Five years to the day after the death of Jeremiah Warren, a Commission appointed by the Court met to determine the value* of the enslaved persons belonging to the estate along with the cash (notes) in the estate's account.and to work out a fair division of this property.
We the Commissioners agreeable to an order of the
Inferior Court sitting for Ordinary Purposes, to us
directed have proceeded to appraise the negroes and
apportion the same as presented to us by the Exec's.
of Jeremiah Warren dec'd. also the notes of said estate.
Appraisement of negroes June 14th 1837.
Negro man Hal 800.00
" " Jack 800.00
" " Edmund 800.00
" " Meredith 800.00
" " Davy 800.00
" " Anderson 800.00
" " Abram aged 400.00
" " Tom insane 50.00
" Girl Letha & Child 600.00
" woman Lucy aged 150.00
" " Amy " 400.00
" girl Caroline 550.00
" Boy Irwin 550.00
Forwarded $ 7500.00
Amount Forwarded $ 7500.00
Negro girl Fanny 275.00
7750.00
Amount of Notes pr. return 8297.67
By Amount of notes returned but not
charged in account 783.58
Total Amount of Estate. Legatees 6) $16856.25
am't. of each L[eg]acy $2809.37
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Heirs of Jas. Warren To man Jack 800.00
" Tom insane 50.00
" boy Irwin 550.00
" am't. notes 1364.48 2764.48
Polly Warren " man Hal 800.00
" Woman Lucy 150.00
" girl Fanny 275.00
(► A)** " am't. notes 1573.00 2845.84
Heirs of Jesse Warren " man Edmund 800.00
" Woman Amy 400.00
" am't. notes 1644.32 2844.32
Lott Harton " man Meredith 800.00" Woman Amy 400.00
" am't. notes 1644.32 2844.32
" girl Letha & child 600.00
(► B)** " am't. of notes 1147.18 2621.44
William Warren " man Davy 800.00
" girl Caroline 550.00
" am't. notes 1727.18 3077.18
Robert Warren " man Anderson 800.00
" " Abram 400.00
" am't. notes 1634.42 2834.42
(► C)** $ 16793.68
Amount of Choice & Stemburger notes undivided 70.93
Am't. of the several Legacies $16864.61
We the Commissioners agreeable to an Order
of the Inferior Court sitting for Ordinary Purposes
do hereby certify that we have proceeded to divide
and apportion the estate of Jeremiah Warren dec'd.
["Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-8935-VW5J?cc=1999178&wc=9SBM-YWG%3A267654601%2C267808601 : 20 May 2014), Hancock > image 63 of 662;
county probate courthouses, Georgia.]
according to the Last Will and testament of said Estate
as presented to us by the executors of said Estate
in the manner and form as will be found upon
the examination of the foregoing statement.
Given under our hands this 25th day of June
1837 Wilkins Smith}
Geo Rives }
Wyatt Harper }
Georgia Hancock County
I do hereby certify that Geo Rives, Edmund L.
Bass, William Hurt and Wyatt Harper were duly
qualified before they entered upon the discharge
of their duties. June 14th 1837
Wilkins Smith J.I.C.
I certify that Wilkins ^Smith^ was duly qualified before
me this 14th day of June 1837. Edmund L. Bass J.T.
The foregoing entry in the Probate Court's records is the last one I've been able to find for Jeremiah Warren's estate either in the general index or by paging through other online records at FamilySearch so we don't know when the actual division took place.
*My post covering the original inventory of Jeremiah's estate is here.
**Marginal notes: Note A = Error 107.84; Note B = Error 74.26; Note C. Error
***Lott Harton was the husband of Jeremiah's sister Sarah.
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