BATH COUNTY, KY ESTATE SETTLEMENT: Stancliff/Standcliff Family

BATH COUNTY, KENTUCKY ESTATE SETTLEMENT BOOK 1, page 148-150
An Administration Settlement dated Oct. 31, 1853 submitted an account of the 
settlement of the estate of James C. Stanclift to this date.
John L. Richards, Administrator and Charles Whitington, Guardian of James' minor 
children Margaret and Lewis, presented their accounts.  There was no mention in 
any of these documents of a widow.
The document listed the amount gained by a sale of property held on Jul. 27, 1852 
with terms allowing twelve months for payment.  Other assets included the notes 
owed to the estate, a stand of wheat and thirty five yard of linen and minor 
collections of monies owed to the Estate produced a total asset of $1043.47  
Taxes and bills in the amount of $165.33 reduced the total to 844.45.  Distributions 
were made- $35.55 to Susan one of his heirs, $22.30 to Margaret one of his heirs, 
and $20.00 to Lewis one of his heirs.  

page 186 
A Guardian report by Charles Whitington, Guardian of Susan, Margaret and Lewis 
was submitted to the Bath County Court on  Feb. 13, 1854 indicated a balance of 
$729.70 but seemed to include a few notes not yet collected.
page 364 
A Guardian report by Charles Whitington submitted to the office of Thos B. Gordon, 
presiding Judge of the Bath County Court on Feb. 7, 1855 contained detailed accounts 
of expenditures made in behalf of each of his wards.  $504.37 in assets remained.  
"The Guardian States that a number of the claims for money due his wards inventoried 
and filed have yet yealded nothing & he has only to report them Still in his hands 
he also has to report a Decree against by W. Mcdonald for the sum of $240 odd Dollars 
with interest which will Sometime Shortly be realized for the wards Guardian claims 
no commision."   The document was accepted and recorded March 12, 1855

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