Winnie Couch Probate Records & Related
Journal Entries Spartanburg County, South
Carolina
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Dec 9, 1820 |
Jas. Whitten’s letter of
Surityship |
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Esq. Lancastor
The Barr Mr. Abraham Brock
Wishes to
procure Letters of Administration on the
Estate of Winney Couch Deceased. I suppose the Estate
not to be worth more than One hundred Dollars
if that much. if you feel authorisd. I think
that
you had better give him a warrant
for appraisement
& order for sale So
as to Enable him to make a sale
a quick
as possible. if you grant him Letters
of
Administration on Estate you may consider me
as bound as security for his performance
& will Execute a Bond accordingly the first opportunity
I remain In High Esteem &C
9th Decr. 1820 J Whitten
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*Dec 9,1820: |
& we petition you to admit him
to take the |
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whole of the Estate of said
Deceased home under his
immediate use & to allow him a reasonable time
for his attention. We can devise no better
a way at present for the management of the
business We remain yours |
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9th Dec 1820 |
J. Whitten
Jasper __
James Woods |
Dec 9, 1820 Citation
State of South Carolina )(
Spartanburgh District
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By William Lancaster_____________________Esq. Ordinary of
Said____________District
WHEREAS
Abraham Brock
hath applied to me for Letters of
Administration, on all and singular, the goods
and
chattels, rights and credits of Winnie
Couch
late of the said district aforesaid,
deceased.
These are therefore to cite and
admonish all and singular, the kindred
and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear before
me, at our next Ordinary’s Court for the
said district, to be holden on on the
eleventh, at my own
House
the_______________________day of this
Instant next to shew
cause, if any,
why the said administration should not be granted.
GIVEN under my hand and seal, this 9th day of
Dec. in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
Twenty,
and in the forty fifth Year of
American Independence.
W Lancaster
O. S. D.
Dec 10, 1820 Citation on the estate of Winnie Couch decd.
I Certify that this Day in a Tolerable Large
congregation at the Holly Spring Meetinghouse
(it
being the Church where Winney Couch
was formerly
a member of) that I gave
notice Public notice
that Abraham Brock would
on Tomorrow apply to
William Lancaster
Esq. Ordinary for the District
of Spartanburgh
for Letter of Administration on
the estate of
Winney Couch Deceased. Witness my
hand this
9th Dec 1820. this 10 of December
1820
James West MG
Dec 11, 1820 Administration Bond on the Estate of
Winnie Couch by Abraham Brock Admr. 100$
Administration
Bond]
[D. & J. J. Faust, Print
State
of South-Carolina, )(
Spartanburgh DISTRICT )(
Know All Men by these Presents, That
we,
Abraham Brock, James Whitten &
James Wood
are holden and firmly bound unto
William Lancaster
Esquire, Ordinary for the
District of Spartanburgh
in the full and just
sum of one hundred dollars
lawful Money of this
State, to be paid to the
said William
Lancaster
or his successors, Ordinaries
of
this District, or their certain attorney or assigns. To which
payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, and
every of us, our and every Heirs, Executors, and
Administrators, for the whole, and in the whole,
jointly and severally, firmly by these
Presents.
Sealed with our seals, dated the eleventh day of December
in this year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
Twenty.
The Condition of the above Obligation is
such
That the above bound Abraham
Brock
Administrator of the goods, chattels, and
credits of Winnie Couch
deceased, do make a
true and perfect inventory of all and singular the
goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased , which
have or shall come to the hands, possession or knowledge of
the said Abraham
or into the hands or possession
of any other person or persons for him and the same so
made, do exhibit into the said Court of Ordinary, when
he shall be thereunto required, and such goods, chattels
and credits do well and truly administer according to law,
and do make a just and true account of his actings and doings
therein when required by said Court, and all the rest of the
said goods, chattels and credits which shall be found
remaining upon the account of said administration, the
same being first allowed by the said Court, shall
deliver and pay unto such persons respectively as are
entitled
to the same by law, and if it shall
hereafter appear that any last will and testament was
made by the said deceased, and the same be proved in
Court, and the Executors obtain a certificate of the
probate thereof, and the said Abraham do in such case, if required,
render and deliver up the said Letters of Administration,
then this Obliga-
tion to be Void, or
else to remain in full force.
Sealed and Delivered, )( A. Brock
In the presence
of )(
J. Whitten
Robert Watkins
his
Jas. (x) Wood
Mark
Dec. 11, 1820 Order of Sale on the estate of
Winnie Couch decd.
Abraham Brock Admr of the estate of Winnie Couch decd.
Will proceed to a sale of the whole of the goods &
Chattels
of said decd. on Friday the Twenty sixth
of this Instant at
at twelve months Credit for
all sums above one dollar on
notifying &
taking security as the law directs~ By Order of the
Ordinary of Spartanburgh District the 11th of
Dec.~ 1820.
W Lancaster
O.S.D.
Dec 22, 1820 Appraisement of the estate of
Winnie Couch decd. $112.37½
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An Inventory of the property &
Effects of
Winney Couch Descast as producd by A. Brock
to us this
22nd Day of December 1820. |
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Viz, |
1 A Horse Beast & Bridle worth
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$10.00 |
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7 Head of Cattle worth
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$46.00 |
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1 Lot of old Iron worth
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$ 2.00 |
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1/2 Bushel of Bear a Lot of
Tobacco worth |
$
.75 |
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Scythe blade & Irons worth |
$
.50 |
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8 ½ yd. of Cloth 2 stays a Bell & Plow
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$ 3.00 |
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18 _ Spun Cotton a Meal Bag & a Sheet
& Towel & e |
$ 2.00 |
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a Pot rack 2 pr pot hooks & Dresser
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$ 1.00 |
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2 Beds & furniture worth
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$20.00 |
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2 Bed Steads, a bed chord , 4
chear frames
a washing tub.
2 Riggers & a small tub
with some
lye & soap worth |
$ 1.50 |
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a Table a Dutch oven & Lid &
Hooks |
$ 2.00 |
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4 Books $ 1.50 Two Boxes 50 cts. a
Lot of pewter & tin $ 3.50 |
$ 5.50 |
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Some Cotton & wool, 3 pr chards a
Table
Cloth & some Meal & some
glass ware |
$ 1.87 |
97.37 |
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2 Cotton wheals $2.00 Six Ducks |
$ 3.25 |
15.00 |
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a woman’s Saddle worth
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$11.00 |
112.37 |
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$ 97.37
112.37 ½ |
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In Testimony to the Our appraising of the
above
& Stated articles at the prices affixed to
his
his
Them. We have here unto set our Hands &
seals Thomas x Burton
The date
above.
mark
Thomas Alexander
Joseph Davis
Dec 29,
1820 Abraham Brock Admr of the estate of Winnie Couch decd
return’d a Sale bill of sd.
estate to the Amt of $112.87 ½
An Inventory of the Sale of the Estate of
Winney Couch Decead.
Which took place the 29th
day of December 1820.
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Brock Abram |
1 Dresser & Lot of old Irons $.18 ¾ 1 Bed &
furniture $11.00
One
Chest $1.75 |
$ 12.93 ¾ |
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Black William |
1 Table & Cloth $0.56 ¼ 4 setting chairs $.06 ¼ a
Bottle, Box & some Viols $.56 ¼ |
$ 1.18 ¾ |
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Benton Jesse |
a Tub & 2 Piggens $1 a Huntting saddle $10.25 a
barrel with some lye $.25 a Box & _ $.75
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$ 12.25 |
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Benton Thomas |
a Bed and furniture $11.00
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$ 11.00 |
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Brock Rueben |
a oven & Hooks $1.56 ¼ a lot of fodder $0.37 ½ a
cotton wheel $1.12 ½ |
$ 3.06 ¼ |
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Bolan Dudley |
1 Dish & 7 Plates $3.12
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$ 3.12 ½ |
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Camp Larry |
a lot of Books $1.12 ½
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$ 1.12 ½ |
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Commons John |
a Lot of Tin ware $.81¼ a yearling $4.00
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$ 4.81 ¼ |
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Davis Joseph |
a Cotton wheel $.75
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$ 0.75 |
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Fisher John |
2 stays & a Bag $1.00 a lot of Tobacco $ 0.12 ½
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$ 1.12 ½ |
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Fisher James |
a Red Cow and yearling $10.00
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$ 10.00 |
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Fowler Dempsey |
2 Bedsteads and a chest $1.00 a Lot of Pewter $0.87
½, |
$ 1.87 ½ |
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Morgan Henry |
a Lot of old Irons $1.18 ¾ a Sythe Blade and Irons
$0.37 ½ |
$ 1.56 ¼ |
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Quals Hubbord |
6 Ducks $1.00 a Cow and yearling $10.50
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$ 11.50 |
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Turner John |
a small quantity of Cotton and Wool $.56 ¼, a Horse
Beast $14.18 ¾ |
$ 14.75 |
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Wilson Nelley |
a Lot of Home Spun $2.56 ¼
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$ 2.56 ¼ |
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Whitten James |
a Lot of old Irons $1.12 ½ _ Pot rack & Hooks
$.56 ¼, Bell & lot of Spun Cotton $2.37
½ |
$ 4.06 ¼ |
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Wood James |
a cow and calf $14.00
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$ 14.00 |
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Russel Elijah |
a lot of Corn $1.18 ¾.
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$ 1.18 ¾
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Total
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$112.87½ |
Jan 19, 1821: A Partial Appraisement of the
estate of
Winney Couch Dec’d.
Recorded
Inventory of Winny Couch Dec’d
Balance of property
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1Churn |
$ .37 ½ |
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1 Cow and Calf
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15 |
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1 looking glass
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.50 |
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1 pare of Dosing chanes
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.25 |
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Total |
$18. 62 2\4 |
Thomas Alexander
his
Thomas x
Burton
mark
Joseph Davis
Jan 19, 1821: Additional Late Sale of Winnie Couch
Dec’d
Inventory of a sale of Balance of
property of Winnie Couch
Dec’d
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Brock, Abram
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to Dr ring chore into Single Tree |
$ .18 ¾ |
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Bishop, George |
Glue $.18 ¾ one churn $.18 ¾ one cow
and calf $11.00 |
$11.37 ½ |
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Ragins |
1 hog at large $
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1.12 ½ |
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$12.68 ¾ |
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A. Brock admr. |
Jan 1, 1822 Abm. Brock Admr. of the estate of Winnie Couch
dec’d
first return in favor of Admr.
$8.25
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Dr Abraham Brock Admr. of the estate of Winnie
Couch decd by rects |
Expenditures for the year ending the first of January 1822
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Cr |
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1820 By hire of Waggon to remove Dec. property squandered
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$1.25 |
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Jany
1821 By paying Ordinary fee
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$7.00
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$8.25 |
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A Brock Admr |
Jan 1, 1823 Abm. Brock
Admr of the estate of Winnie Couch decd. Annl Return of sd.estate on
oaths in favor of Admr. $3.20
amount expended &
Received by A. Brock administrator of the estate
of
Winnie Couch Descast from 1 of January 1822 until the 1 January 1823
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amount recd |
Amount Expended |
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4 March |
Paid ordinary fees
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$1.20 |
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10 April |
Paid Thomas Burton for appraising
property |
$2.00 |
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$3.20 |
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A. Brock Admr. |
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Nov 7, 1825 Journal of Ordinary 1821-1826,
page 153
Abram Brock Admr of the estate of Winey Couch decd, came
before the Ordinary to ascertain the amount of sd. estate.
when on examining the proceedings of said Admr. found
them as follows (vis)
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Adm’r |
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To sale bill |
$112.87½ |
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By first return
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$ 3.50 |
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“ Second Do. |
$12.68¾ |
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“ Ordinary fee
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$ 3.00 |
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$19.18¾ |
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Leaving a sum of
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$ 93.68¾ |
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Nov 6, 1827 |
Summon to Settle the Adm. Of Winny Couch Decd |
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I accept the legal Service of the within Summons
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State of South-Carolina )(
Spartanburgh DISTRICT.
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By Thomas Bomar Esq. Ordinary of the District
aforesaid. |
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TO
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Abram Brock Administrator of Winney Couch
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________________________ late of said District,
deceased |
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THESE are to cite and admonish you, the said Abram Brock
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at the instance and request of Andrew Couch
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personally to be and appear before me in the Court of
Ordinary, to be held at Spart- |
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burgh Court House on the
_____19th day of this
Inst now |
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next ensuing, _________to shew cause, if
any you can, why you
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should not make and render before me
________________ |
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upon oath, a true and faithful account of your
administration upon said estate. |
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Hereof fail not, as you shall answer the contrary at your
peril. |
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Given under my Hand and Seal this 6th
day of November Anno Domini 1827, and of
American |
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Independence the fifty-second.
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Thos. Bomar
O. S.
D. |
Nov 19, 1827 Journal of Ordinary 1826-1829, pages 80-81
Abm Brock Admr. of the Est of Winny Couch Decd appeared before
the ordinary (in obedience to a summons which had been
issued) in order to settle his administration of sd Est
and on examming the proceedings of the Sd Admr. find as
follows
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Admr Dr |
To first Sale bill |
$112.87½ |
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To 2nd Do |
$ 12.68¾ |
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$125.56¼ |
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Cr. |
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By annual returns
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$11.55 |
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By ordinary fees for this _.
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$ 3.00 |
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By Commissions
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$ 6.25 |
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$20.80 |
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$ 20.80 |
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Nine Legatees
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1/9th |
$104.76¼ |
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Due Each Legatee
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$ 11.64 |
Source List:
South Carolina, Spartanburg County, Probate Court, Estate
Papers, 1787-1900: file 608, Winnie Couch; film no. sp21,
South Carolina Department of Archives and History,
Columbia, South Carolina.
South
Carolina, Spartanburg County, Probate Court, Journals of the
Ordinary, 1800-1907; film no. C756, South Carolina
Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South
Carolina; film no. 1022747, Family History Library,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Author’s Comments
on Estate of Winnie Couch
*This document appears to be incomplete. It was written on the
reverse of the “Citation on the estate of Winnie
Couch decd, pg. 608-2
**The names on this document are listed by last name then given
name.
Other Documents
Which
Possibly Relate to this Estate
Jan 14, 1822 Winney Couch Apprenticeship, Spartanburg
District Clerk of Court, other than,Apprenticeships
1798…1873 (Jan 1822)
Whereas it has been represented to the commissioners of the poor
for Spartanburgh District S. Co. that there were several
children sons & Daughter of Lydia Couch in said
District Destitute of any natural Guardian and without
any means of support; And whereas Dempsey Fowler has
made application to said commissioners to bind one of
the said children to him (to Wit Winney Couch about Ten years
of age) to him the said Dempsey. Now Know all men by these
presents that the said Dempsey Fowler of the District of
Spartanburgh & State of So. Carolina by and with the
consent and approbation of Sterling L. Westmoreland,
Robert Alexander, Philip Bruton, Michael Gaffney &
Christopher Golightly Commissioners of the poor for the time present
are vested with full and complete power over The person
of the said Winney Couch, a poor Minor until she is of
age according to Law. And I the said Fowler doth bind
myself my Heirs &C to furnish the said Winney with
good and sufficient provisions washings & Lodging during
the Term from this date until of age as aforesaid and also to
Teach or have her Taught to Spell, read and write
sufficiently to understand correctly common English,
reading and writing; and if She the said Winney should
conduct herself in a becoming manner to the said Dempsey
and family until of age then I the said Fowler promise
and agree to give her a decent suit of clothes more than her common
wearing apperrel .
Given under our hand
the 14th January Ad 1822 )(by order and in)(Christi
Golightly
)(behalf of the )(
J. T.
Rowland
)(Board )( Demcy Fowler
Richd H
Golightly
South Carolina, Spartanburg County, Apprenticeships, 1798-1873:
“Winnie Couch,” original records, South Carolina
Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South
Carolina.
Transcribed by Bill L. Couch April
2009