Lamar Co., TX - Peter A. Lee Application & Notice to Sell ********************************************************* This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Elnora Frances Cook-Wyrick USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ********************************************************* Probate; Peter A. Lee Estate-Guardian Application & Notice to Sell, 1870 - Lamar Co., TX COVER PAGE: No. 24-APPLICATION TO SELL REAL ESTATE; Lee-Guardian –vs- The Heirs of Peter A. Lee, dec'd. Approved-Granted, A.H. Latimar, Judge, D.C., Lamar County, Texas: ----------------------------------------------------------------- STATE OF TEXAS, LAMAR COUNTY; JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT, FALL TERM, A.D. 1870: To the Honorable A.H. Latimar, Judge of the 11th Judicial District of the State of Texas. Holding District Court for the County of Lamar and Sale of land; The Petitioner, Mrs. Anne M. Lee, Guardian of the persons and estates of Peter A. Lee, Mary A. Lee and Thomas Ella Lee, would respectfully show that she has no funds, in her hands belonging to the Said Minors Estates. Wherefore She asks for a Decree of the Honorable District Court of Lamar Court of Lamar county to Sell the (?following?) of the Heirs (?) (funds??) of Said Minors. For the (?) Maintenance and Education of the afore Said Wards of Your Guardian, viz; Beginning at the North-west corner of a fifty acre tract deeded by Brookley and Collina F.J. Wesley Beard, a Stake (?) three (Hickeries?) Said Beards corner. Thence East 831/2 poles with Said Line to a Stake and line. Thence west with his line 831/3 to a State and pasture, Thence South 24 poles to the place of Beginning. Signed; E. E. & H. Dohoney, Attorneys for Petitioner; ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original documents provided by Henry Rance Lee, collected at the Lamar County Texas, Courthouse in Paris, Lamar Co., TX; **Sorry, this one is very hard to read-Transcribed as written, by Elnora Frances Cook-Wyrick