Chesterfield County SC~Estate Folder #481 – Joel [Ellis] Gulledge

Each week, on Sunday, I will select an Estate Folders from the Estate files of Chesterfield County and discuss its contents. 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 resource if you are looking for ancestors in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

Today we will be looking at the following Estate folder:
Estate Folder #481
Images 232 thru 262
Joel [Ellis] Gulldege ¹

Joel Ellis Gulledge was born about 1797, a son of the Reverend Joel Gulledge and his wife Zilpha Huntley. He was one of the oldest of many children in a rather large family. 

Joel Ellis Gulledge married Sarah Elizabeth Sellers about 1821/22. To this union were born 8 children; 6 sons and 2 daughters.

Joel Ellis Gulledge wrote his will on 19 August 1880 leaving most of his estate to his daughters Susannah, Elizabeth and the other children. He died about 1884.

Image 257 – Will of Joel Ellis Gulledge

https://carolinafamilyroots.blogspot.com/2012/10/amanuensis-monday-will-of-joel-gulledge.html

He named his grandson Joel H. Catoe, son of Elizabeth L. Gulledge as his executor and daughter Susanna Gulledge as Executrix to his Last Will and Testament.



Transcription:

State of South Carolina} Court of
County of Chesterfield} Probate
In the matter of the Estate
of
Joel Gullage Deceased
The Petition of Joel H. Cato Executor of the Last Will and Testament of the Estate of Joel Gullage, deceased.
Respectfully shows to this Court that he has Entered on upon the duties of his trust and find that it will be necessary to Sell the personal property at auction in order to prevent lofs [loss] to the Estate.
Wherefore your Petitioner prays that your Honorable court grant him an order to Sale of Said personal property and your petitioner will ever pray &c.
                                                                       Joel H. Cato
An order was issued and the property sold.



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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-NHLP-8?cc=1911928&wc=MPPB-C68%3A190567401%2C190561002%2C190567402%2C191054401 : 21 May 2014), Chesterfield > Probate Court, Estate records > 1865-1927 > Cases 0470-0553A > image 232 of 1550; county courthouses, South Carolina, and South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia.