Will Probate, AL, Bibb, HENRY AVERY Sr. 1836 Bibb County Estate file 1836, deceased, box 1 folder 29 AVERY, HENRY Sr. (aka AVERA) AVERY, JOHN AVERY, SAMUEL AVERY, THOMAS AVERY, WILLIAM AVERY, HENRY AVERY, ALEXANDER AVERY, ARTHUR [ARTHER] BATTY [BUTTS], WILLIAM BUTTS, CATHERINE Page 1 of 15 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, AL, Bibb, HENRY AVERY Sr. 1836 August 20th 1836 Taxation of the cost on the estate of HENRY AVERY, deceased. To HIRAM HEMPHILL, judge fees. [LIST OF FEES] 1838 September 6th, received in fees H. HEMPHILL To JOHN E. SUMNERS present judge fees. [LIST OF FEES] Received my fees in the above case J. E. SUMNERS, judge Bibb County Court To WILLIAMS CADDELL, clerk fees [LIST OF FEES] Page 2 of 15 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, AL, Bibb, HENRY AVERY Sr. 1836 Due 28 January 1826 JOSEPH ARMSTRONG EDWARD CARLETON JOHN AVERY SAMUEL AVERY WILLIAM AVERY HENRY AVERY ALEXANDER AVERY ARTHUR AVERY CATHERINE AVERY WILLIAM BUTTS MARY JONES BUTTS Page 3 of 15 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, AL, Bibb, HENRY AVERY Sr. 1836 The state of Alabama Bibb County The following exhibits and inventory and appraisement of the estate of the estate of HENRY AVERY Sr., deceased, as follows (to wit): [INVENTORY LIST] THOMAS AVERA, administrator Sworn to & subscribed in open court. Test WILLIAMS CADDELL, Clk Orphans Court September setting 1836 Received, examined and order to be entered of record. HIRAM HEMPHILL, judge of Bibb County Court Page 4 of 15 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, AL, Bibb, HENRY AVERY Sr. 1836 Appraisments of the estate of HENRY AVERY, deceased Recorded in book D page 227 Page 5 of 15 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, AL, Bibb, HENRY AVERY Sr. 1836 State of Alabama Bibb County Know all men by these presents that we, THOMAS AVERY, ALEXANDER AVERY, WILLIAM BUTTS, ARTHUR AVERY are held and firmly bound unto HIRAM HEMPHILL judge of the county court for Bibb County for the time being & his successors in office in the penal sum of eight thousand dollars to the payment of which well and truly be made we bind ourselves, our and each of us our heirs, executors & administrators, jointly and severally, firmly bound by these presents. Sealed with or seals and dated this 2nd day of August A. D. 1836. The condition of the above obligation is such that whereas the above bound THOMAS AVERY & ALEXANDER AVERY has been duly appointed administrators of the estate of HENRY AVERY Sr., late of said county, deceased. Now if the said THOMAS AVERY & ALEXANDER AVERY shall well and truly perform all the duties which are or may be by law required of them as such administrators, the the above obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue. THOMAS AVERY ALEXANDER AVERY WILLIAM BUTTS ARTHUR AVREA [AVERY] Test WILLIAMS CADDELL, Clk Page 6 of 15 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, AL, Bibb, HENRY AVERY Sr. 1836 Administration Bond on the estate of HENRY AVERY, Sr. Recorded in Book D Page 227 Page 7 of 15 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, AL, Bibb, HENRY AVERY Sr. 1836 The state of Alabama Bibb County To the honorable the judge of the orphans court in aforesaid county. THOMAS AVERY & ALEXANDER AVERY, administrators of the estate of HENRY AVERY, deceased, present to your honor an account of sales which they ask to be received as their regular return. JAMES CADDELL ABEL HARRIS F. JAMES A. MAHON A. MCMILLEN J. MILLER G. MOORE JAMES PARMER J. RODGER WILLIAM SNIPES THOMAS AVERY ALEXANDER AVERY Sworn to & subscribed in open court this 5th day of May 1837 Test WILLIAMS CADDELL, Clk Page 8 of 15 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, AL, Bibb, HENRY AVERY Sr. 1836 An account of sale of the estate of HENRY AVERY Recorded in Book F pages 291 & 292 State of Alabama Bibb County Orphans Court June Term 1837 Examined record & ordered to be entered of record. J. E. SUMNERS, judge Bibb County Court Page 9 of 15 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, AL, Bibb, HENRY AVERY Sr. 1836 The state of Alabama Bibb County Orphans Court First Monday in September 1838 This day came THOMAS AVERY and ALEXANDER AVERY administrators of the estate of HENRY AVERY, deceased, this day, to wit, the 3rd day of September in the year of our lord eighteen hundred & thirty eight, presented in open court their account current in said case for final settlement, by which it appears there is in the hands of administrators the sum of one thousand one hundred and sixty nine dollars and thirty & ¼ cents after deducting out of the monies in the hands as administrators as aforesaid the court and all other charges and expenses there is a debt of thirty nine dollars and thirty seven & ½ cents due from Joseph Armstrong & Edward Carter with interest thereon from the 28th day of November one thousand eight hundred & thirty six, to said estate, which debt cannot be collected as said defendants have no property or effects of which the same can be made and it appearing to the court that all the costs and charges in this case are paid. It is therefore ordered and decreed, by me, JOHN E. SUMNERS, judge of the county court in and for said county of Bibb, that the said sum of one thousand one hundred and sixty nine dollars and thirty & ¼ cents in the hands of the said administrators as aforesaid be paid by them to the legal heirs of said HENRY AVERY, deceased, as follows, to wit: To JOHN AVERY the sum of one hundred and twenty nine dollars & ninety eight cents. To SAMUEL AVERY the sum of one hundred and twenty nine dollars & ninety eight cents. To THOMAS AVERY the sum of one hundred and twenty nine dollars & ninety eight cents. To WILLIAM AVERY the sum of one hundred and twenty nine dollars & ninety eight cents. To HENRY AVERY the sum of one hundred and twenty nine dollars & ninety eight cents. To ALEXANDER AVERY the sum of one hundred and twenty nine dollars & ninety eight cents. To ARTHUR AVERY the sum of one hundred and twenty nine dollars & ninety eight cents. To WILLIAM BUTTS, husband of CATHERINE [AVERY], the sum of one hundred and twenty nine dollars & ninety eight cents. To JAMES BUTTS, husband of MARY [AVERY][JONES], the sum of one hundred and twenty nine dollars & ninety eight cents. Page 10 of 15 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, AL, Bibb, HENRY AVERY Sr. 1836 And that the said debt of thirty nine dollars & 37½ cents, as such part thereof as may be hereafter collected, shall when collected be divided equally between the said distributees aforesaid. J. E. SUMNERS, judge Bibb County Court Page 11 of 15 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, AL, Bibb, HENRY AVERY Sr. 1836 The state of Alabama Bibb County To the honorable, the judge of the county court of Bibb County & c. THOMAS AVERY & ALEXANDER AVERY, administrators of the estate of HENRY AVERY, deceased, presents to your honor an account current of the said estate of HENRY AVERY, deceased, as follows, for final settlement, viz. Note due of JOSEPH ARMSTRONG, EDWARD CARLETON 28 November 1836, sued and & execution returned no property. The following is a list of legal heirs of said HENRY AVERY Sr., deceased, to wit: JOHN AVERY SAMUEL AVERY THOMAS AVERY WILLIAM AVERY HENRY AVERY Jr. ALEXANDER AVERY ARTHUR AVERY WILLIAM BUTTS, the husband of CATHERINE [AVERY] JAMES BUTTS, the husband of MARY [AVERY] The court is requested to make an equal distribution of the said $1194.04 amongst said heirs after deducting the court charges & counsel’s fees of L. KENNEDY of $7.50. & to order & decree that the said $39.37½, when collected, be divided amongst said heirs. THOMAS AVRA ADEXANDER AVERY Sworn to & subscribed in open court this 3rd day of September 1838. Test WILLIAMS CADDELL, clk Page 12 of 15 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, AL, Bibb, HENRY AVERY Sr. 1836 Accounts current on the final settlement of the estate of HENRY AVERY Recorded in Book E page 34 Page 13 of 15 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, AL, Bibb, HENRY AVERY Sr. 1836 August 2 day 1836 This is to certify that I, NANCY AVRA [AVERY], wife of HENRY AVRA [AVERY], of the deceased, do hereby relinquish my rite or claim of administration to any of the legatees to administer on the said estate of HENRY AVRA, deceased. NANCY AVRA [AVERY] {her x mark} Page 14 of 15 ** PAGE BREAK ** Will Probate, AL, Bibb, HENRY AVERY Sr. 1836 Land $960.00 Crop of corn $986.67 Fodder $48.00 Oats $30.00 ABEL R. HARRIS ABRAM A. CARR JOSEPH MITCHELL {his x mark} Sworn to and subscribed before me this 5th day of September 1836. JOSHUA CREEL, JP Parimore Paramore Parmore Paramor Parramore Paramour Parmer Parremore Page 15 of 15 ** PAGE BREAK **