Chesterfield County SC Estates~Estate Folder #922–Petition for Guardianship-B. H. and Rufus Thurman

 

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 #922

B. H. and Rufus Thurman Guardianship

This estate folder begins at image #612 and ends with image #618. (images 612-618)

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19384-9914-44?cc=1911928

On 29 November 1904, Dr. Benjamin Hill Thurman passed away leaving surviving him his wife and three sons. His wife, Mrs. Laura Virginia Perkins Thurman petitioned the courts for guardianship of her two youngest sons Benjamin H. and Rufus Thurman. 



Transcription:
State of South Carolina}
County of Chesterfield} In Probate Court
Ex Parte}
Laura V. Thurman}
In Re}
Guardianship of}
Benjamin H. Thurman}
and Rufus Thurman}
The Petition of your Petitioner shows to the Court.
1. That Benjamin H. Thurman and Rufus R. Thurman are infants of the ages following ages to wit- Benjamin H. Thurman was fourteen years old on the 7^th day of November 1904 and Rufus R. Thurman was Eleven years of age on the 16^th day of July 1904.
2. The deponent is the mother of said infants and their father ids dead and deponent is the natural Guardian and the most suitable person to act as their legal Guardian.
3. That said infants have an interest in certain persona; property the exact amount of which deponent does not know; but she supposes the same will be when collected about five hundred Dollars for each one.
Therefore she prays that she may be appointed their Guardian to take charge of their said property and collect same and convert it to money and invest it for her said sons and she will ever pray &C.
                                                                           Laura V. Thurman
State of South Carolina}
County of Chesterfield}
Personally appears Laura V. Thurman who being duly sworn says the above Petition is true of her own Knowledge.
Sworn before me}                                              Laura V. Thurman
Jany 13, 1905}
D. Matheson {Seal}
Notary Public}
 
Letters of Guardianship were granted to the Mother (Laura V. Thurman) on 19 January 1905 by M. S. Hough, Judge of Probate.
 
The two infants are my 3rd cousins twice removed.
 
_____________________________
[1] "South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19384-9914-44?cc=1911928 : 21 May 2014), Chesterfield > Probate Court, Estate records > 1865-1927 > Cases 0900-0951 > image 612 of 1318; county courthouses, South Carolina, and South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.