This is a new series of posting, appearing every Sunday, on selected Estate Folders from the Estate files of Chesterfield County. No known estates exist for the period before the Civil War. They were destroyed with the burning of the Courthouse. There are a few “Equity Records” in the State Archives. Do not overlook this valuable resources if you are looking for ancestors in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.
Today we will be looking at the following Estate folders:
Folder #205
Alfred Davis Perkins1
This estate folder begins at image #1155 and ends with image #1181. (images 1155-1181)
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Alfred Davis Perkins’ estate folder was a real surprise. For many years Alfred had languished within my data base with no death date and an assumption that he died while very young and single. While I was correct about his death at a young age it was his probate record that revealed a wife called Anna and a young son under the age of fourteen. From a practical point, the son may have been much younger that 14 because in the 1880 census Alfred was a single man age 19 and working as a store clerk. It is not known when or where Alfred married Anna; nor have I determined what her maiden name is at this point.
Image #1180 within Probate Folder #29505 is a request by Anna Perkins, widow of A. D. Perkins, to be appointed “Guardian ad Litem“ for her young under aged son. 2
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Image 1180 - Transcription
State of South Carolina}
County of Chesterfield} In Probate Court
Ex Parte
Anna Perkins
The petition of Anna Perkins shows that she is the Widow of A. D. Perkins, decd and she has one child the son of A. D. Perkins, decd who is an infant under the age of fourteen years and has no guardian testamentary or otherwise
That A. D. Perkins left no will and was Owner in fee of a certain tract of land, in this County and state which however he had agreed in writing to sell and it is necessary for action to be taken to carry out the said contract and it is advantageous to the said infant that said contract be enforces and she is desirous of being appointed his guardian ad litem and prays that she may be appointed Guardian ad litem and she will ever pray &c. Prince & Stevenson
Petitioners Attorneys
Alfred Davis Perkins was born about 1861, a son of John Henry Perkins and Nancy Janet Davis. He was the seventh of fourteen children. I almost certain that the Alford Perkins and Anna Lee Perkins buried in Swift Creek Cemetery is the correct couple. The on-line tombstone photo for Alford Perkins is illegible. If you visit Swift Creek cemetery please keep me in mind and send me a readable photo and/or update FAG Memorial #101053950.
Alfred Davis Perkins is my 2nd Cousin 3 times removed.
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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-1-19384-38675-57?cc=1911928 : accessed 2 April 2016), Chesterfield > Probate Court, Estate records > 1865-1927 > Cases 0153-0227 > image 1155 of 1550; county courthouses, South Carolina, and South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.
[2] Guardian Ad Litem - A guardian appointed by the court to represent the interests of Infants, the unborn, or incompetent persons in legal actions.[Source: http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/guardian+ad+litem]
[3] FAG Memorial #101053950 and Find A Grave Memorial# 101053926.
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