Judgments at October Term 1908 –
Page 199 Mrs. Anna Lunsford Vs Walter & Verser Lunsford Petition for
COURT
MINUTES, BOOK X [PAGES 504-508] MRS. ANNA LUNSFORD VS WALTER & VERSER LUNSFORD THIS CAUSE
COMING ON THIS DAY TO BE HEARD ON THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED
AT THE PRESENT TERM OF THIS COURT WHICH REPORT IS AS FOLLOWS COMMISSIONERS
REPORT TO
THE WORSHIPFUL COUNTY COURT OF LAUDERDALE COUNTY TENN, THE UNDERSIGNED COMMISSIONERS
APPOINTED IN THIS CAUSE AT THE PRESENT TERM OF THIS COURT AND DULY SWORN TO
ALLOT AND SET APART TO MRS. ANNA LUNSFORD, HER HOMESTEAD AND DOWER OUT OF THE
TWO TRACTS OF LAND DESCRIBED IN THE ORDER APPOINTING THEM, RESPECTFULLY
REPORT AS FOLLOWS; 1ST
THEY HAVE ALLOTTED AND ASSIGNED TO HER THE FOLLOWING PORTION OF SAID LANDS AS
HER BEGINNING
AT A STAKE THE NORTH WEST CORNER OF A SIXTY EIGHT ACRE TRACT OF LAND WHICH
WAS DECREED TO J. A. LUNSFORD BY THE COUNTY COURT OF LAUDERDALE COUNTY BY
DECREE RECORDED IN SAID COURT IN MINUTE BOOK “N” PAGE 192, AND
THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF A 79 ACRE TRACT WHICH WAS CONVEYED TO SAID J. A.
LUNSFORD BY DEED WHICH IS RECORDED IN THE REGISTER’S OFFICE IN
LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN DEED BOOK “R” PAGE 465; RUNS THENCE EAST WITH THE NORTH BOUNDARY
LINE OF SAID 68 ACRE TRACT, 21 3/10 POLES TO A STAKE IN SAME, THENCE NORTH 14
POLES TO A STAKE WITH SASSAFRAS AND DOGWOOD POINTERS; THENCE EAST 16 POLES TO
A STAKE; THENCE SOUTH 14 POLES TO A STAKE IN SAID NORTH BOUNDARY LINE THENCE
EAST WITH SAID NORTH BOUNDARY LINE 49 9/10 POLES TO A STAKE THE NORTHEAST
CORNER OF SAID 68 ACRE TRACT; THENCE SOUTH WITH THE EAST BOUNDARY LINE OF
SAID 68 ACRE TRACT 43 1/5 POLES TO A STAKE; THENCE WEST PARALLEL WITH THE
NORTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID 68 ACRE TRACT 87 ½ POLES TO A STAKE IN THE WEST
BOUNDARY LINE OF SAME; THENCE NORTH WITH THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID 68
ACRE TRACT 43 1/5 POLES TO THE BEGINNING CONTAINING 25 ACRES. 2ND
THEY HAVE ALLOTTED AND ASSIGNED TO HER THE FOLLOWING PORTION OF THE REMAINDER
OF SAID TRACT ADJOINING THE SAID HOME STEAD TRACT AND THUS BOUNDED; BEGINNING
AT A STAKE THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF SAID ….TRACT REFERRED TO ABOVE;
RUNS THENCE EAST WITH THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAME 87 ½ POLES TO A STAKE
THE SOUTH EAST CORNER OF SAID 68 ACRE TRACT; THENCE NORTH WITH THE EAST
BOUNDARY LINE OF SAME 81 4/5 POLES TO A STAKE THE SOUTH EAST CONER OF THE
HOMESTEAD TRACT ABOVE DESCRIBED, THENCE WEST WITH THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF
SAID HOMESTEAD TRACT 87 ½ POLES TO A STAKE, THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF SAID
HOMESTEAD TRACT; THENCE SOUTH WITH THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID 68 ACRE3
TRACT 81 4/5 POLES TO THE BEGINNING, CONTAINING 44 ¾ ACRES. SAID G.
J. HUTCHESON JOS.
CROCKETT COMMISSIONERS J.
C. SAWYER, BILL
OF COSTS J.
C. SAWYER ONE DAY & MAKING PLAT $5.00 G. J.
HUTCHESON “ “ $1.50 JOE
CROCKETT “ “ $1.50 TOTAL $8.00 [PROPERTY
MAP] AND
THE SAID REPORT BEING UNEXCEPTED TO IS IN ALL THINGS CONFIRMED AND THAT SAID
ANNA LUNSFORD IS VESTED WITH ALL OF THE RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST IN AND TO SAID
HOMESTEAD AND DOWER TRACTS, TO WHICH SHE IS RIGHTFULLY ENTITLED ACCORDING TO
LAW, AS THE WIDOW OF J. A. LUNSFORD, DECEASED, AND ON HER APPLICATION, A WRIT
OF POSSESSION WILL ISSUE TO PUT THEREIN POSSESSION OF SAID LANDS. IT
IS FURTHER ORDERED BY THE COURT THAT THE PETITIONER ANNA LUNSFORD, PAY ALL OF
THE COSTS OF THIS CAUSE FOR WHICH EXECUTION MAY ISSUE. MONDAY
MORNING, APPLICATION OF ANNA LUNSFORD WIDOW OF J. A. LUNSFORD, DECEASED FOR YEARS SUPPORT IT APPEARING FROM THE PETITION OF
ANNA LUNSFORD, WIDOW OF J. A. LUNSFORD, DECEASED, IN HER OWN BEHALF AND THAT
OF THE MINOR CHILDREN OF DECEASED, THAT HER HUSBAND, J. A. LUNSFORD, HAS
LATELY DIED INTESTATE, IN LAUDERDALE COUNTY, LEAVING SURVIVING HIM, HIS SAID
WIDOW AND TWO MINOR CHILDREN, TO WIT; WALTER LUNSFORD, AGE 18 YEARS, AND
VERSER LUNSFORD, AGE FOURTEEN YEARS, WHO CONSTITUTE THE FAMILY OF SAID WIDOW,
AND THAT THEY ARE ENTITLED TO HAVE SET APART A YEARS SUPPORT OUT OF THE
ESTATE OF SAID J. A. LUNSFORD, DECEASED, AND SAID PETITIONER PRAYING THE
APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THAT PURPOSE; IT IS ORDERED THAT THE PRAYER OF PETITIONER
BE GRANTED, AND THAT JOHN LEGGETT, ALSIE SMITH, AND M. K. UNDERWOOD,
FREEHOLDERS OF LAUDERDALE COUNTY, UNCONNECTED WITH SAID WIDOW, EITHER BY
AFFIRMITY OR CONSANGUINITY, BE AND THEY ARE HEREBY APPOINTED COMMISSIONERS,
TO SET APART SO MUCH OF THE CROPS, STOCK, PROVISIONS, MONEYS ON HAND OR DUE,
OR OTHER ASSETS OF THE ESTATE OF SAID J. A. LUNFORD, DECEASED, AS MAY BE
NECESSARY FOR THE SUPPORT OF SAID WIDOW AND HER FAMILY, UNTIL THE EXPIRATION
OF ONE YEAR AFTER THE DEATH OF HER SAID HUSBAND, AND SAID COMMISSIONERS WILL
MAKE AND RETURN A FULL REPORT OF THEIR EXECUTION HEREOF TO THE PRESENT TERM
OF THIS COURT IF PRACTICABLE, OTHERWISE TO THE NEXT TERM OF THIS COURT. TO
THE HON. GEO. W. YOUNG, JUDGE FO THE COUNTY COURT OF LAUDERDALE COUNTY
TENNESSEE. THE
PETITION OF ANNA LUNSFORD, A RESIDENT OF SAID COUNTY, RESPECTFULLY SHOWS THAT
SHE IS THE WIDOW OF J. A. LUNSFORD, DECEASED, WHO DIED INTESTATE IN SAID
COUNTY IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER LAST, AND THAT SAID INTESTATE LEFT TWO
CHILDREN, WALTER LUNSFORD AGED EIGHTEEN YEARS OLD, AND VERSER LUNSFORD, AGED
FOURTEEN YEARS, SONS OF HIM AND YOUR PETITION WHOMSIDE WITH PETITIONER PRAYS
YOUR HONOR TO APPOINT THREE FREEHOLDERS, UNCONNECTED WITH HER EITHER BY
AFFINITY OR CONSANGUINITY, TO SET APART TO HER AND HER FAMILY, A YEARS
SUPPORT AS PROVIDED BY THE STATUTE.
ANNA LUNSFORD MCKINNEY
& PIERSON SOLICITORS
FOR PETITIONERS STATE
OF PERSONALLY APPEARED
BEFORE ME, L. B. ARCHER, CLERK OF THE COUNTY COURT OF LAUDERDALE COUNTY
TENNESSEE, PETITIONER ANNA LUNSFORD, WHO MAKES OATH THAT THE STATEMENTS AND
ALLEGATIONS IN HER ABOVE AND FOREGOING PETITION ARE TRUE TO THE BEST OF HER
KNOWLEDGE, INFORMATION AND BELIEF. THIS
L.
B. ARCHER, CLERK G.
WHIT YOUNG, DEPUTY CLERK THIS
PETITION SHOULD HAVE BEEN ENTERED BEFORE THE PRECEEDING ENTRY. MRS. ANNA LUNSFORD AS ADMINISTRATRIX J. A. LUNSFORD, DECEASED QUALIFICATION IT APPEARING TO THE COURT THAT J. A.
LUNSFORD, LATE A CITIZEN OF LAUDERDALE COURT ADJOURNED UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING GEO. W.
YOUNG COUNTY
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