Estate of Sarah Gilliland
St. Clair County Estate Book D, 1860-1866, pp. 106–113: On 8 Oct. 1862, Harvey F. GILLILAND filed a petition to be appointed administrator. On p. 107, it states Sarah GILLILAND departed life on 20 Aug. 1862.
Things brought out about heirs:
Elizabeth, over 14-under 21, and John "is supposed to be lunatic but said never had any inquisition of lunacy or guardian" ...[you] see, Sarah E. is Elizabeth here. "Jasper N. WEBB is the only child and heir of Polly Ann"...Mary Ann is referred to as Polly Ann here.
Hiram J. and Daniel H. P. [GILLILAND] are also sons of said deceased. Hiram is of age and said DANIEL is over 14-under 21. Both are in service of the Confederate States in Talladega and Mobile Counties, Alabama. The estate again went the full run of doing an inventory, filing same with the court and sale of personal properties.
I found the day of reading and taking notes interesting in that I learned who the neighbors were, thus what families had settled in the cove [Greasy Cove, Crawford Cove, and Beason's Cove, as we see them in history, may be mixed up]. I was surprised a Morton family was there that early.
It was also sad to me to know that John [GILLILAND] has died and her [Sarah] with all the children still at home with two children, evidently, somewhat retarded, and that she had to go through a settlement of estate. I did not find where anything was settled to Nancy GILLILAND RICKS [wife of Ransom RICKS] as her share of her father's estate. Nor did I see any record where the monies went after the land sold.
I did not find a marriage record at Ashville for Newton TOLBERT and Sarah E. GILLILAND. It was evidently lost - he was in the 1850 census with his parents as a young boy and living in St. Clair County. We are sure Gillilands lived in St. Clair County from the time we see her as Sarah E. GILLILAND and then as Sarah E. TOLBERT, wife of Newton TOLBERT. At that time marriage records were in the home county of the bride.
Source: Donald Milton Ricks, The Descendants of Jonas Ricks and Other Ricks Families in America (Dexter, Mich.: Thomas-Shore, Inc., 1998), Appendix A, a copy of which is available at the Blount County, Alabama, Museum, Oneonta.
Estate of Sarah Gilliland
St. Clair County Estate Book D, 1860-1866, pp. 106–113: On 8 Oct. 1862, Harvey F. GILLILAND filed a petition to be appointed administrator. On p. 107, it states Sarah GILLILAND departed life on 20 Aug. 1862.
Things brought out about heirs:
Elizabeth, over 14-under 21, and John "is supposed to be lunatic but said never had any inquisition of lunacy or guardian" ...[you] see, Sarah E. is Elizabeth here. "Jasper N. WEBB is the only child and heir of Polly Ann"...Mary Ann is referred to as Polly Ann here.
Hiram J. and Daniel H. P. [GILLILAND] are also sons of said deceased. Hiram is of age and said DANIEL is over 14-under 21. Both are in service of the Confederate States in Talladega and Mobile Counties, Alabama. The estate again went the full run of doing an inventory, filing same with the court and sale of personal properties.
I found the day of reading and taking notes interesting in that I learned who the neighbors were, thus what families had settled in the cove [Greasy Cove, Crawford Cove, and Beason's Cove, as we see them in history, may be mixed up]. I was surprised a Morton family was there that early.
It was also sad to me to know that John [GILLILAND] has died and her [Sarah] with all the children still at home with two children, evidently, somewhat retarded, and that she had to go through a settlement of estate. I did not find where anything was settled to Nancy GILLILAND RICKS [wife of Ransom RICKS] as her share of her father's estate. Nor did I see any record where the monies went after the land sold.
I did not find a marriage record at Ashville for Newton TOLBERT and Sarah E. GILLILAND. It was evidently lost - he was in the 1850 census with his parents as a young boy and living in St. Clair County. We are sure Gillilands lived in St. Clair County from the time we see her as Sarah E. GILLILAND and then as Sarah E. TOLBERT, wife of Newton TOLBERT. At that time marriage records were in the home county of the bride.
Source: Donald Milton Ricks, The Descendants of Jonas Ricks and Other Ricks Families in America (Dexter, Mich.: Thomas-Shore, Inc., 1998), Appendix A, a copy of which is available at the Blount County, Alabama, Museum, Oneonta.