ESTATE

OF

HELEN (CROW) LUNSFORD

Widow of B S Lunsford (Sr)

 

 

Introduction:

 

Helen Crow Lunsford was the wife of Benjamin Stephen Lunsford (Sr.) of Lauderdale County, Tennessee.  William Lunsford was administrator of her estate, and became guardian of her children after the deaths of Helen and her husband.  At least two of these children later relocated to Craighead County, Arkansas.

 

 


HELEN LUNSFORD ESTATE   [Page 1]

 

 

 STATE OF TENNESSEE}         

LAUDERDALE COUNTY}           I, W. R. NEIGHBORS DEPUTY CLERK OF

 

THE COUNTY COURT OF LAUDERDALE COUNTY

HAVE ON THIS 11TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 1876 AFTER GIVING NOTICE AS REQUIRED

BY LAW PROCEEDED TO TAKE AND STATE THE ACCOUNT OF

WM LUNSFORD ADMISTRATOR OF HELEN LUNSFORD AND FIND

THE RESULT AS FOLLOWS TO WIT;

 

WM LUNSFORD ADMR

                   TO SAID ESTATE                         DR

 

TO AMT OF SALE BILL AS RETURNED

RECD FOR RENTS OF LAND

 

 

CREDITS

 

1ST BY ADMR BOND                                               

2ND    PAID MAHALA BYRN                                    

3RD          J. B. CAMPBELL A/C                           

4TH          P. T. GLASS & SON A/C                         

5TH     [Page Cut Off]                                               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$3.00

60.00

16.45

7.74

10.00

 

$306.95 275.00

$581.95

 

 

 

HELEN LUNSFORD ESTATE (Page 2)

 

 

 

 

6th BY AMT PD WARDLAW & JACKSON

7TH BY AMT PD B. C. PRICE COFFIN  

8TH BY AMT PD A. H. YOUNG A/C

9TH BY AMT PD PARTEE TUCKER A/C 

10TH BY AMT PD B. A. & F. M. SINCLAIR A/C

11TH BY AMT PD LABAN HASLIP

12TH BY AMT PD W. C. BYAN A/C

13TH BY AMT PD B. A. & F. M. SINCLAIR

14TH BY AMT PD WM LAIRD A/C

15TH BY AMT PD WM LUNSFORD FOR

16TH BY AMT PD WM LUNSFORD A/C

17TH BY AMT PD HENRY GUTHRIE A/C

18TH BY AMT PD WARLAW & JACKSON  

19TH BY AMT PD W. R. OSTEEN A/C

20TH BY AMT PD W. P. PILLOW TAX 1872

21ST BY AMT PD WM LAIRD A/C

22ND BY AMT PD B. A. & F. M. SINCLAIR A/C

23RD BY AMT PD PARTEE TUCKER & CO

24TH BY AMT PD B. F. LACKEY A/C 

 4.68 

25.00

20.50

  6.95

16.65

27.05

  2.64

  4.83

10.00

10.00

21.25

42.00

33.95

  3.00

13.00

41.43

  2.25

10.25

  6.50

$581.95

BY AMT ALLOWED ADMR SERVICES

W. H. WARDLAW, DEPUTY SHERIFF 

ISSUING & NOTICES

THIS SETTLEMENT 

ORDER COURT 50/ RECORD /25  .75

RECEIVING AND RECORDING OF SALE BILL 

58.00

  3.75

  2.00

  3.00

  3.00

1.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

$467.58

      $114.32

 

       

 

WHICH DEDUCTED LEAVES IN THE HANDS OF WM LUNSFORD ADMR THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED FOURTEEN 37/100 DOLLARS DUE SAID ESTATE OF THIS SETTLEMENT FEB 11TH 1876

                            

                                                W. R. NEIGHBORS, DC

 

                                                W. M. LUNSFORD

 

 

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Source:  Lauderdale County Courthouse, Ripley, Lauderdale County, Tennessee

Transcribed by Deborah Lunsford Yates

 


 

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