Pike County Alabama Wills.....E.Y. Williams, petitions for James Williams Estate 1859
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Written:  November 29 1859


Petition to Sell Real Estate
Filed in office Nov 29th 1859 and 2nd Monday in January 1859 Set for hearing 
granted (date should have been 1860) (This is a hand written petition)
To the Hon. Bird Fitzpatrick Judge of Probate for Pike County Ala. The petition 
of E. Y. Williams, admis of James Williams dec'd seized and prosessed of the 
following lands to wit: 
The W 1/2 of the SW 1/4 and W 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of Sec. 3 and E 1/2 of NE 1/4 
of Sec. 4 and NW 1/4 of NW 1/4 of Sec ten all in township 11 of Range 19---- 
and personal estate counting of slaves, horses, cattle, farming tools-----
2. That by terms of the Last Will & Testament of said dec'd all the estate 
after the death of his wife says to be divided among his heirs---and that now 
his wife is dead------
3. That the lands can not be equally sold (?) divided between said heirs and 
that said lands ought to be sold & the proceeds of the same distributed this 
being the only way that an equitable division can be had-----
4. That Julia Lawrence wife of William Lawrence, Elizabeth Barnett wife of Asa 
Barnett, Mary Owens wife of Robt Owens, E. Y. Williams--- Ann M. Dendy wife of 
William C. Dendy all of lawful age & resides in Pike Co. ----James Ellis Tucker 
minor heir of Joann Tucker of said last mentioned County & Perry & Asbury 
Tucker minor heirs of said Joann Tucker and residents of Montgomery County, and 
Zackariah Williams of age & a citizan of Conucuch county---and Kissiah Uruqhart 
wife of Thomas Urquhart--& John A. Williams residents of the state of Florida---
and Wiley W. Williams resident of the State of Georgia and Oliver P. Williams 
of the State of South Carolina are the heirs of said Testa (?) Therefor your 
petitioner would pray your Honor to grant all order for the sale of said Realty 
for the purpose,(?)and in duty bound he will pray the. 
Sworn to & subscribed befor Gardner Wes(??) atty for Pet. (this was very hard 
to read)
Signed E. Y. Williams 
the ttus(?) 2nd Nov. 1859 Bird Fitzpatrick, Judge of Probate
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E. Y. Williams Admist 
Bond Filed in Office Nov 25th 1859
Recorded in Bond book G. page 121
Bird FitzPatrick Judge of Probate
The State of Alabama 
Pike County          } Know all Men by these Present That we Erwin Y. Williams, 
William Lawrence, & Isham B. Clayton of the County and State of foresaid and 
firmly bound unto BIRD FITZPATRICK, Judge of the Court of Probate for said 
County, and his successors in office, in the penal sum of Twenty thousand 
Dollars; for which payment well and truly to be made and done, we bind 
ourselves, our Heirs, Executors, and Administrators, jointly and severally, by 
these presents----Seal with our seals, and dated this 25th Day of November 1859
THE CONDITION OF THE ABOVE OBLIGATION ISSUE, That whereas the above bound
Erwin Y. Williams has been appointed Administrator, of the Estate of James 
Williams late of said County deceased: Now, if the said Erwin Y. Williams shall 
well and truly perform all the duties which are or may be by law required of 
him as such Administrator--then the above obligation to be bond, otherwise, to 
remain in full force. 
Taken approved,and ordered to be filed}
Bird Fitzpatrick, Judge of Probate        } E. Y. Williams L. S. 
                                            William Lawrence L. S. 
                                            I. B. Clayton L. S. 
                                            (all signed names no marks)

(This was on a form not hand written places to be filled in with names by the 
Judge). 

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