From John Bodine Probate Papers
San Augustine County TX.
THIS DOCUMENTS THE DEATH DATE OF JOHN BODINE
Republic of Texas
San Augustine Count
To the Hon. The Probate Judge of said county holding sessions on the last Monday in January A.D. 1840.
The petition of Nancy Bodine with respect representing unto your Hon. And Honorable court that her husband John Bodine departed this life on the 10th day of August A.D. 1839 Intestate & leaving no will & leaving some property both personal and real which is subject to be wasted or destroyed for the want of attention and your petitioner represents that she has the right of administration of said estate and therefore
prayed your honorable court to grant her letters of administration of the estate & that she be appointed administratix, and your petitioner prays for all such furthur relief as ______ to pass. As to the welfare of said estate_________ or to sustain & equity may apprehend.
And your petitioner furthur representing to your Hon Court that the deceased was acting in the capacity at the time of death of admin of one Pinckney Lout Decd and that said administration was not closed before the death of the said John Bodine Admin as aforesaid.
And your petitioner therefore prays your honorable Court for letters of admin of said estate of P. Lout decd in order that she may settle or cause to be settled the unsettled business of said estate or belonging thereto.
And your petitioner being duty bound will ever pray this Jan 8th 1840
Nancy Bodine
Petitioner
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Seccession of John Bodine
Bot I. D. Thomas
5 Yds. Lasting @ 3$ 15
6 " Shirting @ 31/2 2 62 1/2
13 " Ribbond @ 2/ 3 30 1/2
150 Coffin Tax @ 2/ 30 1/2
4 Yds Ribbond @ 2/ 1 100
August 12 1839 $22.37 1/2
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Mrs Nancy Bodine admx of John Bodine decd to Kaufman & Gould
To professional services rendered in the case of the Republic vs Corzine and others indicted for the murder of her deceased husband John Bodine.
$500.00
The interest of C. M. Gould in said sum being our legal fee for appearing so the prosecution of said indictment having been transferred to the undersigned, this is to certify that I have received full payment of the said sum of money from Mrs. Nancy Bodine Admx on this 25th Sept 1843 at San Augustine--
David S. Kaufman
Attorney at Law
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The State of Texas
County of San Augustine
Estate of John Bodine Deceased
In the above case the debts being all paid and the heirs all having Executive Receipts in full of all their interest in the property of the said estate both real and personal. Which receipts are filed in the office. It is therefore ordered and decreed that Mrs. Nancy Bodine administratix of the said estate be released and discharged from all furthur duties and responsibilities in the premises and that her bail given as administratrix be cancelled.
Given under my hand and seal.
27th day of September A D 1847
Albert Polk Probate Judge
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The Republic of Texas County of San Augustine
Probate Court September term 1843
To the Hon. A. M. Davis Judge of the County Court of San Augustine County.
Your petitioner Perry Anderson respectfully represents to your Honor that he has lately to wit within the last twelve months married Isabella Boudine daughter of John Boudine decd and one of the heirs of his estate; and in her behalf as well as his own he begs leave to petition your honorable court to call upon the administrix Nancy Bodine for a general and final settlement of the said estate of John Bodine decd--
He therefore prays that said court will cause to be filed the lawful notice and cite said administratix to appear at the September term 1843 of the probate court of San Augustine County then and there to show (if any she has) why said succession shall not then and there be closed by a general settlement of the estate--and he will ever pray.
Perry Anderson
By his Attorney
O. M. Roberts
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The Republic of Texas County of San Augustine
Probate Court September term 1843
Personally appeared before me Nancy Bodine who being duly sworn says that she paid a debt of thirty-four dollars to S. B. True & Co. of Nachitoches for which she took his receipt & has lost of mislaid the same---& that said debt was due from the estate of John Bodine decd.
Sworn to and subscribed her
Before me 29 Jy. 1843 Nancy X Bodine
Jo. Rowe. J. P. Mark
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In Chambers January 8th
AD1844
It is ordered by the Court that Joseph Rowe be appointed Guardian ad litum of Wm Bodine & Jane Bodine minor heirs of John Bodine decd. To represent their interest in the partition of the property remain-ing in the hands of the administratix on petition of Perry Anderson, also an heir of said estate for partition.
A W Davis
Probate Judge
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The State of Texas, County of San Augustine
To the sherrif of said county, greetings. You are commanded to summons Elizabeth Lout one of the heirs of John Bodine Deceased to be and appear at the next regular term of the Hon Probate Court to be holden at this court house in the town of San Augustine on the last Monday of Sept. 1847 to attend the final settlement of the Estate of John Bodine deceased.
Given under my hand and seal this
28th day of July 1847
Charles Eppes C P C
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The State of Texas, San Augustine County
To the sheriff of said county greetings--you are hereby commanded to notify William Bodine one of the heirs of John Bodine deceased to be and appear at the next regular term of the Hon Probate Court to be holden at this Court House in the town of San Augustine on the last Monday of Sept. 1847 to attend the final settlement of the Estate of John Bodine deceased.
Given under my hand and seal this
28th day of July 1847
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The State of Texas, San Augustine County
To the sheriff of said county greeting--you are hereby commanded to notify F W Saunders in the right of his child to be and appear at the next regular term of the Hon. Probate Court to be holden at this Court House in the town of San Augustine on the last Monday in Sept. 1847 to attend the final settlement of the Estate of John Bodine deceased.
Given under my hand and seal this
28th day of July 1847
Charles Eppes C P C
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Received of Nancy Bodine admrx of the estate of John Bodine Decd two cows and yearlings, one hiefir & one mare and colt all amounting in value to one hundred and thirty dollars this 18th Dec. 1843
His
Witness L. Williams Perry X Anderson
Mark
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Received of Nancy Bodine two dollars and ninty two cents in full of her state and county tax as adminis- tratix for the year 1845
March 2nd 1846 S. S. Davis Sheriff &
Tax Collector
San Augustine, February the 16th A.D. 1847
$ 8 17/100 Received of Nancy Bodine
Eight and 17/100 dollars in full of his state and county taxes upon all property rendered in his list of taxable property----for the year A.D., 1846
Wm. B. M. Shan
Assessor and collector of
Taxes for S. A. C.
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Recd. Of Nancy Bodine twenty one dollars and seventy five cents in full of her state tax for 1839 and in full her county tax for 1840 July the 24th 1840
Wm. Kimbro, Sheriff
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Recd. Of Nancy Bodine admx of the estate of John Bodine decd. Twenty dollars, in full for her state & county tax for 1841
Duptiadti------Dec. 13th 1841 Wm. Kimbro, Sheriff &
Tax Collector
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Succession of John Bodine Deceased
To Clerk & Judge P. Court Do.
To Amt. Of fees unto this date
in all P C S Fee Book------ $37.00
Recd Payment in Full of the Above John P. Borders C P C
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The Republic of Texas
In the name of and by the authority of same
To the sheriff in and for San Augustine county greeting
Your are hereby commanded to summon Joseph Rowe guardian ad litum of William and Jane Bodine minor heirs of John Bodine deceased and Oliver P. Bodine and Elizabeth Lout heirs of John Bodine deceased and Nancy Bodine widow of John Bodine deceased to be and appear at the next regular term of the honorable Probate Court to be holden in and for said county at the office of the Chief Justice on the last Monday in February inst 1844 and show cause if any they have why a writ of petition as prayed for by Perry Anderson, husband of Isabella Bodine an heir of John Bodine deceased in his petition filed in this office on the 8th of February a.d. 1844 shall not be granted directed to certain authorizing and requiring them to divide the said estate of John Bodine deceased among the heirs in conformity to law wherein fail not and make due return of this writ according to law
Given under my hand and the impress
Of the seal of this office this
10th day February A.D. 1844
John P. Borders Clerk Probate Court
By his dpty Charles Eppes C. P. C.
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The State of Texas To the sheriff of said county
San Augustine County Greeting you are hereby commanded
To summon Elizabeth Lout one of the heirs of John Bodine deceased to be and appear at the next regular term of the Honorable Probate Court to be holden at the Court House in the town of San Augustine on the last Monday in September 1847 to attend the final settlement of the estate of John Bodine deceased
Given under my hand and seal this
28th day of July 1847
Charles Eppes C. P. C.
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Estate of John Bodine Ordered by the court that Robert
A Terrell be appointed commissioner to divide one half league of land lying in Kaufman county it being half of the head right of John Bodine deceased with five equal shares giving to: Oliver P. Bodine one share, William R Bodine one share, Elizabeth Lout one share, Sarah Isabella Sanders one share and Isabella Anderson one share.
(The date of above order was probably late December 1851--The land to be divided proved to be in Hunt county and lies about 16 miles south of Greenville.) It was granted by a letter patent signed by Anson Jones in 1843 and on today's maps is shown as the John Bordine Survey and is almost covered by the waters of Lake Tawakini...This paragraph was compiled and added on Jan. 9th, 1982 by Jim Bodine.
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Republic of Texas
County of San Augustine
Personally appeared Nancy Bodine before me J Rowe acting Justice of the Peace of said county who being duly sworn says that she paid to Ham Hamilton the sum of fifty five dollars on account of burial expense of John Bodine decd. This 25th of January 1844 and that she lost the receipt for same.
Her
Nancy X Bodine
Sworn to & subscribed mark
Before this date of above written
J Rowe J P
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Republic of Texas
County of San Augustine
Know all men by these present that I Nancy Bodine admx of the of the estate of John Bodine decd for divers good causes me hereunto moving do hereby appoint and constitute Joseph Rowe my true and lawful attorney in fact, to procure for me a patent for my land that may be due said estate from said republic and all other acts that may be necessary and proper to be done touching the premises, hereby effecting and confirming the law. Given under my hand this 18th day of October 1845.
Her
Nancy X Bodine
Mark
Admx of the estate of
John Bodine decd.
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Republic of Texas
County of San Augustine
Before me Alfred Polk Chief Justice and Notary Public Escofficeo within and for said county personally appeared Nancy Bodine who acknowledges that she sign and executed the above and foregoing instrument for the use and purposes therein contained by making her mark thereon
Given under my hand and office seal this 18th day of Oct. 1845
Alfred Polk Chief Justice and escofficio Notary Public
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The State of Texas
In the name and by the authority of same
To the sheriff of of San Augustine county--greeting: you are hereby commanded to summon Nicholas Edgar personally to be and appear before the Honorable Probate Court for San Augustine County, at the court house thereof, on the last Monday in January 1846 then and there to give evidence in a case pending, wherein F. W. Saunders & Winney Jane his wife and plaintiff, and Nancy Bodine admnx defendant in behalf of the plaintiff under penalty of law, and due return make of this writ given under my hand this 10th day of December 1846
Charles Eppes, Clerk Probate Court
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The Republic of Texas
In the name of and by the authority of same
To the sheri and for San Augustine County, Greeting
You are hereby commanded to summon Joseph Rowe Guardian ad litim of William Bodine and Jane Bodine minor heirs of John Bodine deceased and Oliver P. Bodine and Elizabeth Lout Heirs of John Bodine Deceased and Nancy Bodine widow of John Bodine deceased to be and appear at the next regular term of the honorable probate court to be holden in and for San Augustine County at the office of the Chief Justice on the last Monday in February inst (1844) and show cause if any they have why a writ of petition as prayed for by Perry Anderson husband of Isabella Bodine an heir of John Bodine deceased in his petition filed in this office on 8th February A.D. 1844 shall not be granted. Directed to certain comissioners authorizing and requiring them to divide the said estate of John Bodine deceased among the heirs
Wherein fail not and make due return of this writ according to law.
Given under my hand and impress of the seal of this
Office this 10th day of February A.D. 1844
John P. Border Clerk Probate Court
By his Dept. Charles Epps
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State of Texas We the undersigned heirs of John
San Augustine County Bodine deceased having received
heretofore in full all claims against the estate of John Bodine deceased as to the personal property of the said estate there has this day been an order of the Hon Probate Court that the 5 heirs of the said John Bodine have divided equally between them one half League and labor of land when the said division of the said land shall be made we agree that we have rec in full all claim against the estate of John Bodine deceased
September 27th 1847 William Bodine
Perry Anderson
her
Elizabeth X Lout
Mark
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Received of Nancy Bodine her due bill for one hundred dollars worth of property which is in full of all my award against the estate of John Bodine decd, except my share in the lands of said estate.
24th Feb 1844
His
Witness Perry X Anderson
Mark
Joseph Rowe
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Received of Nancy Bodine five dollars and forty seven cents in full of her state and county tax for the year 1845 March 2nd 1846
S. S. Davis Sheriff
& Tax Collector
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State of Texas To the Hon. Alfred Polk Probate Judge in
San Augustine County and for said county
The petiition of Fredrick W. Sanders & Winny Jane (formerly Winny Jane Bodine) Sanders wife and daughter of John Bodine deceased with respect represents to your honor that the said Winney Jane wife of your petitioner herein joining, being one of the heirs of the said decedents estate. Petitioners furthur state they reside in the county and state aforesaid and the administratrix also and that the succession upon said estate opened many years since in the hon court in which you now preside---and that notwithstanding the great length of time in which said succession has been open, the administratrix Nancy Bodine has not made a settlement of the business of said estate to the great injury of some of the heirs-wherefore your petitioners pray your honor to cause citation or retire to issue requiring said Nancy Bodine administrix to be & appear at the next probate court to be held on the last Monday in September next to make a final settlement of her acts and doings, & amounts in the about said estate petitioners Fredrick W. Sanders and his wife Winney Jane Sanders desire also that Nancy Bodine administratrix on the estate of John Bodine decd may be required to make a final settlement, on said estate, in order that a petition may immediately thereafter, or so soon as the law will permit be made and each heir get their legal portion of said estate set asice to them
Petitioners pray for said relief in the premise, as will comport with law, justice & equity--and as in duty will ever pray
Augt. 1846 Cullan Williams
Petitioning Attorney
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The Republic of Texas
In the name and by the authority of the same to the sheriff of San Augustine County greeting You are hereby commanded to cite Nancy Bodine Administratrix of the estate of John Bodine decd. To be and appear before the Hon Probate Court to be holden at the Chief Justices office in and for said county on the last Monday in September inst. Then and there to show cause (if any) why the seccession shall not be closed by a general settlement of said estate as prayed for in the plantiff Perry Andersons petition filed in my office August 25th 1843. Herein fail not and due return make of this citation according to the law. By order of his Honor A. M. Davis Probate Judge
Given under my hand and impress of the seal of said Court at the office in the town of
San Augustine this 11th day of September A.D. 1843 John P. Border Clerk Probate Court
By his deputy Thos. W. Barret
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Decd. In account with said estate
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This accountant claims the following affidavits, viz funeral expenses
Paid I. D. Thomas trimmings for coffin Voucher No. 1 22.371/2
" L. P. Wilson Doctors bill " " 2 191.00
" Wm. Kimbro sheriff for taxes 1840 " " 3 21.75
" Do " " " 1842 " " 4 10.59
" Kaufman Attorney " " 5 500.00
" G. W. Terrell Attorney " " 6 250.00
" Perry Anderson Heir & C on Receipt " " 7 130.00
" L. L. Davis Sheriff for taxes for 1843 " " 8 7.00
" Wm. Kimbro Sheriff for 1841 taxes " " 9 20.00
" Hanse Hamilton for burial expenses & C " 10 55.00
" Elizabeth Lout per receipt--- " " 11 100.00
" O. H. P. Bodine per receipt " 12 125.00
1432.711/2
" Note to S. B. True " " 13 31.00
" Court fees---Clerk &C " " 14 27.00
" Court paid Perry Anderson " " 15 100.00
$1600.711/2 The Republic of Texas
County of San Augustine
Personally appeared in open court Nancy Bodine admr of John Bodine Decd. Who makes oath that the above schedule contains a just account of the administration of said estate up to the present date
Sworn and subscribved in open court Jany 29th 1844 her
A. M. Davis Nancy X Bodine
Probate Judge mark
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Nancy Bodine administratrix of the estate of John Bodine
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This account charges herself as follows
To Amt of appraisement of property--Real & Personal
--No sale ever having taken place is-- $2536.96
1600.71 1/2 Balance due from admrx as it regards personal effects $ 935.24 1/2
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The State of Texas
County of San Augustine
List of property that was placed upon the inventory by the administratrix which have died----
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5 work oxen
4 cows & calves
4 cows without calves
2 2 year olde cattle
3 1 year olde
1 roan mare & her colt
1 Bay mare
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13 head of cattle on hand at this time
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The state of Texas
County of San Augustine
Personally came and appeared before me the undersigned authority who after being duly sworn declared and says that the above list is true
Sworn to & subscribed in open Nancy Bodine *
Court this 27th day of July 1847
Alfred Polk Probate Judge
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To Nancy Bodine Administratrix
To cash paid State & County Tax 1840 No. 1 $ 21.00
" " " Do 1841
64.00 C 25% No. 2 16.00
" " " State & County Tax 1844 No. 3 2.78
" " " Do 1844 No. 4 7.58
" " " Do 1845 No. 5 2.93
" " " Do 1845 No. 6 5.47
" " " Do 1847 No. 7 8.17
$ 63.93
Cash paid George W. Terrell & not credited me in
Former settlement No. 8 $30.00 30.00
The State of Texas County of San Augustine $ 93.00
Personally came and appeared before me the undersigned authority Nancy Bodine Administratrix of the estate of John Bodine deceased who after being duly sworn declares declares and says that the foregoing amt atainst the said estate of John Bodine decd is just and true and prays the same be allowed her upon final settlement
Sworn to and subscribed in open Nancy Bodine*
Court this the 26th July 1847
Alfred Polk Probate Judge
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The following is a list of the property belonging to the estate of John Bodine deceased.
3 yoke of oxen $75 $225.00
5 head of cattle 2 year c 10 050.00
1 ditto do do c 10 10.00
5 cows and calves c 25 125.00
2 three year old c 15 030.00
1 one year old 6.00
1 do do do 6.00
1 black horse 100.00
1 roan horse 3 year old 060.00
1 roan horse 4 year old 075.00
1 black horse 3 year old 035.00
1 bay mare 7 year old--and colt 075.00
1 road wagon 080.00
1 small wagon 050.00
1 set blacksmith tools 050.00
5 log chains 010.00
6 plows 017.00
3 weeding hoes c $.50 001.50
3 pr plow gear with clevises and single tree 012.00
2 pr hind wagon gear 008.00
1 pr hames and traces 002.00
4 cow bells 006.00
2 rifle guns c 15$ 1 musket $5.00 035.00
1 pistol $5 1 sword case $4 2 ____ _____ c 2.00$ 013.00
6/12 doz chairs c $.50 1 ditto $.50 1 bureau $8 011.00
1 Holy Bible $5 20 volumns books c $.50 015.00
1 table 1.50$ 1 mare and colt 20 years of age 010.00
1 negro man Ransom 25 years old 600.00
1 do woman Lonney 20 yrs & child 5 yrs 600.00
1 cross cut saw $4 1 hand saw $.75 004.75
1 lott chisels and augers $5 1 __cradle 3.00$ 008.00
1 cutting knife and box $1.50 001.50
1 note on Samuel Smith 054.00
1 do do G. W. Hooper 004.00
An account on Joathan Anderson 001.50
An account on Wm Amy Lindsey 002.00
Do do on W W Holman 050.00
Do do on M Alexander 010.37
2208 acres of land on Ayish Bayau
1 certificate for 1/2 league and labor land
1 note on E W Cullen for fifty dollars 050.00
An account on Wm Polly Patterson 012.00
1 gray filley 3 years old 040.00
1 iron gray filley 2 years old 020.00
$ 2536.96
We certify the above inventory of the above described property belonging to the estate of John Bodine decd to be just and true as having been given in to us by Nancy Bodine as administratix of John Bodine decd.
Given under our hand this 26th August 1848
W W Holman
Wm H Moses