Monday Is for Mothers: Timney P. Watts (1805 - 1863) - Probate Records, Part 11, Sorting Out the Male Heirs

You may recall in my last post that dealt with her probate records there was a list of heirs of Timney P. Watts Warren Phillips named in the depositions which included the names of eight individuals I didn't recognize: William R. (W.R.) Phillips, Josiah Phillips, Martha Adams, Mary Lane, and Elizabeth, Eugenia, Columbiana and John T. Phillips.

In my efforts to discover who these people were, I returned to the probate records for Timney's second husband, John P. Phillips (1792-1852) and found a list of his heirs filed by her attorneys* on July 15, 1852 in connection with her dower claims.

[Description : Probate Court Record, Vol 4, 1850-1853. Ancestry.com. Alabama, Wills and Probate Records, 1753-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.. Original data: Alabama County, District and Probate Courts.]

where your petitioner Sheweth the following persons are the heirs and
legatees of said Estate Thomas H Phillips William A Phillips Frederick Phillips
Josiah Phillips Thadeus Phillips Mary E Lane wife of Alexander Lane &
Martha A Adams wife of James Adams all of whom are over the age of
twenty years -- also Jeremiah D Phillips Lucinda I Phillips Littleberry B Phillips
John C Phillips and Elizabeth Lockwood who are under the age of twenty
one. Your petitioner prays that your Honor upon the hearing of this petition
order and decree that her dower in Said lands be advanced and 
allotted to her in accordance with the statute in such cases [?] and
provided.                                  Timney Phillips
                                                  per Clopton & Ligon her attys

From this record we can confirm that William R and Josiah Phillips have to be added to the family tree along with Martha Adams** and Mary Lane. And two more sons have been revealed who weren't included in the later list--Frederick and Thad[d]eus.

From a later probate record (February, 1856) we can learn more about Frederick (1820-1855).

[Description : Estate Papers, Petteway, Ignatius W to Phillips, Nancy. Ancestry.com. Alabama, Wills and Probate Records, 1753-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Alabama County, District and Probate Courts.]

The State of Alabama     {Personally appeared before me
   Macon County             {Linus Alexander Judge of Probate
when being duly  Thomas H Phillips admin of John Phillips dec'd
when being duly sworn says this [?] account for final
settlement is just & true and that the following persons are the heirs
at law & distributees[?] Timney P. Phillips widow of intestate
Thos. H Phillips admin, William R. Phillips, Mary P Josiah
Phillips, Thaddeus, Jeremiah D. Lucinda I Littleberry
B. & John C the last four of whom are minors and 
reside in Macon except Littleberry B. who lives in Geo.
and Mrs Mary Phillips & her child Nancy the widow
& only child of Frederick Phillips, and Elizabeth
Lockwood the only child of A. Lockwood & Elizabeth
Lockwood & that Affiant Swears that he had
not used for his own purposes any of the money ofor
said estate that he knows of-----

From the 1850 U.S. Census we can learn a bit more about Timney's stepson Frederick and his wife Mary.

[Year: 1850; Census Place: District 21, Macon, Alabama; Roll: M432_9; Page: 201A; Image: 25.

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As you can see in 1850 the couple had two children, Matilda and Simeon. Simeon died at 13 months old and is buried in the Fort Family Cemetery in Macon County; we don't know any more of his older sister than this census record but she must have died sometime before the 1856 list of heirs. Although I've found no supporting documentation, some believe that Mrs Mary Phillips was Mary A. Peteet (1832-1857) who was married to Menafee Tatum*** at the time of her death and is also buried in Fort Cemetery. Since little Nancy Phillips isn't mentioned in any of the lists of heir for Timney in 1863 she had probably joined the rest of her family in the local cemetery.


The other hitherto undiscovered stepson Thaddeus (1823-1857) and his wife Mary H. Slaughter (1828-1884) had three children by the time of the 1850 U.S. Census.

[Year: 1850; Census Place: District 21, Macon, Alabama; Roll: M432_9; Page: 233A; Image: 85. 

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Since Thaddeus pre-deceased his stepmother, Mary Elizabeth (1844-1915), Francis G. Eugene (1847-1916), his only son John T. (1848-1884) and his youngest surviving child Columbia Ann (1856-1920) inherited their father's share of Timney's estate.

Stepson Josiah Phillips (c1822-aft1880) married Martha Ann Chappell (1826-1894)**** and they were living in Cass County, Texas, by 1854.

William R. Phillips (1818-1890) remained in Georgia where he and his wife Mary Smith Johnson (1859-1905) had 11 children. One of their younger daughter was named Nancy Timney Phillips, honoring both his birth mother Nancy Ann Pennington (1798-1826) and stepmother Timney.

Next week I'll present what I've learned about Mary and Martha.


*Her attorneys,Clopton & Ligon, were the same ones who set out the interrogatories for the Commission referred to in my previous post.
**Martha Norman Phillips was one of Timney's daughters.
***

Ancestry.com. Alabama, Marriages, Deaths, Wills, Court, and Other Records, 1784-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.

Original data: Alabama Department of Archives and History, comp. Public information subject files—Card index of personal and corporate names and of subjects, ca. 1920–1960. Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama.

****She is the granddaughter of John Chappell (c1763-1828) my fourth great grandfather, and therefore my first cousin, four times removed.


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From the Probate files: Jeremiah Warren Part 14, Account Current - January 26, 1835

Once again the executors of Great Uncle Jeremiah Warren's estate filed a report with the Probate Court which included a list of enslaved persons and who hired them for the year.

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county probate courthouses, Georgia.]

Acc't. hiring of the Negroes belonging to the Estate of Jeremiah
     Warren dec'd. for 1833, to wit,
     Jack            to    Jno. Graybill                            105.00
     Hal              "     Wm. Warren                            100.00
     Anderson    "             do                                     100.00
     Meredith     "     R. Warren                                100.00
     Lucy           "             do                                       40.00
     Lethe          "     Mary Warren                              35.00
     Edmund     "     P. Equals                                    100.00
     Dave          "     Geo. W. Butts                            100.00
     Abram       "      Jno. Graybill & J.G. Butts          65.00
     Amy & 3 children " Jno. Arnold Jr.                     45.00
                                                                              $790.00

Hancock County
     Jno. Graybill & Jesse G. Butts Executors &c. being duly
sworn says that the above acc't. hiring &c. is just & true
Sworn to & subscriber before
this 26th day of Jan'y 1835                    John Graybill
     Henry Rogers C.C.O.                         Jesse G. Butts             

Compared with the hiring list for 1833 we can see that Jack and Hal are the only ones to be hired by the same people. Two of Jeremiah's siblings, Mary and Robert, were among the hirers this time. Abram was hired by Graybill and Butts jointly, perhaps to work on the plantation Jeremiah set aside in his will for the benefit of the seven slaves he hoped to see freed within five years? There's no mention of Tom, described as "insane" on the 1833 list but it could be that the $10 coffin bought from John H. Breedlove in the previous year's accounting was for him. John Arnold was also a resident of Hancock County but I've not been able to find any mention of P. Equals in census records.

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John Graybill & Jesse G. Butts Exor's 
1834        In acc't. current with the Est of Jere'h. Warren dec'd
Aug't. 26 To balance pr. acc't rend'd.                                         $ 1974.02-3/4
                " am't. rec''d. upon a final distribution of the assets of }
                  A. Slaughter & C. Labuzan                                        }  75.94
                " " rec'd. J. choice note $24. In't. on do 6.27                    30.27
               " Hire of Negroes for 1834 per acc't rend'd.                    790.00
                                                                                                   $2870.23-3/4
                                                        Cr
               By Cash paid Epps W. Warren                              1          20.34
               "    Eliz'th. Warren                                                 2          21.62-1/2
               "     do  paid   William Warren                               3          31.26
               "      do   "      George Amoss                                 4            3.14
               "      do   " Cha's. Jenkins Atty Com'n collecting   5            3.75
               "      do  " for recording this acc't, & acc't. hiring negroes  1.75
               "  Com'n. on 896.21 am't. rec'd.                           22.40
               "      "        "  81.86-1/2 " paid acct                         2.04     24.44
               " am't. Bal'ce' due                                                           2763.93-1/4
                                                                                                     $2870.23-3/4
Georgia Hancock County
      John Graybill & Jesse G. Butts Exoc's of &c. of Jerem-
iah Warren dec'd being duly sworn says the above acct
current is just & true                                                        
Sworn to & subscribed before               John Graybill
this 26th day of Jan'y 1835                   Jesse G. Butts       
     Henry Rogers C.C.O.    

Census records show that George Amos and Charles Jenkins were residents of Hancock County too.



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From the Probate files: Jeremiah Warren Part 13, Account Current - August 26, 1834

As required, Great Uncle Jeremiah Warren's executors John Graybill and Jesse G. Butts filed an accounting with the Probate Court for 1833 and part of 1834.

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county probate courthouses, Georgia.]

Dr. John Graybill & Jesse G. Butts
     1833     In acct. current with the Estate of J. Warren dec'd.
May 29 To bal[an]ce. due Est for acct. rendered                                  5582.44
       1834
Feb 12   "  amt. collected on a note due by A. Slaughter & C       }
                  Labuzan* in part -- bal[an]ce.not considered desperate}       573.75
Jan 31   "  cash rec'd. Fred'k. Scotts note $27 In't. $3 due dec'd.             30.00
              "    do      "    John I Berrys note 76.50 do 6.81 due dec'd           83.31
Aug't 12 "   do      "   John Ropers note 20,00    do 3.86 due to dec'd.      23.86
               "  Gross sale  3 Bales Cotton in Augusta                                 142.44
                                                                                                            $6435.80
                                            Cr

              By Cash paid Henry Rogers C.C. O.                                   #1      4.56-1/4

               "      do    "  Prince & Ragland 2/Bills $6.75 & &               2&3   13.75

                                                                Forwarded                             $    18.31-1/4

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404                                                          

                                                               Am't. bro't. over                    $       18.31-1/4

            By Cash paid John H. Breedlove making Coffin                    #4     10.--

               "      do    "  Wm Warren services as overseer                        5     27.--   

               "      do    "   A.G. Breedlove                do                              6     75.29

               "      do    "  Jas. H. Burnet acc't proved                                 7     10.79

               "      do    "  Taxes 1832 & 1833  $14.34 & 4.41                 8&9   18.75          

               "      do    "  Chas. J. Jenkins prof'n services                          10    28.65

               "      do    "  Wyatt Harper proved acc't.                                 11    17.86

               "      do    "  Francis H. Cone prof'n services                          12  100.--

               "      do    "  A.C. Layre               do 2 receipts                       13  100.--

               "      do    "  postage, travelling expenses to sell Land etc.    14    10.92

               "      am't paid to Jho. Graybill for ginning 3 Bales Cotton            10.00

               "      am't retained by J. Graybill & Jesse G. Butts under the}

                        will of Jeremiah Warren**                                             }  4000.00

               "      am't paid H. Rogers C.C.O.                                           #15     2.12-1/2

               "      Com p. on $823.36 rec?                                 (21.33) 21.33 }

               "   do " 429.70-1/4 am't. paid out exclusive of the $4000(10.74) 10.74}  32.07

1834

26 Aug's " Balance on hand carried down                                                1974.02-3/4

                                                                                                                 $6435.80                                     Georgia Hancock County

      John Graybill & Jesse G. Butts Exer's of etc. of Jeremiah

Warren dec'd. being duly sworn says that the within acc't. current

is just & true.

Sworn to & subscribed before}                         John Graybill

me this 26th August 1834      }                          Jesse G. Butts

     Henry Rogers C.C.O.

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county probate courthouses, Georgia.]

Georgia Hancock County
     Know all men by these presents that we the undersigned
legatees of Jeremiah Warren later of said County dec'd. in conseque-
ence of the recent failure of Messrs. A Slaughter & C Labuzan who
were indebted to said dec'd. at the time of his death to the amount
of seventeen hundred dollars and upwards, the claim upon them
due the estate of said Warren being in jeopardy we authorise
and consent that the Executors shall adapt such measures as
they may deem expedient to secure said debt or any part of it
by compromise or otherwise other than a suit at Law for the
recovery of the money and we do hereby acquit & forever bare harmless
the said Exrs. from any liability on account of the above nam-
ed debt this 5th March 1834                          Lott Harton
                                                                       William Warren
                                                                       Robert Warren


*Augustine Slaughter and Charles Labuzan were businessmen active in Augusta for many years. Here's a listing for them in an 1823 Commercial Directory:

**In Item 10th in Jeremiah's will.

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Working on Wednesday: Jeremiah Warren Part 7, A List of Money, Notes & Accounts

As I explained in last week's look at the probate records of Great Uncle Jeremiah Warren, the inventory of his belongings was followed by a list of money owed him and cash he had at the time of his death.

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county probate courthouses, Georgia.]

Because this is a continuation of the inventory at the top of the page we find two paragraphs attesting that the appraisers had been duly sworn:

I do hereby certify that the above appraisers were

sworn to perform their duty as appraisers according to

law this twenty fifth day of September 1832

Wilkins Smith J.P.

And because Wilkins Smith was also one of the appraisers:

I do hereby certify that Wilkins Smith on of the a-

bove appraisers was sworn to before me perform his

duty as appraiser according to law this first day

of October 1832

Henry Rogers, J.P.

A list of money Notes & accounts belonging to the

estate of Jeremiah Warren dec'd.

Notes Presley Harper's made the 20. May 1830 due the          }

          first of January 1832 for                                                 }  1103.02

          credited with $76.40 c on the                                         }

          April 1832                                                                      }

Wm Warrens Note   made 2 February 1829 due the 25th Decem- }

                                ber 1829                                                          } 216.00

Federck Scots note   made 10 July 1831 due 4th February 1832       27.84

Federick Scots do     do 4 February 1829 due 12 mos after date       348.00

Reason Willcoxens do    made 20th so 1832 due 1st Sept 1832       271.81

Andrew Edward's do    made 7 January 1832 due 1 after date         231.59

Tully Choice's  do      made 2nd    do         do    do     do     do          24.00

Mary Edwards do      made 4th     do         do    do     do     do          14.00

Wm Choice's   do      made 17th   do         do    do     do     do          8.76

A. Slaughter & C Labuzan do made 14th May 1831  do   do   do   do  722.03

   Do                     Do           "  made 31. July 1832    do     do        }

                                                with interest from 19.th Ap;ril last  } 1022.28

Michael Graybills do    made 29th of August 1831 due 25. Dec. 1831    52.66

  Do              Do     do    made 2 June 1831       do     "     Do        25.00

  Do              Do     do    made 2   do      do        "       "      "          25.00

  Do              Do     do    made 2   do      do        "       "      "          15.60

John Roser's note    made 12 March     do due 2 days after date     20.00

John J. Berry's do    made 12 April do due 1 January 1832           76.50

Epps W Warren  do  made 31 Dec 1830 due one day after date     75.00

Amt carried forward

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amt brot forward

James Bass' note   made 25 January 1832 due 25 Dec 1832         25.45

Thos C Butts do   made 13 March 1830  due 25 of do 1830        20.40

   Do       Do             "     13   do       do    "      25     do  1830       20.00

Edmund Butts' do   made 11 September 1830  " 25  do 1830       40.44

Money found in the possession of the Dec'd

Twenty two hundred and forty six dollars 25/100 Two         1986 25

hundred and Sixty of which was on the Macon* bank              260.25

Bad notes

John R. Ball's note   made 7th June 1826 due 2 day after date     20.00

John P Thwaitt's  "   made 18 Oct 1823   due  1   do   do    do    100.00

George V Brodman's  made 21  do  1826  due 3     do     do         18.00

Peter Arnold        made 25 march 1830   due 25 dec 1830        32.97

James Warren      made 20 March 1819.  due 25. dec  1819     400.00

                           Credit 15 January 1820  70.

                                do   13. April 1822.    177.78
an acpt on Wyatt Harper for Goods__2 1/2 bushels of, at    1.25

Georgia Hancock County
Jesse G. Butts one of the executors of the last will and testa-
ment of Jeremiah Warren dec'd being duly sworn says that
the above & foregoing return of money, notes &c belonging
to the estate of the said dec'd, is true & correct 
Sworn to & Subscribed before                    }      Jesse G. Butts
me this 1st Dec. 1832                                  }
James H Jones C.C.O                                  }


While it's obvious that Great Uncle Jeremiah was a wealthy man, it's not clear whether he was acting as a banker for his neighbors. There's no mention of that kind of role in his obituary which I transcribed here.

We're not done with Jeremiah Warren's estate--the executors were required to file annual accounts with the Probate Court so we can find out more about what happened the years before the final settlement.

*Presumably this refers to Macon County, Georgia, and not Macon County, Alabama, which was much farther away.


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