Court/Probate: Probate of the Will of Miles Buford, Claiborne Parish, LA  
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	To the Hon. Judge of the Parish Court in and for the Parish of Claiborne, State of 
Louisiana. Your Petitioner, Decatur J. Buford resident of the Parish of Claiborne and 
testamentary executor of the estate of his father, Miles Buford with respect represents to 
your Hon. Court that Miles Buford, late of your said Parish, deceased, left at his death a 
nuncupative will by public act by which he disposed of his property to his children by his 
second marriage, to wit, your petitioner, D. J, Buford, Thomas Jefferson Buford, F. E. 
Holiday, H. W. Buford, residents of the Parish of Claiborne, State of Louisiana and R. M. 
Buford, resident of Columbia County, Arkansas, all of whom join with the maker of this 
petition.   That by the provisions of the said will James H. Smith was appointed 
testamentary executor but failed to qualify according to law.  That afterwards your 
petitioner, D. J. Buford was appointed by your Hon. Court Testamentary Executor and 
qualified according to law.  Petitioners all agree that for the purposes of carrying into 
effect the provisions of this will it is necessary that it be by your Hon. Court admitted to 
probate and ordered executed.  Petitioners respectfully show that the children by 
decedents first and second wife are a portion of them living in the Parish and a portion in 
Texas.  To Wit Moses Patton, husband of Susan Buford, deceased, William R. Buford, A. 
Armstrong, husband of Emily Buford, deceased, Isaac Frank, husband of Kitty Buford and 
J. P. Buford, residents of Texas.  William Buford son of Christopher Buford and brothers 
and sisters of said William Buford to your petitioner unknown, residents of Madison 
County Missouri.  Nacy Meeks, husband of Eliza Buford, deceased, Almanda Buford, 
wife of John F. Dunn, and Susannah T.  Buford, wife of J. J. Patrick, residents of the 
Parish of Claiborne.

        Petitioners represent that it is necessary that a curator at law be appointed 
to represent the absent children of Miles Buford, deceased.  Wherefore petitioners pray 
that a service here of be made upon Nacy Meeks, husband of Eliza Buford, deceased, John 
F. Dunn, husband of A. Buford, deceased and Susannah T. Buford, wife of J. J. Patrick 
and that a curator at law be appointed to represent the absent heirs upon whom service 
can be made and that they be duly notified to appear at the court house in the town of 
Homer, Parish of Claiborne on Friday the 17th day of May 1878 and there the last will 
and testament of Miles Buford be admitted to probate, that it be ordered executed according 
to law, for allocation orders in the forms necessary and for general relief.

						Young and Vaughn
						Attorneys for Petitioner
 
By reason of law and the foregoing petition it is ordered that due notice of this 
application be given according to law and that Drayton B. Hayes be appointed 
curator at law to represent the absent heirs children and descendants of Miles
Buford, deceased and that service hereof be made upon him.
	
This done and signed in chambers this date, the Tenth day of May AD 1878.
                                                A.J. Scott
                                                Parish Judge


I accept service of the writ in petition, waive notice and all legal delays and formalities.  
This the 11th day of May, 1878.		
						Susannah T. Patrick
						Nacy Meeks
						John F. Dunn




I accept service of this notice and forgoing petition and waive notice and other legal 
formalities, this the 10th day of May 1878.

						Drayton B. Hayes 

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