Succession of William E. Adams, 1815, East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

Prepared and submitted by Claude B. Slaton, Baker, Louisiana, 09/10/98









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Also see his notes about his East Feliciana Parish extraction project.

Submission divided into separate files, Jun 4, 2004 by Annette Womack







File Designation: Adams, William E. (1815)

Wife: Elizabeth Adams



File 4, Doc 1



Inventory and estimation of the estate of William E. Adams,

dec'd, jointly with Samuel Adams. Before L. C. Griffith,

Feliciana Parish Judge. Estimators, Edmund Harris and Phillip

Waltman. Witnesses, Thomas Williams and [blank]. Dated 12 May 1815.



40 hogs, $50.00; 12 cattle, $96.00; negro woman Patience and

her children, George and Lewis, $700.00; one tract of land,

300 arpents on Black Creek, "the titles to which are not complete",

$600.00; a note of Bailey Chainey, $244.00; "a claim on the United

States for Service of William E. Adams as a soldier, Amount not

ascertained, supposed to be $80.00"; cash, $38.00.



[signed] Edmund (mark) Harris, Phillip Waltman, Llewellyn C.

Griffith, P.J.

Witnesses [signed] Thomas (mark) Williams, Samuel (mark) Adams



[on reverse] Certified to be a true copy of the original,

4 March 1816, John H. Johnson, P.J.



File 4, Doc 2



Petition to Feliciana Parish Judge by Samuel Adams, "curator

of the estate of William E. Adams", states that Samuel Adams

has settled the estate, and is entitled to 1/2 of it, "the same

property having been given by their father to them jointly,

which he is ready to prove." He further asks to be discharged

as curator. John H. Johnson, P.J., sets 16 September 1816 as

the date for the examination of the estate papers, after due

notice is given in the "Florida Sentinel". Judge's decision

dated 17 August 1816.



Certified to be a true copy, by John H. Johnson, P.J., 6 November 1816.



File 4, Doc 3



A list of debts paid out of the estate. The only ones listed

here are those that had someone's name on them.



Debts paid from the estate by Samuel Adams, curator, to: Christopher

Gayle, William Reams, Mrs. Bradford, Edmund Harris, George Bohanon,

Thomas Williams, John Peterson, Sarah Adams, widow of the deceased,

Phillip Waltman, Thomas Landplair, Robert Owens, Marshey Tuningtine[?],

Judge Griffith, "Judge Johnson for his tutorship", Daniel Waltman.

All stated to have been paid in the year 1815.



Certified to be a true copy by John H. Johnson, P.J., on 5 November

1816. Inventory dated 17 August 1816.



File 4, Doc 4



A list of claims allowed, after examination by the court. Same

as Doc 3, with the following differences: "Ann Bradford" instead

of "Mrs. Bradford"; James M. Bradford (not on #3); "Martha Tarrington"

instead of "Marshey Tuningtine". Signed by John H. Johnson, P.J.,

5 November 1816.



[on reverse] Filed by F. A. Browder, clerk, 8 April 1817.



File 4, Doc 5



A much more detailed listing of the debts and credits of the joint

estate of William E. and Samuel Adams. The final accounting shows a

balance due to the heirs of William E. Adams of $154.47 1/2, "exclusive

of Eighty Dollars (more or less) noted in the Inventory of the Joint

Estates, as Wages due from the United States, for military services

rendered by the said William E. Adams during the invasion of the

State by the British."



Certified to be a true copy of the original, by John Hunter Johnson,

P.J., 4 April 1817.