SCOTLAND COUNTY, NC - WILLS - Eli Gibson Estate 1907 ============================================================================ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the North Carolina USGenWeb Archives by: Dianne Duncan dianne_duncan@yahoo.com ============================================================================ Eli Gibson Estate 1907 North Carolina Scotland county To H.H. Covington, Clerk of Superior Court of Scotland county, we M.F. Gibson and W.F. Gibson executors of the will of the late Eli Gibson do submit the following executory of the articles of Personal Property. Viz. One buggy and harness $ 25.00 One rent note $200.00 One note for borrowed money $410.00 Cash in Gibson Bank $180.00 Cash in Laurinburg Savings Bank $1600.00 Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 15th day of April, 1907 M.F. Gibson W.F. Gibson Executors [Executors were probably his son, Millard Fillmore Gibson, and son in law William F Gibson, husband of Christian Gibson, and son of Noah Gibson - DD] Inventory To HH Covington C.S.C. Filed Apl 16, 1907 Recorded in Records Of Accounts Book No 1 Page 261 H.H. Covington C.S.C. North Carolina In Superior Court Scotland County Before the Clerk, In the matter of the Administration of the Estate of Eli Gibson, deceased, by M.F. Gibson and W.F. Gibson, Executors, Final Account Receipts ----------- Cash on deposit in Bank of Gibson at death of deceased, $180.00 Cash received from M.F. Gibson from sale of buggy, 25.00 Cash on deposit in Savings Bank at death of deceased, 1600.00 Cash received from M.F. Gibson on note and interest, 433.67 Cash received interest on deposit in Savings Bank, 64.96 Total receipts, $2503.63 Disbursements. Paid burial expenses of deceased, $ 60.00 Paid Dr. McLean, medical acct. 40.00 Paid Kelley Hunsucker for livery acct, 2.00 Paid W.H. Gibson for stones for grave of deceased, 60.00 Paid H.H. Covington, C.S.C. fees for probate of will and 4.70 filing inventory Paid Laurinburg Exchange for publishing Execr. Notice, 3.00 Paid for publication of Obituary of deceased, 2.30 Paid Mrs. A.P. Fletcher for board of deceased three mos. 30.00 Paid Mrs. A.P. Fletcher for extra services to deceased, 25.00 Paid W.D. McLaurin, taxes for 1907, 22.24 Paid Notary Public fees for Power of Attorney 2.00 Paid Pee Dee Advocate for advertisement of land sale, 5.00 Paid Laurinburg Exchange for publishing land sale, 3.00 Paid Red springs Citizens for advertising land sale, 3.00 Paid Robesoneon for advertising land sale, 5.00 Paid Robeson County taxes, 1907 15.90 Paid M.F. Gibson, expenses in connection with sale of land, 1.28 Paid W.F. Gibson, expenses in connection with land sale, 6.40 Paid Gibson & Russell, for legal services, 15.00 Paid H.H. Covington, C.S. fees in final account, 8.30 Paid Executors 5% Com on $2503.63 receipts, 125.18 Paid Executors 5% Com. On $312,82 disbursements, 15.64 Total Disbursements, $453.64 Balance on hand for distribution $2049.99 Distributed as follows: Paid to Mrs. Maggie Peele $186.36 Paid to Mrs. Christian Gibson $186.36 Paid to Mrs. Elizabeth Fletcher $186.36 Paid to Mrs. Julia Fletcher $186.36 Paid to Mrs. Lucinda Lytch $186.36 Paid to Mrs. Hattie F. Morgan $186.36 Paid to Mrs. Ann $186.36 Paid to Mrs. Annie Smith $186.36 Paid to D.W. Gibson $186.36 Paid to M.F. Gibson $186.36 Paid to J.D. Gibson $186.36 Paid to W.E.Gibson $186.36 North Carolina Scotland County I, H.H. Covington, Clerk Superior Court for Scotland County, do hereby certify that M.F. Gibson and W.F. Gibson personally appeared before me this day and being by me duly sworn, each for himself doth say; That they are the Executors of the Last Will and Testament of Eli Gibson, deceased, that the foregoing and attached statement of Final Account is a true, correct and accurate statement of all the receipts and disbursements and expenditures made by them as such Executors and a statement of the distribution by them of the funds of said estate among the legatees and devisees of said will according to the terms of said will, and that they have fully and finally administered their said trust and ask that they be discharged from their said trust. W.F. Gibson M.F. Gibson Sworn to and subscribed before me this 1 day of January, 1908 H.H. Covington Clerk Superior Court, North Carolina Scotland County, The foregoing and attached statement of final account having been filed with me by M.F. Gibson and W.F. Gibson, the executors of the will of Eli Gibson, deceased, and having been by me carefully revised and audited, is hereby adjudged to be in all things correct and according to law and it appearing that said executors have fully and finally administered said estate, it is hereby ordered that they be discharged from their trust as such executors. Witness my hand this 1 day of Jany, 1908. H.H. Covington Clerk Superior Court,