Pushmataha County, Oklahoma - Estate: Eliza Bond ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kathy Pitts October 08, 2002 ************************************************************************ THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA COUNTY OF PUSHMATAHA SS IN THE COUNTY COURT OF SAID COUNTY AND STATE. PETITION To the Honorable L. P. DAVENPORT Judge of the County of Pushmataha Oklahoma. Come your petitioner WINEY BENJAMIN, respectfully shows to the Court: First. That on or about the 18th day of November 1907. ELIZA BOND died intestate, at his home near Eubank in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. That the deceased at the time of his death was a resident of Pushmataha County, State of Oklahoma, and that this Court has jurisdiction in the settlement of the said estate. That deceased at the time of her death was the owner in fee simple of certain real estate located in Coal County, State of Oklahoma, which said real estate was allotted to her as a full-blood Choctaw Indian, and that the said real estate so allotted to her is described as follows, to wit: The Southwest quarter (SW4/) of Section Eleven (11) Township One (1) North and Range nine (9) East. and being of the Government appraised value of Five hundred and ten and xx/100 Dollars. That said deceased appears on the Choctaw Roll by blood, opposite Roll No 5534. Second. That your petitioner WINEY BENJAMIN is the daughter of ELIZA BOND, her only surviving child, and is the sole and only surviving heir at law of the said ELIZA BOND, deceased. Your petitioner further shows that on the 27th day of September 1909 in the town of Antlers, in Pushmataha County, State of Oklahoma, for and in consideration of the sum of Six hundred and no/100 Dollars, cash in hand to her paid by MIKE MAYER, the receipt of which amount is acknowledged, joined by her husband WALLACE BENJAMIN, the petitioner executed and delivered to the said MIKE MAYER the real estate above described, in fee simple. That the consideration of the said deed is reasonable, adequate, and in all things satisfactory to your petitioners. WHEREFORE, the premises considered, your petitioners pray that this Court enter its order confirming and approving the said conveyance to the said MIKE MAYER and in all things to declare the said sale and conveyance legal and valid. SIGNED BY WINEY BENJAMIN her Mark. Attesting Witnesses H. R. COCKE. Nest one Unreadable. STATE OF OKLAHOMA COUNTY OF PUSHMATAHA SS WINEY BENJAMIN being first duly sworn, say that they are the petitioners above named, and that they have read the foregoing petition and know the contents thereof: and that the facts therein set forth are true. Signed by WINEY BENJAMIN her mark. Witnesses H. R. Cocke and one unreadable. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 27th day of Sep. 1909. H. R. COCKE Notary Public My commission expires the 8th day of April 1911. Written on page: No 217 Filed 9/27/09 THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA COUNTY OF PUSHMATAHA SS IN THE COUNTY COURT OF SAID COUNTY AND STATE. In the Matter of the Estate of ELIZA BOND Deceased. ORDER Now on this the 27th day of September 1909, comes WINEY BENJAMIN and files and presents to the Court her petition, praying for an order of the Court approving and confirming a certain deed of conveyance executed by her to MIKE MAYER on the 27th day of September 1909, to the following described real estate, to-wit: The Southwest Quarter (SW/4) of Section Eleven (11) Township One (1) North and Range Nine (9) East, and being of the Government appraised value of five Hundred and Ten and No/100 Dollars. And the Court upon consideration of said petition, and being fully advised in the premises, find that one ELIZA BOND, a full-blood Choctaw Indian, who appears upon the Roll of Choctaws by blood, opposite Roll No. 5534, and a resident of Pushmataha County, State of Oklahoma, on or about the 18th day of November 1907, died intestate, seized of the lands above described, which said lands were allotted to him by the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, and conveyed to him by allotment and homestead patent, and that the said ELIZA BOND was at the time of her death the owner, in fee simple, of the above described lands. And the Court further finds that the said petitioners WINEY BENJAMIN is the daughter , only surviving child, and the sole and only surviving heirs at law of the said ELIZA BOND deceased. The Court further finds that on the 27th day of September 1909, the said petitioners joined with her husband WALLACE BENJAMIN executed to MIKE MAYER, for and in consideration of the sum of Six Hundred and No/100 Dollars, cash in hand, to her paid her certain Warranty Deed to the said above described real estate. The Court further finds that the deed was duly signed and acknowledged by the said petitioners, and that the consideration for the said deed is fully paid, and that the same is reasonable, adequate, and wholly satisfactory to the said petitioners; and finds that the said conveyance of the said real estate to the said MIKE MAYER should be in all things approved and confirmed. IT IS, THEREFORE, BY THE COURT CONSIDERED, ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED, That the said conveyance of the said above described lands by Warranty Deed, dated the 27th day of September 1909, from the said petitioner to the said MIKE MAYER, his heirs and assigns, be and the same is hereby in all things approved and confirmed, and declared legal and valid. Dated this the 27th day of September 1909, at Antlers, County of Pushmataha Oklahoma. L. P. DAVENPORT Judge of the County Court of Pushmataha County, Oklahoma.