Dudley Wainscott Probate

PROBATE OF DUDLEY WAINSCOTT Boone County Missouri (The entire document is 37 pages-only pertinent pages transcribed)
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APPLICATION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION
State of Missouri
County of Boone In the Probate Court of Boone County
In the Matter of Dudley Winscott's Estate.
Mary Ann Winscott says that to the best of her knowledge
and belief, the names of the heirs of the said Dudley Winscott
deceased, and their places of residence, are respectively as follows:
Mary Ann Winscott, widow resides in the County of Boone in the State of Mo.
Geo. W Winscott who resides in the County of Boone in the State of Mo.
Ambrose Winscott who resides in the County of Monroe in the State of Mo.
Willis Winscott who resides in the County of Audrain in the State of Mo.
Ann E Beard who resides in the County of Audrain in the State of Mo.
Polly Ann Winscott who resides in the County of Boone in the State of Mo.
Almarinda March who resides in the County of Scotland in the State of Mo.
Rachel Tillotson who resides in the County of __ in the State of California.
Lucretia March who resides in the County of __ in the State of California.
That the said Dudley Winscott died without a will, that They? Will make 
a perfect inventory of, and faithfully adminster all the estate of the
deceased, and pay the debts as far as the assets will extend and the laws
direct, and account for and pay all assets which shall come to her possession
or knowledge.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of Jany A.D. 1877
Mary Ann [herXmark] Winscott
John Hinton Judge
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ADMINISTRATOR'S BOND
Know all Men by these Presents:
	That I, Mary Ann Winscott as principal,
and we, Cary A. Ward and Jas. M. Angell
as securities, are held and firmly bound unto the State of Missouri in the full
and just sum of Five hundred Dollars, In the payment whereof, well, and truly to be made, we bind our-
selves, our heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, jointly and severally,
firmly by these presents, sealed with these seals, and dated at Columbia, Mo.,
this 17th day of Jany 1877.
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EXECUTOR'S OR ADMINISTRATOR'S INVENTORY, CERTIFICATE AND AFFIDAVIT
REAL ESTATE -- AS FOLLOWS:
40 acres northEast quarter of Northwest quarter of section Twenty five (25) Township Fifty one (51)
Range Twelve (12) Boone County Mo
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APPRAISEMENT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
AFFIDAVIT OF APPRAISERS
Sidney Smith, Joseph Fretwell and Joseph Fountain were appointed Appraisers. 18th January 1877
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DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY AND APPRAISED VALUE
18 January 1877
1 Set old Irons .25
2 plows .50
1 lot old Harness .25
1 Box Tools .50
1 Scyth and Cradle 1.00
1 mowing Scythe .30
1 Froe? And Drawing Knife .50
4 saw Trowell and Auger .25
1 Bell .50
1 crosscut saw 1.50
1 shot gun 5.00
2 axes .50
3 hogs 20.00
1 wagon & harness 5.00
1 Mule 10.00
1 Gray Mare 40.00
1 Brown Mare 25.00
2 Bay fillies 50.00
1 Broad axe 1.50
Total ---------------162.75
(My total is 158.05)
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PETITION FOR THE SALE OF REAL ESTATE
To-wit: and that after allowaces due the widow there is no personal effects 
belonging to said Estate out of which the debts owing by the Estate can be
haid and by the accounts and settlements of the Administrators the Estate
owning said Admox Sixty four Dollars & 40 cts and that there is yet Due
and owing for funeral expences the sum of Twenty five Dollars and will be
the expenses of final Settlement.
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT IN THE CENTRALIA GUARD
Sale to be held Sat. May 31st, Sat Jun 7th, Sat Jun 14th, Sat Jun 21st, Sat Jun 28th 1879
Signed by James M. Angell J.P.
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