Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in November, 2000.  Note:  [sic] in the content below was inserted by the Haywood County TNGenWeb Coordinator when revising the text in January, 2026.

Source:  Haywood Co., TN. Court Minutes; Vol. I
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Page 312: Tuesday January 8, 1867: Ordered by the Court that Jas. Whitehead; Jas. A. McMurry; and Frank Maxwell be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay off and set apart to Amelia White, widow of the late Isaac White, one years provision out of the estate of her deceased husband, and report at the next term of this Court.

Page 342: Wednesday 6th February 1867: We, the undersigned freeholders of Haywood County, Tennessee, after being duly sworn, have proceeded to set apart to Amelia White, the widow of Isaac White, deceased, so much of the crops and provisions on hand as will be sufficiant [sic] in our opinion, to support her one year, from the death of her husband. We set apart to her for said purposes, the following articles to wit:

All the household and kitchen furniture – 15 bls. of corn on hand, 2 stacks of fodder on hand – 500 lbs. of pork on hand, 1 mule, 1 cow & calf, 1 sow & 6 shoats, 1 axe, 2 irons and 1 iron wedge, 2 plows, and 2 sets of gear – 100 lbs. lard, all the poultry on hand, 1 bbl. flour, 10 gals. molasses – 25 lbs. coffee, 40 lbs sugar – 1 bbl. salt and $10 in money.

This January 21, 1867 James Whitehead F. M. Maxwell Jas. M. McMurray