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Estate of Josiah Jordan
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Josiah Jordan Estate
Oglethorpe County, Ga.
1813-1830 Minutes
Court of Ordinary

(page 435)
Georgia             }         Court of Ordinary Nov. Term Oglethorpe County }
Upon the application of the distributees of the Estate of Josiah Jordan dec'd Consisting of widow Milly Jordan  Nathaniel Mitchell in right of his wife Temperance Mitchell the heir and distributee of Martha Mitchell dec'd wife of Hartwell Mitchell Jacob Mathews in right of his wife Winney Mathews the heir and distributee of Josiah Jordan dec'd  Geo. W. Jordan Minor  Wm. E. Collier in right of his wife Polly Minor  Patience Jordan Minor  Jno. P. Jordan Minor & Ann M. Jordan Minor stating that is desirable to the said distributees of Josiah Jordan Dec'd to have the personal Estate of said Josiah which has come into the hands of the administrator since the former division thereof apportioned equally between the said Distributees.

It's further ordered that Dr. Ira C. Smith  Majr. George Doggett  Isham Rainey and Wm. Arnold be and they are hereby appointed commissioners & appraisers and they or any three of them are hereby authorized to divide the personal Estate of Josiah Jordan dec'd which has lately come into the hands of the administrator

(page 436)
into ten equal parts among the said distributees giving an equal portion to cash of said Estate due motion being previously given to all Concerned It's further ordered that the said Petitioner be authorized to divide the portion Coming to the heirs of Hartwell Mitchell equally between the same.
 

Josiah Jordan Estate
Book # 4 1815-1831
Inventories and Returns On Estates
Oglethorpe County
Appraisement & Partition of the personal property of Josiah Jordan Sen'r dec'd among the distributees Of said dec'd  January 6th 1825
(page 67)
 

Lot 1st
Solomon a fellow	$  500 }
Fanny & child	450 }
Pat a woman	275 }	Assign to Milly
Sophia a girl	150 }	Jordan   widow
Amey a woman	100
	$1475
Lot 2nd
Osborn a fellow	$ 500 }
Ginney & child Jeffery	500 }	Drawn by Jn. P.
Jim a boy	300 }	Jordan.  Minor
Malessa a girl	125 }
	$ 1425
Lot 3rd
Brittan a fellow	$ 300 }
Mary & child Sally	300 }	Drawn by Patience
Milly a girl	250 }	Jordan.  Minor
Betty a woman	150 }
	$1400
Lot 4th
Burrell a fellow	$ 500 }
Little Jinney girl	375 }
Rachel a woman	300 }	M. Jordan.  Minor
Lucy a girl	250 }
	$1425
Lot 5th
Billy a fellow	$500 }
Franky a woman	400 }	Drawn by Geo. W.
Peter a fellow	300 }	Jordan.  Minor
Elya a girl	175 }
	$1375
Continued
Lot 6th
Clark a Boy	$400 }
Hinny & child Lola	500 }	Drawn by Polly
Herod a fellow	300 }	Jordan.  Minor
Green a boy	200 }
	$1400
Lot 7th
Jack a boy	$350 }
Rhoda & child	500 }	Drawn by the heirs
Cate & child Isbele	350 }	of Martha Mitchell wife of Hartwell Mitchell
Mason a girl	200 }
	$1400
Lot 8th
Rec'd before the death of the dec'd
By Nathaniel Mitchell	$1198
At present Little Cate a girl	350
	$1548
Ninth Lot
Rec'd as above stated by
Jacob Mathews	$1213
At present Middleton a boy	350
	$1563
Lot 10th
Rec'd as above stated by
Josiah Jordan Jun'r	$1368
At present Willis a boy	300
	$ 1668

 

Georgia           } We do hereby Certify that the above and Oglethorpe County } foregoing is a just and true appraisement and distribution of the personal property of Josiah Jordan Sen'r dec'd produced to us by Jacob G. Mathews the Adm'r

To the best of our Knowledge & understanding
This 6th day of January 1825
                           Bird Parks
                              his
                        George x Doggett
                             mark
                          Wm. Arnold
                         Willis Jones

( Complier's note-these returns begin at page 52- January 17th 1822 and contains 28 pages, estate consisted of four plantations, last page recorded Nov. 5th 1829. There are deeds recorded as late as April 25th 1839 by the Administrator, Jacob Mathews.  Jacob Mathews's family, Josiah Jordan's widow, Milly (Mildred) Jordan, and  John Vines Collier moved to Stewart County Ga. after 1833.  My forefather John Vines Collier moved back to Oglethorpe County around 1848, after his wife Olive J (Jacob Mathews's daughter) Collier died in Stewart County)
 

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