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Adam McCormick
(1855 - 1892)
Adam was a brother of Mary McCormick, who married Edwin E. DeCoursey. He appears to have died intestate. According to his obituary, he was married at the time of his death, though nothing is known about his wife. Both his parents were deceased and his siblings were living in Colorado.
Letters of administration are a court order authorising the person(s) named in it to administer the estate of the deceased person in accordance with the law. When a person died without leaving a clear will, a family member or friend could apply to the local court to get the authority to distribute the estate of the deceased. The court would require an inventory of all the possessions of the deceased be made along with their estimated value. The court would then issue a letter of administration allowing the applicant to dispose of the possessions. Administrators were often required to file a bond worth more than the estate to ensure that they would do their duties properly and not run off with the cash. Notice of the final account of the administrator of Adam's estate was published in the Sullivan Review in 1894.
Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
Will Docket Book 3, p. 39
No 13 1892
Fees $5.50 Paid
And now to wit May 5 1892 due proof of death of Adam McCormick late of Dushore Borough Sullivan County Pa being duly had and filed Letters of Administration were in due form of law granted to Stephen Murphy Sr 1 to administer the goods and chattels rights and credits of said deceased, he the Stephen Murphy Sr. having first been duly sworn and filed bonds conditioned as the law directs in the sum Fifteen Hundred Dollars with S. D. Murphy and Wm Murry as his suretees
Alphonsus Walsh
Register
May 20 1892 Inventory filed Amount $263.00 2
April 20 1894 First & Final a/c of Adm�r filed
May 31 1894 First & Final a/c of Adm�r Confirmed Nr Sr By the Court
Sept 19 1894 First & Final a/c of Adm�r Confirmed By the Court
1 The relationship of Stephen Murphy to Adam is not known, it is likely he was a friend.
2 $263 had about the same purchasing power in 1892 as $5,310 does today.
