Probate Record for J. A. Harrell
Dated:  April 1925
Submitted by:  Marshaleigh Bahan mobahan@sbcglobal.net

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THE STATE OF TEXAS/			In Probate Court of Bell County, Texas.
        County of Bell				      April Term, A.D.1925.

To the Honorable County Court of Bell County:

		Now comes your petitioner, Mrs. Mary Harrell, and respectfully shows to the court that 
she resides in Bell County, Texas; that J. A. Harrell is dead; that he died on or about the 30th day of January, A. D. 1925, at Holland, in Bell County, Texas; that said deceased at the time of this death was a resident of Bell County, Texas.
		That at the time of his death the said J.A.Harrell was seized and possessed of real 
and personal property of the probably value of Twelve Hundred ($1200.00) Dollars, and left a written will, duly executed and herewith filed, in which M.M.Harrell, a son of deceased, was appointed independent executor.
		Petitioner would further show the court that she is the surviving wife of and 
devisee under the said last will and testament of her deceased husband, J. A. Harrell in that by 
the terms thereof she is devised the household effects and the homestead upon which your petitioner and deceased resided in the town of Holland, Texas, and ?  one-third interest in all other property 
of deceased.
		Petitioner would further show the court that the executor named in said will, to-wit: 
M.M.Harrell, has failed and refused and still fails and refuses to offer the will of the said J. A. Harrell, deceased for probate, and has so failed and refused for a perios of more than thirty (30) days after the death of said deceased and that thereby, under the terms of the law, administration with the will annexed may be granted upon said estate.
		Your petitioner herenow offers said will for probate, and prays that administration 
with the will annexed by granted upon said estate of J. A. Harrell, deceased, and that an administrator with the will annexed by appointed, and that the court take jurisdiction of said 
estate for all purposes.
		Petitioner herenow renounces any and all claims under the will of said J. A. Harrell,
deceased , and elects to take a homestead allowance under the terms of the law instead of and in lieu of any devises made to petitioner by the terms of the will; and petitioner offers said will for probate and administration solely for the purpose of invoking jurisdiction of this court upon said estate, and in order that her rights under the law may be granted to her by this court.
		Petitioner alleges and would show the court that at the time of his death the said 
J. A. Harrell, deceased, owed various and sundry debts, and that there is now outstanding and unpaid a fire insurance claim upon the former homestead of your petitioner and said testator of deceased, 
which claim should be collected at an early date.  That petitioner herenow claims and will claim the proceeds of said fire insurance policy upon said homestead instead of and in lieu of a homestead for herself and her minor children, now surviving.
		Wherefore, petitioner prays that citation issue hereon as the law directs, and that 
upon a hearing and the proofs adduced that letters of administration with the will annexed be issued to M. M. Harrell or to proper person qualified to receive such letters, and that all or to further 
and necessary orders be made in the premises.

							Mrs. Mary Harrell
								Applicant

By W.W.Hair
P. H. Dougherty
Attorneys for Applicant