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Washington County MO Archives Court.....Blackwell, Lorenzo 1851
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Sharon Hobart January 11, 2006, 10:08 pm
Source: Probate Court Record File #269 Washington Co., Mo
Written: 1851
Recorded: 1851
Item #1 Receipt 4/28/18511
Item #2 Receipt 5/31/18511
Item #3 Note Due2
Item #4 Bill from Clancy & Casey2
Item #5 Note2
Item #6 Receipt3
Item #7 Bill3
Item #8 No Will Statement4
Item #9 Bond4
Item #10 Bill from Store5
Item #11 Inventory Appraisement5
Item #12 Inventory Sale7
Item #13 Administration Accounting8
Item #14 Status of Estate9
Item #15 Status9
Item #16 Sale of Land10
Item #1 Receipt 4/28/1851
Recd of Mr. Jerry Blackwell for his son Lorenzo Blackwell Eight Dollars in
full & all demands
Old Mines MOE. S. Clardy
April 28th 1851
[Note from Sharon: Jerry is Jeremiah]
Item #2 Receipt 5/31/1851
Recd of Harvey Blackwell adm Lorenzo Blackwell decd by Jeremiah Blackwell
eight dollars for letters of administration on said estate.
May 31st 1851Sam Harrison clerk
[Note from Sharon: Harvey Blackwell is Lorenzos brother.]
Item #3 Note Due 1/9/1851
$22.68
One day after date I promise to pay Clancy & Casey as order? twenty two
dollars and sitty eight centes for value received.
Jan 9th 1851L. Blackwell
Item #4 Bill from Clancy & Casey
Principal22.68
Less amt. of due bill to
Blackwell given about
same day of note and lost or mislaid11.00
11.68
Interest to 6 Aug 51 .40
Allowed Aug 6 1851 5 cents12.08
Sam Harrison, clk
No 4
L. Blackwell
we assign the within
to Jerry Blackwell
Oct 2 1851
Clancy & Casey
Item #5 Note
Hillsboro, Jefferson County Nov 1848
One day after date I promise to pay to
Dr. Wm West thirty dollars and fifty cents without
defalcation or discounts for value received.
Lorenzo Blackwell
State of Missouri
County of Jefferson
On this 24th day of Nov 1851 before me the clerk of the county court for said
county came William West who being by me duly sworn upon his oath says that
he has given all just credits and offsetts to which the annexed note signed by
Lorenzo Blackwell is entitled and that the balance claimed is justly due and
after allowing all credits to which the Est. of L Blackwell is entitled.
Wm West
Sworn to and subscribed before me the date aforesaid in testimony wherefore
hereto set my hand and affix the seal of said court at Hillsboro.
Tho C. Fletcher
Clerk
Item #6 Receipt
Received Jany 13 1851. Twenty dollars on the within in part.
-------------------------------
Wm West
agt
Lorenzo Blackwell
per County Court
No. 6
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Allowed 5 cents Decr 8 1851$11.12
Sam Harrison, clk
Int 3 mos .23
15.35
Recd of Harvey Blackwell amt of above allowance & interest being $15.35
March 11th 1852Tho C. Johnson, att
for Wm West
Item #7 Bill
Mr. Lorenzo Blackwell
To Samuel C. White DR
1850
Decem26For 1 plug Tobacco.40
1851
Jany13 Amount paid (Thomas I. White) 11.12
23 Small plug Tobacco.10
27 Pare Kife Brogaus? 1.35 Bucket Tar .181.50
March15 Pocket Book 2.11 Plug Tobacco 30 .50
15 5 yds Osnaburgs? 16% .841.34
31 Ironing Tar Bucket.50
April 1 2 Plugs Tobacco 30/.60
10 7 ½ yds Jackney? 3.45 Paper Tacks .80
¾ yds Irvis Muslin .28 Pair socks .25 .53
6 yds blk Alpaco 2.25 Pair Gloves .25 2.50
4 yds bleached domestic 12 ½ .507.33
1850Contra
Decem25By Balance on Settlement 2.10
1851
Feby3 Hauling 1/2 of Flour 1.67
March21 1/3 of Corn 2.75
1 barrel Molasses 1.00
360 Iron $3 1.08
April1 1/3 of dried apples .60 9.20
Balance Due 14.29
Old Mines August 4th 1851
Sam C. White
Item #8 No Will Statement
State of Missouri
Washington County
Harvey Blackwell being duly sworn deposes and says that Lorenzo
Blackwell decd died without making a will as far as he now knows and that he
left neither widow nor children but left a father Jeremiah Blackwell in
Washington County, MO and the following brothers & sisters William
Blackwell, Harvey Blackwell, Robert Blackwell, Loretta Blackwell, Lavina
Blackwell, Elizabeth Blackwell, Margaret Blackwell, Ellen Blackwell and heirs
of Nancy Blackwell who intermarried with Jno M. Strickland now deceased all in
Washington County Missouri and that he will make a perfect inventory of and
faithfully administer all the estate of said deceased and pay the debts as far
as the assets will extend and the law direct and account for and pay all
assets which shall come to his possession or knowledge.
Sworn to before me this
31st day of May 1851
Sam Harrison clkHarvey Blackwell
Item #9 Bond
Know all men by these presents that I Harvey Blackwell as principal and David
E. Perryman and Jeremiah Blackwell as securities are held and firmly bound
unto the state of Missouri in the just and full sum of two hundred dollars for
the payment whereof well and true to be made. We bind ourselves, our heirs,
executors, and administrators jointly and severally firmly by these presents.
Sealed with our seals and dated Potosi May 31st 1851.
The condition of the above bond is that if Harvey Blackwell Administrator of
the estate of Lorenzo Blackwell deceased shall faithfully administer said
estate account for pay and deliver all money and property of said estate and
perform all other things touching said administrator required by law or the
order or decree of any court having jurisdiction then the above bond to be
void else to remain in full force.
Harvey Blackwell
Jeremiah Blackwell
D. E. Perryman
[all original signatures]
Item #10 Bill from Store
Pickdiggins December 1847
The Estate of Lorenzo Blackwell
To Theophilus BoyerDr
1850Balance on account.83
Balance of J A Bonds?.40
1 quart whisky.15
1 lbs Tobacco.35
1 bottle liniment.20
1 twist Tobacco .10
1851Cost on socket?.40
2.43
Contra
by 1 twist of tobacco four whte?.30
August Tu 5 1851Balance 2.13
Theophilus Boyer
Item #11 Inventory Appraisement
H. Blackwell
Ad
L. Blackwell
Dec
Inventory & appraisement &
Sale list
This Jun 30th 1851
Sam Harrision Clk
State of Missouri
County Of Washington
Before the undersigned Justice of the Peace within and for the County
personally appear Briggs Murril, George Garett, Elijah Wordon and made oath
that they are not interested nor of kin to any person interested in the estate
of Lorenzo Blackwell, late of Washington, as heirs or devise and that they
will to the best of their ability view and appraise the slaves and other
personal property estate as them produce
Briggs Murrill
George Garrett
Elijah Wordon
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this 21st day of June 1851
Theophilus Boyer Justice of the Peace
A full and perfect inventory of the goods and chattels and personal estate of
Lorenzo Blackwell, decease, late of the County of Washington, as presented the
undersigned appraisers appointed by the Court of said county by Harvey
Blackwell Administrator of said estate this 21 day of June 1851.
Appraised
one mare35.00
one work oxe10.00
one rifle gun12.00
one saddle7.00
1 bridle.60
one Shovel.40
one ax.75
Total Amount65.75
Given under our hands an seals
the day and year aforesaid
Briggs Murrel
George Garett
Elijah Wordon
Appraisers
In pursuance of an Appointment from the clerk of the county court to accompany
Harvey Blackwell the Administrator of Loranza Blackwell Deceasd in viewing all
papers we find a Deed of Land laying in the county of Jefferson and state of
Missouri containing fifty nine acres of Lot No. 2 in the north east quarter of
section 6 in township 38 north of Range 4 East.
Harvey Blackwell
A. ?
Sign and seal the 21 dayTheophilus Boyer
of June 1851.Briggs Murrill
June the 21st 1850
Item #12 Inventory Sale 6/30/1851
State of Missouri
Washington County
Harvey Blackwell adm of Lorenzo Blackwell decd being duly sworn deposes and
says that the foregoing contains a full inventory and description of all the
money, goods, chattels, and estate real & personal, books, papers, and
evidence of debt and of tithes of the decd and of all debts due & becoming due
as far as he can ascertain then and that he was not indebted or bound in any
contracts to the decd at the time of his death except as stated in this
inventory
Harvey Blackwell
Sworn to before me this 30th
day of June 1851
Sam Harrison Clk
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List of Sales of the goods and chattels belonging to the estate of Lorenzo
Blackwell late of the County of Washington dcecd) sold at public ?? by the
undersigned administrator of said estate on the 21st day of June 1851
Loretta Blackwellone mare10.00
William Blackwellone work oxe5.00
Jeremiah Blackwellone rifle gun5.00
David Butler one saddle6.25
Loretta Blackwell1 bridle.25
Robert Blackwellone shovel.50
Jeremiah Blackwellone axe.50
27.50
I Briggs Murril Clerk of the State of Missouri do on my oath declare that the
foregoing list contains a true account of the Sales made by Harvey Blackwell
Administrator of the Estate of Lorenzo Blackwell at the times specified
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 21 day of June 1851
Theophilus Boyer
Justice of the Peace
Briggs Murrill Clerk
Total amount of sales being $38.25 less than the appraisement.
Harvey Blackwell
Adm
Item #13 Administration Accounting 6/18/1852
To the Honorable
County Court of Washington
County
The petition of Harvey Blackwell would respectfully represent to your
Honorable Body that he is the Legal administrator of Lorenzno Blackwell
deceased that by an account of his administration of said estate him with file
& prayed to be lateen? as just of this petition it will be seen that there is
not sufficient personal effects of said deceased in the hands nor to come to
him as of the adm to pay the debts of the deceased, therefore he prays you Hon
Body for an order to sell the following real estate belonging to said deceased.
To wit: 59 acres of land situate in Jefferson County be Lot No 2 of North east
quarter of sec 6 Township 38 North Range H East.
Harvey Blackwell
Adm
The following is an account of his administration.
To amt of sale27.50
Allowances & demands against
said real estate letters of adm 1.00
Theophilus Boyer allowance 1.13
Dr. E. S. Calardy Bile in last illness 8.00
Clancy & Casey allowance12.08
Whites allowance14.29
Dr. West allowance15.35
William Christopher16.00
E. A. Edmonds19.48
Clerks fees & cost amt not known
said administrator has heard of
as this demands against intestate which has not yet been proven up in court,
Your petition would for the state that then is no assets in his hands nor
debts due as to be come due to said deceased nor other personal estate belong
to said deceased of which he has any knowledge.
Harvey Blackwell being duly sworn neither asks and says that the foregoing
petition and matter as therein stated he believes to be true.
Harvey Blackwell
Sworn to before me
this 18th day of June 1852
Sam Harrision Clk
[note from Sharon: Dr. E. S. Clardy is the name per Betty Warner even
though they spelled it Calardy.]
Item #14 Status of Estate
Harvey Blackwell
In acpt with estate of
Lorenzo Blackwell
To amount of sale$27.50
Contra
No. 1Samual Harrision for letters1.00
No. 2Theophilous Boyer allowance2.13
No. 3Dr. E. S. Clardy Bill8.00
No. 4Clancy & Casey allowance12.05
No. 5Whites allowance11.29
No. 6Dr. Wm West15.35
52.85
overpaid my adm this sum25.35
Harvey Blackwell
adm of
Lorenzo Blackwell
[administrators notice in paper attached]
Item #15 Status 12/16/1852
Harvey Blackwell
Adm
Lorenzo Blackwell
Decd
Report of sale of real estate
approved
Filed Dec 16th 1852
Sam Harrison Clk
[newspaper notice included of administrators sale]
Notice
By virtue of an order from the County Court of Washington County made at the
September Term of said Court 1852, I will expose to sale on the second day of
the November term of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County to begin and held
at Hillsboro in said County on the 4 Monday in November 1852 at the Court
House door in said County and while said court is in session all the rights,
title, interest, and claim of Lorenzo Blackwell decease in and to the
following real estate situation in said County of Jefferson to the highest
bidder for cash in had to wit: The Lot No. 2 of Northeast quarter of section
Six Township 38 North Range 4 East sold for the payment of debts of said
deceased.
Item #16 Sale of Land 11/22/1851
This day personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the
Peace ? ? ? for Valle Township Jefferson County David Willson and George
Perkins being appointed appraisers of the Estate of Lorenzo Blackwell decd and
after they being duly sworn state that they are no wise interested in said
estate nor of kin to any person interested in the estate aforesaid as heirs or
devises.
David Willson
George F. Perkins
Godfrey Reands
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 22nd day of November 1851.
W. C. John
We the appraisers of the estate of Lorenzo Blackwell, decd, after being duly
sworn for that purpose did view and appraise the estate of Lorenzo Blackwell
as follows;
The East half of Lot number two in the north east quarter of section six in
Township thirty eight North of Range four East containing fifth nine acres to
seventy five dollars ($75.00).
David Wilson George F. Perkins
Sworn to before me this 22nd day of November 1852.
W. C. John
Justice of the Peace
Harvey Blackwell
Adm
Lorenzo Blackwell
Decd
Report of sale of real estate
Approved
Filed Dec 16th 1852
Sam Harrison Clk
Collected by Sharon Hobart
July 2005
Potosi, MO Public Library
Lorenzo Blackwell
Probate Record File #269 - Washington Co., MO
Transcribed by Sharon Hobart: 8/2/05 Updated: 1/10/06
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