MARY WOOD ANDERSON

Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by Sherry Gritzbaugh, 2/2000
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Tutorship of the heirs of Mary A. Wood Decd:
Petition and Account: Filed: July 3rd., 1867
Reads in part:
To the Hon. the Judge of the Eleventh Judical Dist. Court in & 
for the Parish of Union & State of Louisiana. The Petition of
James M. Anderson, Adm. of the succession of Henry P.
Anderson decd...respectfully represents, That in obedience to the
order of the Court requiring the rendition of the account of Tutorship
of said Anderson and said heirs of Mary A. Wood decd, former wife
of said Anderson & the said heirs of their marriage. Petitioner
farther shows that the said tutorship commenced upon the death
of Mary A. Wood decd. in July 9th. 1847 but that the said Henry P.
Anderson never rendered any account of the same up to the time
of his death which took place in 1866. That Petitioner has not been
able to discover among the papers of said decd or any where
else, any vouchers or other evidences of the amounts paid out by
said Tutor for the minors, nor of the amounts received by him for
them and & petitioner has therefore been compelled to make an
estimate of the revenues of the property of said minors. That the
said Tutor conducted his affairs and raised his family with the
strictest economy - That nearly every thing that was consumed by
the family was raised or made at home. And the children received
their education at home. That the children were raised to work &
that their services were valuable contributed greatly to their support
during the period of the tutorship. Petitioner further represents
that he has not taken into consideration in making out the account
the receipts or settlements referred to in the petition of Eliza Anderson
and husband for the order under which this account is rendered, but
has disregarded said entirely, for the reason that the same were
nullities the said PRETENDED receipts having been given by this
petitioner in his personal capacity & by the said E. A. Anderson and
husband. Tutor had never rendered any account of his tutorship, nor
submitted any vouchers, which the law required before any valid
settlement could be made with his wards- And the said receipts were
also absolutely null for the further reason that the amount of said
receipts were not for money or any other valuable consideration but
for a part of the negroes which had belonged to petitioner and the
other heirs of Mary A. Wood decd. being those which they inherited
from their mother as aforesaid and which negroes if then slaves would
have been freed when slavery was abolished in the state of Louisiana.
Petitioner further shows that he closed the account of tutorship with
the balance due July 7th 1861 with legal interest for the time that
his reasons for this were that the late war at that time had commenced
and crops were consumed or used for the support of the army. Wherefore
petitioner prays that notices of the filing of this account may be approved
and homologated in all of its parts. Petitioner further prays
for such future orders and decrees as may be necessary in the 
premisesand for all general and quitable relief.

James M. Anderson, Adm. 
in the estate of H.P. Anderson decd.

Union Parish, La.
March 18, 1865
Received of H. P. Anderson my father my proatto share of property
inherited by my mother Mary Anderson consisting of negroes, money
and stock, and house hole furniture & valued at three thousand
six hundred & fifty dollars.
James M. Anderson

Union Parish, La.
March 18, 1865
Received of H. P. Anderson my fathermy protto share of property
inherited by my mother Mary Anderson consisting of negroes, money
and stock and house hold furniture & caluded at thee thousand six
hundred and fifty dollars.
E. A. Payne
D. M. Payne

ACCOUNT OF THE TUTORSHIP OF THE HEIRS OF MARY A.
WOOD DECD & issue of her marriage with Henry P. Anderson
decd rendered by James M. Anderson, Adm. of Henry P. Anderson,
having been Tutor to the siad heirs viz: James M. Anderson, Eliza
Allice Anderson, Sarah F. Anderson and William Henry Anderson
from the death of their mother on the 7th. day of July, 1847. The
Tutor is chargable with the amt. rec'd from sale of sales belonging
to Mary A. Wood.

An inventory was made and 1/2 value of the personal value of 
property received from the Tutor, March 18, 1865 with five percent
interest per annum, the amount due was twelve thousand one
hundred sixty seven dolars and seventy one cents.


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Contributor's Comments:

Mary Wood was a daughter of Hannah Payne and Matthew Wood, early pioneers of 
Union Parish, Louisiana.

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