Estate of W. &
W.F. Gilbert
Report Division of
Real Estate
Filed 15th July 1867
To the Honorable Probate Court of Copiah County
State of Mississippi
The undersigned Commissioners appointed by said Court at the
last June Term thereof and directed among other things to divide the real
estate of Webster Gilbert and W. F. Gilbert deceased among their
heirs at law agreeably to the law of descents of this State and to ascertain by
mets and bounds each heirs share of said real estate and to allot to them their
respective shares thereof: respectfully report that pursuing the instructions
contained in the commission to them directed and the rule of the Statute in
their behalf after giving five days notice to the heirs, they assembled for the
purpose of making said divis. At the
late residence of said decedent Webster
Gilbert on the 17th day of June AD 1867 and ______ lands
directed to be divided exclusive of the dower of the widow Hannah Gilbert therein and described as follows to wit:
The S ½ SW ¼ & SW ¼ of Section (5) five and the N ½ N ½
& SE ¼ NW ¼ & SE ¼ NE ¼ of Section (9) nine & NE ¼ Sect. 8 all in
Township (8) eight Range (6) six East and caused the same to be divided into
four equal parts, having due regard to quantity and quality defining and
marking and marking each of said parts by metes and bounds which said Survey
and division will fully appcar by reference to the surveyed plot and
certificate of Surveyor employed marked “A” upon which your Commissioners have
____ said parts of said division to be marked and numbered respectively one,
two, three and four and that your commissioners then by lot assigned and set
off to said heirs their respective shares of said lands as follows to wit:
Lot No. One was allotted and set off to Luanza J. Davis
Lot No. Two was allotted and set off to Nancy A. Watson
Lot No. Three was allotted and set off to R.B. Gilbert
Lot No. Four was allotted and set off to D.W. Gilbert
And your commissioners further report that they valued said
lots respectively as follows to wit: Lot No. one at $585.00) five hundred and
eighty five dollars. Lot No. two at
($320.00) three hundred and twenty dollars.
Lot No. three at ($240.00) two hundred and forty dollars. Lot No. four at ($240) two hundred and forty
dollars, and that to equalise said lots and to compensate the said Nancy A. Watson, R.B. Gilbert and D.W.
Gilbert, __ the deficit in the share respectively allotted to them they did
and they do hereby award that the said Luanza
J. Davis pay to the said Nancy A.
Watson $26.25/100 dollars and that the said Luanza J. Davis pay to the said R.B. Gilbert $106 25/100 dollars and that the said Luzanz J. Davis pay to the said D.W. Gilbert $106 25/100 dollars
thereby setting the value of each of said four shares at $346 25/100 dollars,
and your commissioners having now fully discharged the duties enjoined upon
them by said commission and having now fully reported their proceedings under
and by authority thereof beg leave to be discharged.
Given under our hands and seals this the 19th day
of June AD 1867.
P.E.
Chiles {Seal}
Robert
Hamilton {Seal}
Seth
Applegate {Seal}
The State of Mississippi }
Copiah County } Personally appeared before
the undersigned Justice of the Peace in and for said County the foregoing named
Joseph E. Chiles, Robert Hamilton and Seth Applewhite who after being duly
sworn deposed and said that the foregoing report contained an honest faithful
and impartial division of the real estate of
Webster Gilbert and W.F. Gilbert
exclusive of the dower of said Hannah Gilbert
the widow of said Webster Gilbert
deceased and they have performed the duties and services required of them in
this behalf to the best of their skill knowledge and judgement.
Sworn to & Subscribed } J. E. Chiles {Seal}
Before me thie 18th day } Robert Hamilton {Seal}
Of June AD 1867 } Seth Applegate {Seal}
B.G. Auding J.P.
Abstract of above
In July 1867, commissioners reported on the division of the
real estate of Webster Gilbert and W.F. Gilbert. The commissioners then by lot
assigned and set off to the heirs their respective shares of the lands as
follows:
Lot No. One was alloted and set off to Luanza J. Davis
Lot No. Two was alloted and set off to Nancy A. Watson
Lot No. Three was alloted and set off to R.B. Gilbert
Lot No. Four was allotted and set off to D.W. Gilbert
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