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 743: March Term: David S. Moody admr. of J. H. Blackwell, dec’d On petition of Mrs. Delilah Blackwell, widow of J. H. Blackwell, dec’d, Davis S. Moody was this day appointed administrator to the said J. H. Blackwell, thereupon, the said David S. Moody came into Court, was duly qualified, entered into bond in the sum of five hundred dollars, with P. M. Neal and H. S. Moody as his securities, who severally acknowledged said bond in Open Court, which is approved by the Court and ordered to be recorded and ordered that letters of administration issued to the said David S. Moody.

Page 742: March Term 1868: Ordered by the Court that Howell Branch, H. S. Moody, & P. M. Neal be appointed Commissioners to lay off and set apart to Mrs. Delilah Blackwell, widow of J. H. Blackwell, a years support for herself and minor children, out of the estate of her late husband, and to report to the next Term of this Court.

Source:  Haywood Co., TN. Court Minutes; Vol. J
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Page 3: April Term 1869: To the Worshipful County Court of Haywood The undersigned appointed Commissioners at the March Term of the County Court; to lay off and set apart to Mrs. Delilah Blackwell, wife of J. H. Blackwell, deceased, her years provision and support out of said estate, beg leave to submit the following as their action in the premises —

We allow her one sorrell horse, a full set of gear for same, 2 turning plows, 1 shovel plow and scraper, with necessary apparatus, 3 beds and bed steads, with all necessary coverings, 1 safe, 17 dining table, what table furniture there is on hand, all the Cooking vessels and wash kettles, 1 spinning wheels and cards, 10 ? Shaell square table and furniture, all the provisions on hand, including corn and fodder, all hogs on hand, 1 cow and yearling, 1 gun and apparatus, 10 Ladies saddle, 1 man’s saddle, all the chains on hand, all the tubs and pails on hand, 2 pair fire irons, 1 Cooking glass, all the Books on hand, except 2, all the sugar, coffee and molasses on hand, 1 drawing knife and chisel, 1 hand saw, 1 chop ax, 1 cross cut saw, 3 trunks, 2 bridles, 1 pair steel yards, 3 weeding hoes and grub hoe and grind stone. signed; P. M. Neal H. S. Moody H. Branch

Page 428: 6th February 1871: The final settlement of D. S. Moody, admr., of the estate of J. H. Blackwell, dec’d, was this day ratified and confirmed by the Court and ordered to be recorded.