Gibson Co., TN - Court: Emma Carroll - Allotment
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Item C#013: Allotment for Emma Carroll, Charles Carroll’s widow, 1885.

From Gibson County Court Minutes, May Term, 1885, pp. 286-287.

We the undersigned [house ?] holders, after being duly sworn, have proceeded
to set apart to Mrs Emma Carroll, widow of Charles Carroll deceased, so much
of the crop and provisions and money on hand, or other assets as may be
sufficient, in our opinion, to support her and her family one year from the
death of said husband. We set apart to her for said purposes the following
articles, to wit:

   All the bacon on hand, about 800 lbs
   Lard, about 100 or more
   Ten dollars in money to buy molasses   $10
   Twelve dollars for sugar and coffee    $12
   Five dollars for all other purposes    $5
   The salt on hand, 200 lbs or more
   All the wheat and flour on hand about 20 bushels
   Five barrels of corn

   This March 30, 1883
   S. A. Boyett
   E. W. Townsend
   J. G. Porter

This entry was on p. 287, but I didn’t get the book designation.

Note that this establishes the fact that Emma outlived Charles Carroll and yet
in the 1880 census, she was listed as “insane”.

Submitted to Gibson County GenWeb Site in 2009 by Frank Edwards, 136 Rutgers
Circle Crossville, TN 38558

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