Amanuensis Monday~Probate of the James Smith Estate, 1890

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 Probate of the Estate of James Smith, 1890.¹

James Smith was born 4 March 1826, a son of Duncan Smith. He married Catherine McLaurin about 1855/56 and they had 6 children; 3 sons and 3 daughters. James died on 23 January 1890. His wife died approximately 3 years later in September 1893.  

The Widow and six children are shown here in this distribution of assets:













By amt paid Widow, one third – $98.05
D. A. Smith [Daniel A.] – $32.68
I. J. Smith [Isabel Jane] – $32.68
M. C. Smith [Mary Cornelia] – $32.68
F. J. Smith [Franklin James] – $32.68
M. D. Smith [Milton Duncan] – $32.68
N. A. Smith [Nancy A.] – $32.68



State of South Carolina}
Chesterfield County}
To Hon. H. D. Tiller Judge of Probate for Chesterfield County
The petition of the undersigned respectfully represents to the court
1st. That James Smith late of Chesterfield County died intestate on the 23^rd day of July 1890 leaving a personal Estate amounting to about one thousand dollars.
2^nd. That Letters of Administration has not [been] issued to any one and that the heirs of Said Estate have mutually agreed for letters of Administration to be granted to the undersigned.
Wherefore your petitioner prays that Letters of Administration be granted unto him in order that the said Estate may be managed and Settled according to law and your petitioner will ever pray &.
August 18^th 1890                                                     F. J. Smith
 
 
 
 
 
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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-1-19384-30467-45?cc=1911928 : accessed 12 June 2016), Chesterfield > Probate Court, Estate records > 1865-1927 > Cases 0153-0227 > image 695 of 1550; county courthouses, South Carolina, and South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.