Thomas M. Carothers Estate Packet: 1862 |
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Thomas M. Carothers was born during 1807 in Tennessee. He was the son of William (born 1795 Georgia) and Sarah (born 1792 Georgia) Carothers. Thomas Carothers married Mary Ann Stovall about 1832 in Alabama. Thomas brought his family to Itawamba County around 1839 where he settled in the Van Buren area on the Tombigbee River, where he was a merchant. However, by the 1860 Federal Census he had moved to the Campbellton area where he was listed as a merchant. He owned a boarding house, steam mill and blacksmith shop in Guntown on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. The children of Thomas M. and Mary Ann Stovall Carothers were: William H. (born about 1833 in Alabama; died before 1860); Gilbert C. (born about 1838 in Alabama; died before 1860); John Stanley (born about 1839 in Itawamba County); Sarah Ann Elizabeth. (born about 1844 in Itawamba County); and Thomas H. (born about 1860 in Itawamba County). Thomas M. Carothers died in Guntown, Itawamba County on November 5, 1862. ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| Know all men by these presents that I am held and bound unto Wm. C. Thomas in the sum of Nineteen Hundred Dollars they payment whereof is will and truly to be made, and by these presents
bind myself, my heirs and assigns to the due performance of the same. The conditions of the above bond are as follows: I have sold to the said W.C. Thomas a tract or parcel of land lying in
Itawamba County in the State of Mississippi known as the SW 1/4 of Section 19 in Township 10, Range 8 East ... the title of which is now in C. Hussy and C.W. Taylor and is to be made to
T.M. Carothers. Now if I the said Carothers shall cause to be made to the said W.C. Thomas, a good title to the above described land within the next twelve months the above bond
to be void, otherwise to remain in full force.
October the 18th 1861 ---------------------------------------------------------- The undersigned respectfully represents that her husband Thomas M. Carothers departed this life in said county about the 5th day of November 1862 intestate ... that she is advised that she is entitle to administration on the estate of her said deceased husband, but hereby removes her right therfore in favor of her brother George W. Stovall ... December 12th 1862 ---------------------------------------------------------- Estate of Thomas M. Carothers Clains for the estate are on the following people: J.P.H. Taber Claims against the estate are owed to the following people: T.H. Knott ---------------------------------------------------------- The State of Mississippi July Term 1863 Your petitioner represents to your honor that he purchased a parcel upon which he now resides in the town of Guntown and County and State, of Thos. M. Carothers ... prays your honor to make an order that G.W. Stovall admr. makes a deed as the statute prescribes... B.G. Guess ---------------------------------------------------------- The State of Mississippi To the Sheriff of said County, Greeting: Eli Phillips, Clerk ---------------------------------------------------------- Itawamba County To the Sheriff of said County, Greeting: Eli Phillips, Clerk ---------------------------------------------------------- The State of Mississippi To: L.J. Copeland, Singleton Hughes, Z.N. Stephens and C.P. Whitten: This is to authorize you jointly to appraise the goods and chattels and personal estate of Thos. M. Carothers, deceased, late of Itawamba County ... E.W. Bryon David Johnson Guntown, Mississippi Feb. 20th 1862 Amount allowed Mrs. Carothers as her part of the estate of T.M. Carothers dec'd to wit: all household furniture, also what bacon on hand, farming tools for one hand, one barrel molasses, 4 cows and calves, what corn on hand and fifty dollars to buy more, one Negro woman named Jenna, one yoke of stears and cart, one horse Appraisal of slaves: 1 Negro girl Harriet ---------------------------------------------------------- The State of Mississippi To the Sheriff of said County, Greeting: We command you to cite John Stanley Carothers, Ann Eliza Carothers and Thomas Carothers to be and appear before the Probate Court ... on the fourth Monday of March next 1864 ... to answer the Petition of Mary A. Carothers for dower ... 29th day of February 1864 ---------------------------------------------------------- The State of Mississippi The petition of George W. Stovall ... shows that the personal estate and effects of said deceased are wholy insufficient to pay and satisfy the debts ...the said decedent, siezed and possessed of an undivided half interest in the following lands and premises lying and being in the county aforesaid to wit: all that portion of the SW 1/4 of Section 27 in Township 7, Range 6 east of the Mobile and Ohio Rail Road, containing 35 acres more or less, and the East half of Section 34, Township 7, Range 6 East containing ... the steam mill and appurtenances in Guntown, also a four acre lot in said town known as the Boarding House lot, with the buildings and improvements thereon... also 1 blacksmith shop in said town .... petitioner believes .... that a sale of said tracts and parcels of land will be necessary to pay and satisfy the debts of said decedent .... that said decedent left surviving him his wife Mary A. Carothers and three children to wit: John Stanley, Ann Eliza and Thomas H. Carothers, the later of whom are minors and with guardians of law... G.W. Stovall, administrator ---------------------------------------------------------- The State of Mississippi To the Sheriff of said County, Greeting: You are hereby commanded to summon three discreet free holders of your county ... as commissioners ... shall allot and set off by metes and bounds to Mary A. Carothers, the widow of Thomas Carothers late of said county, deceased, One Third, according to quantity and quality of the lands, tenements and heriditaments described in her petition as the dower of said widow .... said allotment of lands comprehend therein the dewelling house together with the out houses, buildings and other improvements appertaining towit: all that portion of the SW 1/4 of Section 27, Township 7, of Range 6 east lying west of the Rail Road at Guntown and an undivided half interest in the remainder of said quarter section of land and in the east half of Section 34 in Township 7 of Range 6 East... Jesse Hunt ---------------------------------------------------------- The State of Mississippi To the Sheriff of Lee County, Greeting: We command you to cite M.A. Carothers, widow of T.M. Carothers, dec'd, John S. Carothers, S.A.E. Carothers and Thos. H. Carothers, heirs at law of T.M. Carothers... to appear before the Probate Court of Itawamba County ... on the 4th Monday of April next 1867 ... to answer the petition of G.W. Stovall, admr. of the estate of T.M. Carothers ... to declare said estate insolvent. Issued the 27th day of March AD 1867 ---------------------------------------------------------- The State of Mississippi To the Sheriff of Monroe County, Greeting: You are hereby commanded to cite Thomas H. Carothers to ... appear before the Chancery Court of Itawamba County ... to answer the petition of final account of G.W. Stovall, admr. of estate of Thos. M. Carothers, dec'd. 22nd day of April 1873 Came to hand April the 22nd 1873 By virtue of the within process I have this day cited the Within named Thomas H. Carothers by leaving a true copy of same with M.A. Carothers, his mother, at the usual place of residence ... said Thomas H. Carothers not being found in my county. June the 3rd 1873 ---------------------------------------------------------- The State of Mississippi To the Sheriff of Monroe County, Greeting: You are hereby commanded to cite Mary Ann Carothers, John S. Carothers, Anna E. Hansel and her husband John Hansel to appear before the Chancery Court of Itawamba ... to answer the petition of G.W. Stovall, admr. estate of Thomas M. Carothers, deceased. 22nd day of April 1873 ---------------------------------------------------------- The Account and Final Settlement of G.W. Stovall, Administrator of Thos. M. Carothers, dec'd. This administrator charges himself with the following sums received on account of said estate: To this amt. rec'd in Confederate money as shown by sale bill filed: $297.30 To cash rec'd for 3 shares of Mobile and Ohio Rail Road Stock: $141.00 To this amount Confederate money collected of Thos. Sawyer in his note on compromise: $200.00 Total: $638.30 This administrator prays allowance for the following disbursements, losses and commissions in said estate: By cash paid Mary A. Carothers: $50.00 G.W. Stovall The State of Mississippi The petition of G.W. Stovall ... would respectfully represent unto your honor that he has fully administered said estate as far as it is possible to do. That he has never collected any of the claims in favor of said estate except as reported in his final account above. That all of said notes and claims are worthless and could not be collected by suit or otherwise... he now asks an allowance of all said claims...that all the money received by this administration except for the sale of the 3 shares of the Mobile and Ohio Rail Road stock was in Confederate money and is wholly worthless...that the said estate being wholly insolvent it was impossible for him to use said money in the payment of debts of the estate. This administrator would further state and show unto your honor that there was one yoke of oxen belonging to said estate which he got an order of the Probate Court to sell to pay debts, but he never sold said oxen but the soldiers of the Confederate army came and possessed them and did not pay for them...that the following are the heirs and distributees of said estate with their residency: The widow, Mary Ann Carothers, John S. Carothers and Thos. H. Carothers who are adults and live in Monroe County, and Anna E. Hansel and her husband John Hansel, who are adults and reside in Lee County ... G.W. Stovall ---------------------------------------------------------- ESTATE SALE PURCHASERS Sale Bill of the Estate of Thos. M. Carothers March 6 1863 J.T. Covey: 2 plows Sworn to and subscribed before me the 23rd day of March 1863 End of Sale List
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