PROBATE RECORDS OF MARTIN LUTHER BOOP (1858 - 1934); FURNAS COUNTY, NEBRASKA As transcribed from the original documents by the submitter. Submitted to the USGenWeb Nebraska Archives, March, 1998, by William J Scheidegger (regge1@att.net) USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial researchers, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for presentation in any form by any other organization or individual. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must obtain express written permission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist. *************** MARTIN LUTHER BOOP, son of JACOB BOOP and ELIZA (TIBBENS) BOOP, was born in Union County, PA. 7 Apr 1858. Martin lived in Richardson Co. from 1870 to 1906, Furnas Co. 1906 until death, 1934. In the County Court of Furnas County, Nebraska In the matter of the Estate ) ) of ) Decree of Distribution and Decent. ) MARTIN L. BOOP, deceased ) May 3. 1935, the Petition of W.F. BOOP, administrator of the estate of MARTIN L. BOOP, deceased, for Final Settlement, came on for hearing. The court finds, that all costs of administration and claims against said estate have been paid; that said estate is not liable for an inheritance or estate tax; that there is no personal property on hand for distribution; that the report of the administrator should be approved; that the said MARTIN L. BOOP, deceased, died on the 22nd day of October, 1934, intestate, leaving surviving him as his only heirs at law; MARVIN T. BOOP and WILLIAM F. BOOP, sons, CARRIE SCHEIDEGGER, PEARL THOMAS, EDITH SCHEIDEGGER, LILLY MEYERS, OLLIE WORRELL, MABLE STREETEN and ELLEN HEDGES, daughters, and GUY BOOP and HAZEL HYKE, grandchildren, children of a deceased son of said MARTIN L. BOOP, deceased and seized in fee of the southwest quarter (SW1/4) of section one (1), township two (2) north, range twenty-three (23) west of the sixth principal meridian, Furnas County, Nebraska. It is therefore ordered by the Court that the report of W.F. BOOP, administrater be approved, that the said estate is not liable for an inheritance or estate tax; that the said eatate has been fully administered; and that an undivided one-tenth of the above described real estate be assigned to the said Marvin T. Boop, William F. Boop, Carrie Scheidegger, Edith Scheidegger, Pearl Thomas, Lillie Meyers, Ollie Worrell, Mable Streeten and Ellen Hodges, and an undivided one- twentieth thereof to Guy Boop and Hazel Hyke, as tennants in common. J.M. Mohney County Judge The following is a Western Union sent to my mother, CARRIE E. SCHEIDEGGER in 1935 from W.F. Boop, her brother. Received from A.L. Christain as part payment on land $1391.72 Distributed as follows; Interest on Federal Land Bank mortage $30.00 1934 real estate taxes 41.72 L.G. Harper, commission on land sale, Abstracts & Deed expense and revenue stamps for deed, 103.50 Hardman Lumber Co., claim allowed against the estate 3.95 E.E. Hopping, claim allowed against estate, 1.15 E.E. Hopping & Co., funeral expenses, 246.50 S.J. Price, claim allowed against eatate, 5.50 R.T. Guy, claim allowed against estate, 5.50 Dr. F.H. Brown, claim allowed against estate, 30.00 Roy Young, claim allowed against estate, 6.70 Mt. Hope Cemetery Ass'n, claim allowed against estate, 59.00 L.C. Harper, claim allowed against estate, 13.00 S.D.W. Hedges, clain allowed against estate, 200.00 E.E. Van Cleve, Attorney fee, 25.00 County Judge, probate fee, 25.00 Times-Tribune for legal notices in estate, 12.22 County Clerk for recording probate decree, 1.50 A.T. Nickerson, appraisers fee, 1.00 W.E. Bratt, appraisers fee, 1.00 A.T. Nickerson, witness fee on hearing of Hedges claim, 1.10 T.F. Newton, same 1.10 Palmer Brothers Granite Co., for head stone and work, 50.00 Marvin T. Boop, 47.10 Carrie Scheidegger, 47.10 Pearl Thomas, 47.10 Edith Scheidegger, 47.10 Lilly Meyers, 47.10 Ollie Worrell, 47.10 William F. Boop, 47.10 Mable Streeten, 47.10 Ellen Hodges, 47.10 Guy Boop, 23.55 Hazel Hyke, 23.55 W.F. Boop, administrater commission fees allowed by law, 36.26 1391.72 1391.72