses TURPIN Adm as foresaid, be authorized and empowered to sell at private sale the lands above described and in his said position mentioned, at a sum not less than the appraised value thereof. One half of the purchase money to be paid within six, and the residue within twelve months from the day of sale . the purchaser to execute his note with approved security for the payment of such installments as respectively they fall due . and this cause is continued . (next page not available) --------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- Thursday August Term AD 1852 To wit August 12th 1852 Moses TURPIN, Admin of Daniel Wood deceased ON Motion for Settlement. Now comes into court the said administrator and files his account current showing that there came into his hands of assets belonging to said estate the sum of $403.87 and claims credit which is allowed him by the court for $215.27 which leaves a balance in his hands for the payment of debts $188.00 which sum of money is deposited in the clerk's office of this Court by order of the Court, the following claims are on file to wit Edward Kindred $5.00 Paid John Henderson (receipts on file) 118.00 Paid Samuel Smallwood 15.37 Paid Andrew Dodds 2.01 Paid Hickman Henderson 7.00 Paid James Callahan 2.40 Paid D. I. Hostetter in last sickness 10.00 Paid D. I. Hostetter not in last sickness 28.00 Paid Henry Clark ?8.00 Tilghman Shields 16.00 Paid D. H. Long 2.40 Paid William Holland 3.90 Paid Moses Turpin 16.00 Paid Total amount of claim $231.08 The amount of money (Deposited by the Administrator will pay 75 cents to the dollar) --------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- Thursday Morning 9 O'clock Aug 19 1852 Court met pursuant to adjournment Moses Turpen Administrator of Daniel Wood deceased on Application to sell real estate vs The heirs and Creditors Now at this time comes Daniel H LONG Esquire hereto appointed a commissioner to make conveyance of certain lands to James CALLAHAN reports his deed and acknowledges the same in Open Court and the Court after inspecting said deed being satisfied therewith ordered the same to be confirmed and said deed made a part of the record of the case. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- Saturday January 21, 1854, Sixth day of the Jany Term Elizabeth WOOD, Administratrix of The Estate of Daniel WOOD, Deceased Agreed Case And now at this time comes the same Administratrix by LONG her attorney and James RAMEY by John J. CUMMINGS his attorney and in pursuance of an agreement between the said Administratrix and the said RAMEY, and between one William SCOTT which agreements are in the words and figures following to wit. Agreement Number One. Agreement made the 11th day of April 1850 between George SMALLWOOD as agent of Elizabeth WOOD Admx of Daniel WOOD Dec'd on the one part and James RAMEY of the second part. The said SMALLWOOD for and on account of said Admx agrees that this day paid the cost in a certain case which has been for some time pending in the Probate Court & Circuit Court wherein said Admx was the petitioner to sell the real estate of said Daniel WOOD dec'd against the heirs of said descendent of which James RAMEY is one, the parties herein named agree to dismiss said petition or suit the said petitioner to pay all the cost which has accumulated in said case and is to have 40 acres of land out on Guthries Creek which belonged to said Daniel WOOD dec'd and the said RAMEY to have the 90 acres in the bottom where he now lives and forty acres which joins the said tract making 130 acres, which at the next Probate Court in May next is to be by parties herein named to be transferred, a deed, ordered or decreed by said Probate Court to the said RAMEY for his 130 acres. & to Mrs. Elizabeth WOOD for her 40 acres and the parties herein named do not intend to prosecute said petitioner for the sale of the land of D. WOOD dec'd and further and all is agreed to be settled in a peaceable efficient manner. April 11, 1850 (signed) George SMALLWOOD Attest Wm H EWING James RAMEY Be it remembered that I William SCOTT of the county of Jackson in the State of Indiana have purchased of Elizabeth WOOD Administratrix of the estate of Daniel WOOD late of the county of Jackson in the State of Indiana deceased at administratrix sale the following described real estate lying and being in the county of Jackson aforesaid to wit The south east quarter of the ... south west quarter of section thirty two in Township six north of Range three east for the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to be paid to the said Elizabeth WOOD, Administratrix as aforesaid on her make executing and delivering to me a good and sufficient deed of conveyance for the aforesaid real estate it being a part of the real estate of the said Daniel WOOD deceased. Now therefore be it known that the said William SCOTT do hereby release the said Elizabeth WOOD Administratrix as aforesaid from making executing & delivering the aforesaid deed of conveyance and bind myself my heirs to look to and to receive said deed of conveyance from James RAMEY and other heirs of said Daniel WOOD deceased he the said James RAMEY paying the said sum of one hundred and fifty dollars the purchase money aforesaid to the said Elizabeth WOOD the Administratrix aforesaid. Given under my hand and seal this 2nd day of January AD 1854 Witness William SCOTT (seal) [Following part voided] And which by agreement is made a part of the second in the settlement of said estate and to apply to all suits heretofore prosecuted and that may be hereafter instituted in any and all matters embraced within same which agreement is admitted by the court to be so placed upon the second and it also being admitted that the said parties have fully complied with the terms of said agreement The said James RAMEY and the other heirs of the said Daniel WOOD deceased are hereby released from all liabilities to said Administratrix for any and all defects in said estate and from all liabilities thereon and it also appears that said estate is fully administered and there is nothing left for distribution said Administratrix is fully discharged and acquitted from said tract and all liabilities thereon.