Titus County, TX - Wills - Probates *************************************************************** 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: June E. Tuck http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *************************************************************** DeMorse, editor of the "The Standard" paper in Clarksville published, in the early years, the notice of probates in several counties. These notices were extracted by June E. Tuck to help families working on their genealogy. One must remember names were often spelled as they sound. Since Titus county courthouse burned in 1895, these records are very important. The notice does not mean the person died in that month or year, only that was when DeMorse gave notice of the person’s probate in Titus County. Probates were very slow in those years, and sometimes would take several months or years before finalized. Titus County also included Franklin County at this time period. Titus County - Franklin County Probates Adams, Ridley - Titus County, May Term 1858 - Charles S. Stuart, Administrator. (Also found the named as Kiddy Adams, May Term 1858, but think it is the same person) Reported Nov. 29, 1959 - listed heirs: Elizabeth Goodwin, wife of James Goodwin, Wm. B. Adams, Melvina Cantral, wife of Elijah Cantral; Eliza Ann Adams, Thomas M. Adams, and James A. Adams, all of Yalobusha County, Mississippi; the last three are minors; also Harriett Chance, the wife of John Chance of Prairie County, Arkansas; Henry Adams of Williamson County, Texas; and Charles Adams of Titus County, Texas. Avery, William - Titus County, January Term 1853, Elam Riddle, Administrator. Avery, William and Harriet - Titus County, February Term 1854 - Samuel Boynton and Sanders Avery. Administrators Bankston, H. W. - Titus County, March Term 1858 - James R. Bridges, Administrator Barrier, C. N. - Titus County, April Term 1856 - M. T. Barrier, Administrator Beaver, Benjamin L. - Titus County, March Term 1858 - Jas.. F. Houston, Administrator Bickerstaff, Henry - Titus County, November Term 1847 - John M. Bickerstaff, Administrator Bickerstaff, John M. - Titus County, May Term 1851 - Geo. B. Clifton, Administrator Bickerstaff, Mary - Titus County, March Term1859 - Seaborn Bickerstaff, Administrator Binnion, John - Titus County, November Term 1848 - Isaac Binnion, Administrator Blair, A. J. - Titus County, December Term 1854 - Eveline Blair, Administrator Blakey, John - Titus County, August Term 1858 - William Blakey and Henry Blakey, Administrators. Reported November 29, 1859 - A. B. Lamprecht and his wife, Elizabeth Lamprecht, heirs at law of John Blakey, filed their petition for a distribution of all the negro property belonging to the estate and said deceased among the following heirs to wit: Wm. Blakey, Henry H. Blakey, Susan Blakey, and John Blakey, - the last three named minors, and all reside in Titus County, Texas, also, Luke Blakey of Kinchafoonee County, Georgia; Caroline Harrell, wife of Solomon Harrell, of Stuart County, Georgia; and King, minor daughter and heir of Mary Kine, dec’d, also of Kinchafoonee County, Georgia; and Philliadelpha (sic) Blakey, widow of deceased, of Titus County, Texas. Blakey, William A. - Titus County, October Term 1863 - James A. Wright, Administrator Bradfield, Daniel - Titus County, May Term 1859 - James Y. Bradfield, Administrator Burras, James - Titus County, February Term 1859 - A. J. Duke, Administrator Carr, Harvey B. - Titus County, December Term 1852 - Jane Carr, Administrator Caudle, Bennet - Titus County, September Term 1847 - Booker F. Mullins, Administrator Cherry, Jesse - Titus County, August Term 1848 - Harris B. Lilly, Administrator Cherry, Jno. V. - Titus County, September Term 1847 - Nancy P. Cherry, Administrator Davis, James - Titus County, January Term 1850 - Alfred Hefner, Administrator Doyle, W. C. - Titus County, January Term 1857 - M. M. Bowman, Administrator Elliott, Benjamin - Titus County, January Term 1849 - Elam Riddle, Administrator Goodman, Jessse and Isabella - Titus County, April Term 1859, Wm. A. Bell, Administrator Grant, Jasper - Titus County, December Term 1858, James Grant, Administrator Hamilton, Henrietta - Titus County, November Term 1853, R. C. Hemingway, Administrator Harris, Drury L. - Titus County, January Term 1855, Sarah Harris, Administrator Hendricks, Jas. W. - Titus County, May Term 1858, Wm. H. Christian, Administrator Hill, Bernard - Titus County, May Term 1849, Wm. Keith & Sarah E. Hill, Administrators Hudson, Pryor - Titus County, May Term, Spencer Shaw, Administrator (My mistake, date left off) Johnson, Samuel - Titus County, September Term 1847, Moses W. Johnson, Administrator King, Charles H. - Titus County, January Term 1854, Silas Huskey, Administrator King, Timothy - Titus County, September Term 1853, Martha H. Kine, Administrator Kirby, Job M. - Titus County, May Term 1859, M. Bolin, Administrator Ladd, Romalus R. - Titus County, May Term 1856, Wm. Burk, Administrator Lindsay, John - Titus County, January Term 1854, Noah Lindsay, Administrator McGee, J. J. - Titus County, June Term 1863, E. M. McGee, Adminis’trix - T. W. Templton, Administrator Miles, John - Titus County, February Term 1853, Jesse Benson, Administrator Miller, Wm. G. - Titus County, December Term 1858, M. G. Miller and L. Miller, Executors Milligan, Reece P. - Titus County, November Term 1847, John H. Milligan, Administrator Montgomery, James S. - Titus County, January Term 1854, Sewell Brown, Administrator Overton, Ann - Titus County, Roderick Overton filed his application and account for final settlement on her estate, to be heard at July Term 1856 Panther, Thomas J. - Titus County, August Term 1863, Josh Stephens, Administrator Park, F. D. - Titus County, August Term 1858, Joel Park, Administrator Payne, Thomas - Titus County, October Term 1848, Sarah Payne, Administrator Peacock, John - Titus County, December Term 1857, William Peacock, Administrator Pirtle, Benjamin - Titus County, September Term 1847, Wm. Pirtle, Administrator In 1851, the then administrator of estate was John M. Nugent, filed his final account. Porter, Benjamin T. - Titus County, November Term 1856, Wm. Porter, Administrator Proctor, Henry L. - Titus County, September Term 1847, Burrel Moore, Administrator Richmond, William S. - Titus County, October Term 1856, Mary J. Richmond, Administrator Riggins, Jonathan - Titus County, December Term 1856, James R. Bridges and Mary Ann Riggins, Adm’s Sewell, J. W. - Titus County, September Term 1854, T. J. Rogers, Administrator Simmons, E. C. & Martha A. - Titus County, February Term 1859, Thos. W. Simmons, Administrator Starns, Aaron - Titus County, May Term 1848, Thomas R. Starns, Administrator Stephenson, Reuben - Titus County, November Term 1848, William M. Stephenson, Administrator Stuart, Samuel - Titus County, May Term 1850, Samuel N. Gray, Administrator Thompson, David W. - Titus County, October Term 1848, W. H. Johnson and B. W. Gray, Administrators Wall, Jesse J. - Titus County, January Term 1859, Alex Brown, Administrator Ward, James - Titus County, December Term 1853, Alex Glass, Administrator Weeks, Benjamin - Titus County, November Term 1849, Andrew Weeks, Administrator Wilson, Thoms R. - Titus County, January Term 1853, Mary J. Wilson, Adminstrator