Copiah-Claiborne County MsArchives Court.....Foster, Et Al., James  January 23, 1850
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Source: Copiah County Loose Probate Records
Written: January 23, 1850

The State of Mississippi
Copiah County
In the probate court of said County, at the January Term 1850.
Personally appeared in Open Court at the above term, William Foster of Sumpter
County in the State of Georgia, and William T. Foster of the County of Copiah
and Shem T. Foster of Sumpter County Georgia, who being duly sworn on their
oaths, respectively say that James M. Foster who appears before this Court as
the heir and executor of the noncupative last will and Testament of James
Foster, late of this County, deceased, is the identical James Foster named as
the heir of William Foster of Sumpter County Georgia near Pontown Post Office,
and heir of the said deceased. 
Sworn and subscribed in 
Open Court this 23rd January 1850
ED Brown clk

William Foster
William T. Foster
Shem T. Foster

Copiah Co., Mississippi
Est of James Foster Decd
Pet. of F. T. Foster
for div of real estate
Hon. M. H. Peyton Judge of the Probate 
Court of Copiah County State of Mississippi
The petition of Felix T. Foster respectfully --?-- that James Foster died in the
year 1837 seized and possessed of the following tract of land situate in the
county of Copiah aforesaid to wit; the North half of Lot 2 and the north half of
Lot 3 in section 28 township eleven range five east containing 89 88/100 acres
and that the said James Foster left surviving him the following children --
Sarah Foster and Nancy A. Foster residents of Copiah county state of
Mississippi; Shem T. Foster and your petitioner Tabitha Foster and Rebecca
Harlan since deceased and who left the following children -- Lewis Harlan,
Martha B. Harlan, Nancy O. Harlan and the last two being minors A. W. Harlan and
S. W. Harlan non-residents of the state of Mississippi. You petitioner shows
that he is (illegible) of Shem T. Foster's interest in said land by a deed of
conveyance from him duly executed and recorded and that he is the guardian of
Martha B. and Nancy O. Harlan  . . . 
F. T. Foster
4 December 1866

Tabitha Foster Claiborne
Lewis Harlan Claiborne
Martha B. Harlan (minor) Claiborne
Nancy O. Harlan (minor) Claiborne
Sarah Foster and Nancy A. Foster Copiah
AW Harlan & SW Harlan non-residents

Sales Bill of the personal property of James Foster late of Copiah County, State
of Mississippi, deceased . . .
Purchasers Names
Levi Foster
Jacob B. Reid
Sarah Foster
Tabitha Foster
Nancy Foster


Additional Comments:
There is a large file of loose papers concerning this James Foster. I haven't
been able to trace his family yet, but I suspect he's related to the Foster
(Forrester) family that came from Georgia and settled in Claiborne Co.,
Mississippi in the early decades of the 1800s. 

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ms/copiah/court/fosteret121gwl.txt

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