Duncan D.
Lunsford Estate
Petition for
Filed
In the Probate Court of
In the matter of the Estate of
Reuben Harper Administrator de Bois non
of the estate of the said deceased comes and prays the honorable Probate Court
for Stoddard County to order a sale of the real estate of the said Duncan D. Lunsford deceased, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to pay
the debts of the said deceased and states to the Court that he has been unable
to discover any personal estate of deceased or claims of any kind due the
estate.
There are due by the deceased of claims allowed by
this court as follows;
Polly Kennedy admx
of Henry Kennedy decd without
prejudice $308.10
George H. Cim____ in 6th class
$45.72
Amounting
to ======= $353.82
That there will not be funds in the hands of the
administrator to pay the debts of the deceased without selling part of the real
estate inventoried as follows;
The NE of NW & NW of NE
of Sec. 16. Also the S 1/2 SE 1/4 and
SE 1/4 SW 1/4 Sect. No 9 Township 25 North of Range 11 East, 200 acres and he recommends that the same be
sold for the payment of the debts due by the deceased or so much of said real
estate as may be sufficient for that purpose.
Reuben Harper
Administrator
De bois non
Reuben Harper being sworn says that the above petition contains a
true account of his administration of the estate of Duncan D. Lunsford deceased, the lists of the debts due to and by
the deceased and remaining unpaid, a true inventory of the real estate and of
the remaining personal estate and all other assets in his hands.
Sworn to and subscribed
Stephen Chapman } Reuben Harper
Clerk }
State of
H.
H. Bedford, Martin Canada and Henry Miller
On their oath say that they
are householders of Stoddard not interested in nor of kin to Deceased and that
they will to the best of their several abilities view and appraise the real
Estate of Dunkin Lunsford deceased
shown them by Reuben Harper
administrator de bois non of said..
Sworn
and subscribed before me the undersigned this
H.
H. Bedford
Martin
Canda
Henry
Miller
Stephen
Chapman
Clerk
of Probate
We the undersigned appraisers appointed to appraise
the real Estate shown to us by Reuben Harper administrator de bois non of Estate of Duncan
D. Lunsford Deceased as the property thereof do hereby certify that we have
viewed said real Estate and appraise the same as follows
N W S 1/2 of S E 1/4 Sect. No 9 Town 25 R.
11 to $400.00
N W S E 1/4 of S W 1/4 sect. No 9, Town 25
R 11 East to $200.00
N E N W 1/4 sect. No 16, Town 25 Range 11
East to $200.00
N W 1/4 N E 1/4 sect. No 16 Town 25 Range 11
East to $200.00
Given under our hands this
H.
H. Bedford
Martin
Canda
Henry
Miller
Reuben Harper administrator de Bois Non
of the Estate of Duncan D. Lunsford
deceased in account current with said Estate upon 1st annual
settlement thereof made with the Probate Court of Stoddard County, State of
Missouri
July Term 1872
Administrator charges himself as follows;
Out of the sale of Real Estate
January
1872 $981.00
January
1873 75.55
$905.45
And claims credit for the following vouchers (to
wit)
No 1 Collectors Receipt $9.60
No 2 Collectors Receipt 19.40
No 3 Collectors Receipt 14.05
No 4 Printers Receipt
No 5 H H Bedfords Receipt 10.00
$65.55
No 6 Clerks Probate Fees Receipt } 10.00
To
amount of Ten }
Total Credits $75.55
Reuben Harper late administrator of the
Estate of Dunklin D. Lunsford
Deceased, account current with said Estate made by the administrator of said Reuben Harper deceased for said Harper
with the probate court of
Tuesday October 28th, 2nd day
of the term
This accountant stands charged as follows to wit;
To amount on hand at last annual Settlement at
Interest on same 6 months 30.25
Total
Charges ====
$935.70
872.36
Balance
against Harpers Estate == $63.34
And claims Credit for the following, To Wit;
No 1 Tax Receipt for
No 2 Allow in favor W. B. Conn??
No 3 Allow princ & int
No 4 Allow C. M. Dowdy
H. H. Bedford
Amount of Comm. On
$935.70 at 5 prct.
No 4 H. H. Bedford & _____ Recpt
No 6 Judges Recpt $872.36
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Transcribed by Deborah Lunsford Yates
May 2003
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