Petition #20884702
- Catahoula Parish, Louisiana. October 20, 1847. - June 17, 1848.
- Court: District
- Salutation: To the Honorable the Judge of the Eleventh Judicial District of the State of Louisiana holding Sessions in and for the Parish of Catahoula in said State
Abstract
Mary Ann B. Gillespie represents that her husband, Lucius B. Elam, recently died intestate, leaving a considerable estate consisting of land, slaves and personal effect. The estate is unsettled and in need of an administrator. Mrs. Elam prays that an inventory of the estate be ordered and made. She also prays to be appointed administrator of the estate. Related documents reveal that Lucius B. Elam and his first wife, Elizabeth H. Bray Elam, were large slave owners.
Result: Granted.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: PAR #20885314; Order, 20 October 1847; Order, 24 November 1847; Supplemental Petition, Mary Ann B. Elam, 20 October 1847; Order, 20 October 1847; Oath of Tutrix, 22 October 1847; Oath of Under Tutor, 22 October 1847; Letters of Tutorship, 22 October 1847; Confirmation of Tutorship, 22 October 1847; Writ of Inventory, 20 October 1847; Record of Inventory Proceedings, 15 November 1847; Supplemental Petition, Mary Ann B. Elam, 13 December 1847; Order, 13 December 1847; Supplemental Petition, Mary Ann B. Elam, 18 December 1847; Order, 18 December 1847; Record of Family Meeting Proceedings, 18 December 1847; Petition, John A. Bray [Incomplete], 18 November 1847; Petition, Samuel Glenn, 21 December 1847; Answer, Mary Ann B. Elam, 21 December 1847; Order, 21 December 1847; Report of Experts, 24 December 1847; Decree of Partition, 24 December 1847; Notary's Report, 31 January 1848; Supplemental Petition, Mary Ann B. Elam, 21 February 1848; Supplemental Petition, Samuel Glenn, 1 March 1848; Answer, Samuel Glenn, 21 March 1848; Amended Answer, Samuel Glenn, 21 March 1848; Amended Petition, Mary Ann B. Elam, 21 March 1848; Petition, Samuel P. V. Gillespie, 21 March 1848; Answer, Mary Ann B. Elam, 21 March 1848; Answer, Samuel P. V. Gillespie, 21 March 1848; Judgment, 17 June 1848
- Pages of related documents: 31
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Citation information
Repository: Catahoula Parish Courthouse, Harrisonburg, Louisiana
- Records of the Probate Court, Succession Record A 1846-1849
- Page: pages 185-198 and 221-239
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