WARREN COUNTY OHIO - ESTATE DOCUMENTS: HOPKINS, Joseph (d. 1831) *************************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. *************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Arthur Hopkins Edmonds, WA http://www.seanet.com/~arthopkins/ November 30, 1998 *************************************************************************** These are transcriptions of court documents related to the death of Joseph Hopkins in 1832. Arthur Hopkins ------- Joseph Hopkins Estate Documents Promisory Note Old CP Box 54 April 2nd 1831 Nine months after date we or either of us promise to pay Israel Brown & Caleb Satterthwaite administrators to the Estate of George C. Ward Dec'd the Sum of Six Dollars 14 1/2 cts for Value Rec'd witness our hands Joseph Hopkins Rowland O. Crispin Warren County Ohio Probate Court Will Record Book 5, p. 34 At a special session of the Court of Common Pleas convened at Lebanon in the county of Warren & State of Ohio on the 7th day of June A. D. 1832: Were present the honorable George J. Smith, Ulyssys Pierson & Ignatius Brown Esquires & thereupon Mary W. Hopkins widow of Joseph Hopkins decd. The Court thereupon grant letters of administration on said Estate to Rowland A. Cryspan who is to give bond in six hundred dollars with Noah Hains & Thomas Thomas his bail, & the Court appoint Silas Wharton, David Montgomery & David Evans appraisers, & said administration is affirmed in open Court (bond filed & letters issued). Warren County Probate Court Old CP 54 Near Waynesville 6th Mo 6th 1832 To the Judges of a Special Court of Warren County to be held tomorrow. This is to certify that I relinquish my right to administer to the estate of my deceased husband Joseph Hopkins, and I desire that my brother Rowland A. Crispin be appointed administrator to settle said estate. Mary W. Hopkins in presence of David Evans Distribution of Estate Old CP Box 54, No. 12 Rec'd 20th of 7th Mo. 1832 of Rowland O. Crispin admin. to the estate of My deceased Husband Joseph Hopkins eighty dollars, the amount allowed by the appraisers for the Maintenance of Myself and Children one year from the time of his death. Mary W. Hopkins Sale Bill Names Estate Sale of Joseph Hopkins 20th of 7th Month 1832 Old CP Box 54, No. 12 Surname Name Surname Name Brelsford William Broadrick Isaiah Chandles Jason Chensworth William Cook Stephen Crispin Rowland O. Dukeminias Isaac Elliot William Evans David Haines Jonathan Haines Wesley Harrison John Hopkins Richard Huston Paul Jenings Smith Jones Joshua Rogers Samuel Smith Abraham Stokes Jarvis Stratton Caleb Thomas Thomas Vanhorns David Ward Ellis Wharton John Wharton Oliver Wharton Silas (this table should line up using a fixed-width font) Arthur Hopkins Edmonds, WA http://www.seanet.com/~arthopkins/ ==== OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List ====