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 Chesterfield County, SC Estate Folder #22, David Rivers, February 1891.1
David T. Rivers, son of Frederick F. Rivers and Sarah “Siddie" Boatwright, died on 8 February 1891. His lifetime mate, Katherine Eugenia Edgeworth, had passed away almost 18 1/2 years earlier on 28 September 1872. David and Katherine were married about 1844. Together they raised a family of eleven; 5 sons and 6 daughters.
His daughter Siddie Rivers submitted a request for Letters of Administration and was granted Administratorship of the Estate on 12 March 1891.
State of South Carolina}
County of Chesterfield}
To Hon. H. D. Tiller Judge of Probate for Chesterfield County
The petition of the undersigned respectfully represents to the Court
1st That David Rivers late of Chesterfield County died intestate on the 8 day of Feb 1891 leaving a small personal Estate amounting to about Seventy five dollars
2nd That letters of Administration has not [been] issued to any one and that the heirs of Said Estate have mutually agreed for letters of Administrations to be granted to the undersigned wherefore yore Petitioner prays that letters of Administrations be granted unto her in order that the Said Estate may be managed and Settled according to law and yore petitioner will ever pray
D. R Davis, J. C. Cason and A. H. Buchanan were appointed as appraisers for the estate on 7 March 1891. The inventory consisted of 3 pages of items with a total value of $84.97.
The top three high value items in the estate were:
Mule – $15.70
Wagon – $12.75
Cow – $7.75
Goods worth $1 in 1891 dollars are now worth $26.32; so David’s 1891 Estate is valued at $2236.41 in today dollars.
I haven’t checked the land records in Chesterfield County but there was no mention of land ownership in his estate file. If David owned any land it was sold or passed on to his sons before death.
The estate was settled and Letters of Dismissal were issued to Siddie Rivers on 19 March 1892.
This estate can be viewed free, on-line at www.FamilySearch.org.
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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-1-19383-21511-22?cc=1911928&wc=MPP5-829:190567401,190561002,190567402,190567403 : accessed 05 Oct 2014), Chesterfield > Probate Court, Estate records > 1865-1927 > Cases 0001-0022 > image 470 of 493.[Probate Folder #22, Images 470-490, 20 pages]
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