Houston Texas Newspaper Probate Notices 1839-1844 ************************************************************************** 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. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *************************************************************************** Contributed by Marilyn Hoye Probate Notices from the Houston Morning StarNewspaper 1839-1844 Probate notices in Houston newspapers were placed as advertisements notifying the public of a petition of curatorship for a deceased citizen. Sometimes the relationship of the petitioner to the deceased can be inferred. These notices ran for several issues of the paper. The notices were worded as follows, with very little variation: "Republic of Texas, County of Harrisburg [later Harris] Probate court, (date) , Notice is hereby given to all whom it may concern that ___________(petitioner) has this day filed his petition under oath praying for the appointment of curator to the vacant succession of ____________, deceased, and that if any opposition to his appointment be intended, the same must be made within ten days, at the end of which time the petition will be acted upon. By order of... Judge of Probate." The following lists the petitioners name first, then the deceased, as noted, with the issue date of the paper and page: Constantine W. BUCSLEY for Ezekial HUMPHREYS, deceased 11/14/1839:2 John W. MOORE for Robert BROWN, dec'd. 11/14/1839:2 Rich'd W. WADE for John CUMMINGS, dec'd. 11/14/1839:2 John H. BROWN for James RUTHERFORD, dec'd. 11/27/1839:2 Henry KESLER for Robert BARR, dec'd. 11/27/1839:2 Elizabeth AINSWORTH for Wm H. AINSWORTH, dec'd. 11/27/1839:2 E. J. PERKINS for James PICKUP, dec'd. 11/27/1839:2 John SUMMERS for Thomas SANFORD, dec'd. 12/3/1839:3 Frederick LEMKY for Moritz LAPPE, dec'd. 12/3/1839:3 Philip THOMPSON for Prentiss EWELL, dec. 12/4/1839:3 John W. SPOTTEL for Valentine BAPSTMAN, dec'd. 12/6/1839:1 Garet S. HARDCASTLE for Hilliard J. BRANTLEY, dec'd. 12/6/1839:1 J. S. EWELL for Sam'l SCHOOLFIELD, dec'd. 12/6/1839:3 James L. DAVIS for Robert PAGE, dec'd. 12/6/1839:1 Wm R. BAKER fro Henry W. GODFREY, dec'd. 12/6/1839:1 Thos. D. BEAUCHAMP for Jos. A. PARKER, dec'd. 12/6/1839:1 John HUTCHINSON and David Y. PORTIS for James G. HUTCHINSON, dec'd. 12/7/1839:3 J. S. EWELL for A. HILTON, dec'd. 12/9/1839:3 David R. COLE through B. F. TANKERSLEY, my agent and attorney, for Edmond R. ANDERSON, dec'd. 12/10/1839:3 Jno. W. BERGIN for Theodore CLARKE, dec'd. 12/16/1839:3 John W. BERGIN for Sam'l JOHNSTON, dec'd. 12/18/1839:3 Quintan N. DOUGLASS for John ISAM, dec'd. 12/21/1839:1 Thos. D. BEAUCHAMP for Charles WATSON, dec'd. 12/21/1839:1 Frederick W. SMITH for Thomas MURELL, dec'd. 12/23/1839:3 Ferdinand GERLACH for J. Antonio PADILLO, dec'd. 12/23/1839:3 James M. CLAY for Watkins CLAY, dec'd. 12/24/1839:3 Wm M. CARPER for L. R. OWENS, dec'd. 12/24/1839:3 Frederick W. SMITH for Thomas NUNN, dec'd. 12/25/1839:3 Henry H. CONE for Chas. CLELLAND, dec'd. 12/25/1839:3 Gabriel JAYNE for Geo. & Sam'l. LEFFEE, dec'd. 12/30/1839:3 John JONES for Abraham GOZNEY, dec'd. 12/30/1839:3 C. C. NORTON for Virgil COLLINS, dec'd. 12/30/1839:3 George WILLIAMS for Edw'd E. WILLIAMS, dec'd. 12/30/1839:3 John W. STOGG for Dennis HOPKINS, dec'd. 12/30/1839:3 Ezekial NUGENT for Robert F. NUGENT, dec'd. 12/31/1839:2 Otto C. SACKMANN, surviving partner of the firm MOYER & SACKMAN for George H. MOYER, dec'd. 12/31/1839:3 A. S. THRUSTON for Henry W. FONTAINE, dec'd. 12/31/1839:2 Ferdinand GERLACH for Geo. DeSTOCKFLETH, dec'd. 12/31/1839:2 Jesse F. RANDEL for John T. RANDEL, dec'd. 12/31/1839:2 Wm B. HARRISON for John B. SIMPSON, dec'd. 1/1/1840:3 Charles BIGELOW for James H. WARFIELD, dec'd. 1/2/1840:3 Geo. R. CARODINE for Geo. W. HANCHETT, dec'd. 1/4/1840:3 T. K. BROWN for William HANEY, dec'd. 1/4/1840:3 Henry R. ALLEN for James HANCE, dec'd. 1/4/1840:3 Edward WRAY for James WILCOX, dec'd. 1/9/1840:1 John SMITH for Christian SMITH, dec'd. 1/9/1840:3 Constantine W. BUCKLEY for Merriweather SMITH, dec'd. 1/11/1840:3 Wm K. WARD and Orlando H. WILLIS for Cyrus T. WARD, dec'd. 1/14/1840:3 Geo. R. CARRADINE for John W. HOWARD, dec'd. 1/18/1840:3 Philip CAPEHART for J. M. HOOPER, dec'd. 1/20/1840:3 G. W. POWELL for Almyra POWELL, dec'd., also for the appointment of Guardian to the minor children of the said Almyra POWELL ...1/24/1840:1 Archibald WYNNS and Mrs. Frances LYNCH for Nathaniel LYNCH, dec'd. 1/27/1840:3 Elizabeth P. TROTT, Isaac W. BRASHIRE and George H. BRINGHURST for Henry TROTT, dec'd. 2/1/1840:3 Joseph MERRILL for Fowler WELLS, dec'd. 1/13/1840:3 Ira Harris and Margaret ROSE for Pleasant W. ROSE, dec. 2/14/1840:1 Sidney SHERMAN for Dana SHERMAN, dec'd. 2/21/1840:2 Adaline DUNMAN for John DUNMAN, dec'd. also for the guardianship of Robert and Sarah DUNMAN, minor children of the deceased 2/21/1840:2 Charlotte L. WOODWARD for Corydon C. WOODWARD, dec'd., also praying for the appointment of tutrix to the minor child of said WOODWARD 2/21/1840:2 John W. ELDRIDGE for Christopher MILLER, dec'd. also for appointment of Guardian to Joseph MILLER, minor child of said Christopher MILLER 2/22/1840:2 Daniel HARMAN for John D. SHAW, dec'd. 3/4/1840:3 Robert DUNMAN for John DUNMAN, dec'd. 3/4/1840:3 Robert A. HANKS for John TOMPSON, dec'd. 5/28/1840:3 Tandy K BROWN for John RICHARDSON, dec'd. 5/28/1840:2 Engelbert BADER for John RICHARDSON, dec'd. 5/28/1840m Lewis B. HANCHETT for Geo. W. HANCHETT, dec'd. 6/3/1840:2 Washington SECREST filed his protest against the appointment of John SNEID to the administration of the succession of his late brother Field SECREST, deceased; and applied for that appointment in his own right...6/13/1840:2 John W. PITKIN for C. B. DUNBAR, dec'd. 7/2/1840:2 James B. ALLEN for Martin ALLEN, dec'd. 7/7/1840:2 Elizabeth CASTLEMAN for Sylvanus CASTLEMAN, dec'd. 7/7/1840:2 Charlotte T. SCARBOROUGH for Charles SCARBOROUGH, dec'd. 7/16/1840:2 Cornelius ENNIS for Henry SAUTELL, dec'd. 9/22/1840:3 James H. SPILLMAN for James SPILLMAN, dec'd. 9/22/1840:3 John W. MOORE for Prettyman C. MERRY, dec'd. 10/1/1840:3 William D. SMITH for John W. HOWARD, dec'd. 10/1/1840:3 Harriet E. GANT for William H. GANT, dec'd. 1/13/1841t Garret S. HARDCASTLE for George W. HANCHETT, dec'd. 3/27/1841:3 Caroline JOHNSON for Amos JOHNSON, dec'd. 4/28/1841t James BAILEY for Samuel BROOKS, dec'd. 6/29/1841:4 Peter M. SCOOLEY for Richard G. DUNLAP, dec'd. 8/28/1841:3 Mrs. Elizabeth Louisa BUTLER for John BUTLER, dec'd. 2/5/1842:4 Phineas KIMBALL for Harriet M. KIMBALL, dec'd. 12/6/1842:3 A. W. RIDGEWAY for Charles SCARBOROUGH, dec'd. 1/20/1844:3 Louise REINERMANN for Henry REINERMANN, dec'd. 10/5/1844:3 Justin CASTANIE for Ellen MILLIGAN, dec'd. 10/10/1844:3 C. D. CRENSHAW for J. J. CRAWFORD, dec'd. 10/12/1844:3 J. H. BOONE for Joseph H. BOONE, dec'd., Fort Bend County 10/12/1844:3 Richard MOCKETT for Richard HAMPSHAR, dec'd. 10/15/1844:3 R. J. TOWNS for Patrick C. JACK, dec'd. 10/15/1844:3 Thomas BAILEY for John MARKS, dec'd. 10/22/1844:3