Amanuensis Monday is a genealogy blogging theme. It was started by John Newmark who writes the TransylvanianDutch blog.
His definition of Amanuensis is:
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.
Today’s subject is an Order to sale in the Stephen Brock Estate.1
The tombstone of Stephen Brock shows that he was born 22 February 1820 and died 11 September 1867.
His wife (Nancy Smith Brock) was granted Administratrix of the estate.
On the 25th day of November 1867, R. T. Powell, K. T. Morgan and John H. Thomas made oath the they would that would make a just and true appraisements of all and singular the goods and chattels of Stephen Brock.
The appraisement was completed showing a “meager” list of possessions valued at a $70.00. However, not listed on the inventory was a parcel of Land in the town of Cheraw, known as Lot 246. It looks as if Nancy chose to hang onto this lot for a while but her son, Peter Haley had other plans.
The State of South Carolina}
Chesterfield County}
To Hugh Craig, Esq. Judge of Probate
The Petition of Peter H. Brock
Shewth that Stephen Brock late of said County lately died intestate leaving him surviving his Widow, Nancy Brock, P. H. Brock, Ervin S. Brock, Frank Brock & Calhoun Brock, and that the said intestate was seized & possessed in his own right of the one half interests in a certain lot in the town of Cheraw Numbered 246 on Market Street continued__
Your petitioner being desirous of attaining his share of the above property prays that a summons in partition do ifsue [issue] for the division or sale of the same.
Jany 10th 1870 P. H. Brock
An Order to Sale was issued by the Courts and Lot 246 was sold and the proceeds divided among the heirs named above.
Court of Probate
Chesterfield County
P. H. Brock }
vs }
Nancy Brock & others}
Order for the Sale of
Stephen Brock, interest
being the one half in a
Lot No. 246 on Market
Street continued in Cheraw.
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[1] "South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19384-41721-51?cc=1911928&wc=MPPR-L29:190567401,190561002,190567402,190646901 : accessed 29 Jun 2014), Chesterfield > Probate Court, Estate records > 1865-1927 > Cases 0088-0152 > image 1040 of 1495.
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