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Know all Men by these Presents:

           That we  Sophia Turner, widow of Lewis Turner deceased, of the Town of Scriba, County of Oswego & State of New York as principal, and  Russell Turner of the same place and Archibald D. McIntyre of the City of Oswego County and State of New York as sureties are held and firmly bound, unto the people of the State of New York, in the sum of Five Hundred dollars, lawful money of the United States of America, to be paid to the said people:  To which payment, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our and each of our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
 

 Sealed with our Seals.

STATE OF NEW YORK  }
  OSWEGO COUNTY,   } ss

        On this sixth day of November, 1890, before me the subscriber personally appeared   Sophia Turner, Russell Turner and Archibald D. McIntyre.      who acknowledged that they executed the foregoing bond, and I certify that I know the persons who made the said acknowledgements to be the individual described in and who executed the said instrument.

 
   OATH OF ADMINISTRATOR,

STATE OF NEW YORK,   }
  OSWEGO county,  } ss.

     I,      Sophia Turner   do swear, that I am twenty-one years of age and upwards, and that I will well, honestly and faithfully discharge the duties of Administrix of the estate of   Lewis Turner  late of the Town of Scriba, in the County of Oswego, New York, deceased, intestate, according to law, and hereby consent to serve.

 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6th   }
day of November A.D., 1890     }

OSWEGO COUNTY SURROGATE’S COURT.

In the matter of the administration of the Estate of Lewis Turner, Deceased 
__r Letters of Administration.
Read and filed Nov 6th, 1890.  (Signed)  F. N. Burleigh, 
 

A true and correct inventory of all the goods, chattels and credits which were of Lewis Turner, late of the Town of Scriba in the County of Oswego and State of New York, deceased, made by:

Sophie Turner sole administratrix of the goods chattels and effects of the said deceased which have come to the knowledge of the said administratrix and particularly of all monies, bank bills and other circulating medium belonging to the said deceased and of all bonds mortgages and notes and other securities for the payment of money belonging to the said deceased specifiying the name of each debtor the sum originally payable and all endorsements thereon with their dates and the sum which may be collected on each security.

1.  Note made by Russell Turner dated March 15, 1889.  And conditional for the payment of the sum of one Hundred Dollars in one year from date with  use.
         $100.00

2.  Deposited in the Second National Bank of Oswego, N.Y.  $240.00

State of New York }
County of Oswego } ss
        Sophie Turner being duly sworn disposes and says that she is the administrator of the estate etc of Lewis Turner, late of the Town of Scriba in the County of Oswego and State of New York that the foregoing inventory is in all respects Just and true that it contains a true statement of all the personal property of the said deceased which have come to the knowledge of this department, and particularly of all money, bank notes and other circulating medium belonging to the said deceased and of all Just claims of the deceased against deponent to the best knowledgeof this deponent.

Subscribed and sworn to      Her
before me this 18th day of     Sophie  X  Turner
November, 1890.       Mark

Surrogate’s Court, County of Oswego, New York:

 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF }
                                                  }
      Lewis Turner...........Deceased}

TO THE SURROGATE’S COURT OF THE COUNTY OF OSWEGO, NEW YORK: 

      The petition of Sophia Turner, of the Town of Scriba in the County of Oswego, New York, respectfully showeth:

      That your petitioner is the widow of Lewis Turner, who died intestate on or about the 24th day of September, 1890, a natural death, being at the time of his death a resident of the Town of Scriba in the said County of Oswego, New York.

      That the said deceased left no last Will, to the knowledge or belief of your petitioner.  That he left him surviving, his widow Sophia Turner and also the following persons his only next of kin, via:

Name         Relationship              Adult or           Residence
                 to deceased                Minor
            

Henry Turner      Son                    Adult          Oswego, N.Y.
Lucien Turner     Son                     Adult          Ithaca, N.Y.
Anna Turner     granddaughter        Adult          Scriba, N.Y.
Joseph Turner  Grandson               Adult          Scriba, N.Y.
Minnie              Granddaughter        Adult          Scriba, N.Y.
Lewis Turner    Grandson               Minor          Scriba, N.Y.
Thomas Turner Grandson               Minor          Scriba, N.Y.

      That your petitioner has to the best of her ability estimated and ascertained the value of the personal property of which the said deceased died possessed, and of the probably amount to be recovered by reason of any right of action granted to an executor or administrator by special provision of law, and that the same does not exceed in value the sum of about $Two Hundred & forty Dollars & five cents, ($240.05).  

      Your petitioner desires to take out letters of administration on the estate of said deceased and therefore prays that letters of administration on the estate of said may be granted to said petitioner Sophia Turner.

STATE OF NEW YORK,  }
  OSWEGO COUNTY,    } ss.

       Sophia Turner the petitioner named in the foregoing petition being duly sworn, deposes and says:  That he(sic) has heard said petition read and knows the contents thereof and that the same is true of her own knowledge except as to matters therein stated to be alleged on information and belief, and that as to those matter he believes to be true.

Subscribed and sworn to before me this   6th  }
day of   November    A.D., 1890    }
   

Henry A. Jones
Justice of the Peace