Chesterfield County SC Estates~Estate Folder #1390–Lizzie Odom, Guardian Appointment

 

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 #1390
Lizzie Odom

This estate folder begins at image #1367 and ends with image #1372. (images 1367-1372)

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Robert J. Vick, father of Elizabeth ’Lizzie’ Vick Odom, died on 17 May 1896 leaving her Mother, Louisa Watson Vick a widow with four small children.  Louisa married James Aaron Sellers in early 1900 sometime before the census enumeration occurred in June 1900.  

About 1913, Elizabeth ’Lizzie’ Vick married John Dwight Odom. This marriage year is a calculation based on the birth of their first born child, Mendel Wilson Odom, on 7 September 1914.  Another document from a Chesterfield Estate Folder #1390, labeled Lizzie Odom shows Lizzie Vick signing her name as Lizzie Odom on 17 December 1913.  















Transcription:

State of South Carolina}
County of Chesterfield}   In Probate Court.
Ex Parte                    }                       
                J. D. Odom}
In Re                         }
                Estate Lizzie}
Odom, Minor              }
                                To the probate Court: -
                                                The petition of Lizzie Odom shows:
                That she is a minor over the age of 14 years and resides in the above State and County with her husband J. D. Odom.
That she has $298.80 coming to her in the case of Louisa Sellers, et. al, vs J. U. Vick which is now in the hands of P. A. Murray, Jr., Master.
That in order that said funds may be used for her proper support and maintenance the appointment of as Guardian for her is necessary. 
That her husband J. D. Odom is a fit and proper person to act in such capacity.
                Wherefore she asks that the said J. D. Odom be appointed her Guardian.
December 17th, 1913     

                             
John Dwight Odom the husband of Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ Vick Odom is my 3rd Cousin twice removed.




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[1] "South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-N357-6?cc=1911928&wc=MPP5-ZN5%3A190567401%2C190561002%2C190567402%2C192254901 : 21 May 2014), Chesterfield > Probate Court, Estate records > 1865-1927 > image 1367 of 1626; county courthouses, South Carolina, and South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.