Harlan County Court Order Excerpts, Howard Guardianship Submitted by: Tim & Valorie Taylor Spence ] October 1887 Proof being made in open court that Katherine Howard has been keeping cuul had in charge Katherine Howard the child of William G. Howard and Mary Howard who are both dead and said child Katherine was only 2 years old when she first took the child and that said Katherine Howard has kept the said child about 3 years. It is ordered and appears to the court that Katherine Howard owes the estate of William G.Howard deceased two notes. One One hundred and twenty dollars. It is therefore ordered and adjudged that said Katherine Howard be allowed One hundred and fifty dollars for keeping the said infant child three years and the amount be as a credit upon the note she owes the estate of said William G. Howard. -------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genelaogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.