Stewart County Insolvent Estates 1836-1841

(microfilmed along with 1865-1866 tax book)

Tennessee State Library and Archives, Stewart County Roll 139

Note: page numbers not present in original, added by transcriber

1 estate of John Glasgow by Samuel Stacker, administrator:

- Stacker made suggestion of insolvency on 7 Nov 1836

- on 12 Apr 1837, Court appointed Jacob Shryock, Philander Priestley and William R. Lee as commissioners to settle the estate

3 - estate totaled $205.29, $175.05 in claims, $30.24 in expenses, leaving enough to pay the creditors without proration

5 estate of Edmund Kelly by John Parchment, administrator:

- Parchment made suggestion of insolvency on 1 May 1837

- on 2 Sep 1837, Court appointed Jacob Shryock, Philander Priestley and William R. Lee as commissioners to settle the estate

9 - estate totaled $410.41, $144.34 in expenses, leaving $266.05 to be divided among the creditors at 32 cents on the dollar

11 estate of Allen B. Purvis by J. C. Ingram, administrator:

- Ingram made suggestion of insolvency on 6 May 1837

12 - on 15 Sep 1837, Court appointed John Kercheval, Alexander M. Wall and William R. Lee as commissioners to settle the estate

15 - estate totaled $286.74, $180.57 in expenses, leaving $106.1875 to be divided among the creditors at 34 cents on the dollar

17 estate of Thomas Lankford by James Wilson, administrator:

- Wilson made suggestion of insolvency on 16 May 1838

18 estate of Clement Rushing:

- on 6 May 1840, commissioners J. C. Ingram, C. C. Clements and H. Milton Atkins settled the estate

19 - estate totaled $75.43, $12.37 in expenses, leaving $63.06 to be divided among the creditors at 38.5 cents on the dollar

20 estate of Pendleton Settle:

- on 19 Oct 1840, commissioners William Morris, John Parchment and R. Tompkins settled the estate

21 - estate totaled $315.80, $25.37 in expenses, leaving $290.43 to be divided among the creditors at 54.75 cents on the dollar

22 estate of Alexander Andrews by Seth T. Andrews, administrator:

- Andrews made suggestion of insolvency at November 1838 term of court

- on 5 Mar 1839, Court appointed John Richards, Jesse Lassiter and W. C. Rutland as commissioners to settle the estate

24 - estate totaled $103.615, $23.06 in expenses; balance to be distributed to creditors at 37.5 cents on the dollar

25 estate of Hiram D. Fowler by Nancy Fowler, administratrix:

- Fowler made suggestion of insolvency on 6 Aug 1838

26 - on 27 Apr 1839, Court appointed James O. Shackelford, Robert G. Kercheval and Marcus M. Tyler as commissioners to settle the estate

27 - estate totaled $52.2875, $29.775 in expenses; balance to be distributed to creditors at 17 cents on the dollar

28 estate of Robert Dunlap by Charlotty Dunlap, administratrix:

- Dunlap made suggestion of insolvency on 3 Dec 1838

29 - on 22 Apr 1839, Court appointed Robert G. Kercheval, Marcus M. Tyler and Zachariah T. Shamwell as commissioners to settle the estate

31 - estate totaled $380.02, $63.28 in expenses; balance to be distributed to creditors at 70 cents on the dollar

32 estate of James Hambleton by William C. Jones, administrator:

- Jones made suggestion of insolvency on 3 Jun 1839

- on 4 Dec 1839, Court appointed John H. Mockbee, Martin L. Stancil and Philander Priestley as commissioners to settle the estate

33 - estate totaled $116.82, $10.37 in expenses, leaving enough to pay the $30.49 in claims without proration

34 estate of Susan Nighton:

- on 22 Jun 1841, commissioners W. R. Lee, H. B. Scarborough and A. M. Wall settled the estate

36 - estate totaled $104.23, $20.19 in expenses; balance to be distributed to creditors at 84 cents on the dollar

37 estate of John Garmond by Joshua Ward, administrator:

- estate totaled $66.75, $7.37 in expenses, leaving enough to pay the $45.50 in claims without proration

37 estate of Charlotte Dunlap by Abithel Wallace, administrator:

- Wallace made suggestion of insolvency on 10 Jul 1841

38 - on 13 Nov 1841, Court appointed Elbert Bayliss, Alexander M. Wall and William R. Lee as commissioners to settle the estate

40 - estate totaled $414.16, $56.64 in expenses; balance to be distributed to creditors at 78.5 cents on the dollar

41 estate of John W. Hicks:

43 - on 4 Dec 1839, commissioners Philander Priestley, M. L. Stancil and John H. Mockbee settled the estate

- estate totaled $46.40, $10.375 in expenses, leaving enough to pay the creditors without proration