Estate papers for Jeremiah Heath

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Greenville, North Carolina
Surname/tag: Heath

Estate Papers for Jeremiah Heath^[1]

Sold out of the Estate of Jermiah Heath, 2080.00, Two Thousand and Eighty dollars. William T. Heath, Execr. Sold of the Estate of Jeremiah Heath: One Horse Bridle an saddle at one hundred dollars in 1867. Sold to G Pem 15 hed of hogs at 60 dollars in 1867. Collected in Jones County twenty dollars. Collected in Lenor county 20 dollars. Sold tew hundred acres of land in Dover Percosen to P C Heath and brothers at 80 dollars in 1875. Sold Olev Daughety 1 buket at 10 dollars in 1867. One hors bridel an caddel to Ely Perry at one hundred dollars in 1867. Paid six dollars court at Trenton in a suit against the Estate in 1867 (this line was marked thru). Sold to Mattew Tisdel 18 head of hogs at (ten) seventy dollars in 1867 (the ten was marked thru). Collected in Jones county twenty dollars.'ollected in Lenor County twenty three dollars.

From N.C. State Archives^[1]:

Estate Papers, Recorded in Book of Settlements Folio 305, filed Jan. 3, 1882 (William T. Heath, Jeremiah’s son, administered Jeremiah’s Estate.) Amount received from Said Estate: April 1867 Watch sold to Olive Daugherty $10.00, April 1867 Horse Bridle & Saddle 100.00, April 1867 18 Head of hogs 70.00, June 1867 From clerk Sup. Court of Jones Co. 20.00, April 15 1874 From clerk Sup. Court of Lenoir Co. 23.00, Sept 9 1878 From sale of Land belonging to Estate 81.00. Total $304.00''

Amount disbursed By ? Allowed $30.40 Amt. paid my Atty, 13.00 Amt paid Clerk Bryan, 3.00 Amt paid carpenter, 4.00 Expenses to Jones, 6.00 Expenses to Lenoir, 6.00 Expenses in collections &c 37.60. Total $80.00

Amount for Distribution $224.00

Claims paid. April 8 1867 Amount paid Eli Perry $100.00, April 8 1867 Amount paid Miles Hawkins 7.50, June 1868 Amount paid H. A. Avery 50.00, June 1868 Amount paid Frederick Jones 4.00, July 1867 Amount paid Daniel Harrison 10.00, April 1867 Amount paid Alx Taylor 1.50, Jan 1870 Amount paid James Bryan 8.00, Jan 1869 Amount paid H. T. Richardson 8.00, May 1867 Amount paid Olive Daugherty 25.00, April 10 1871 Amount paid Fred Mclevy 176.00, Taxes from 66 40.00, Total $430.00

Amounts Unpaid: Daniel Harrison $116.45, S. W. Chadwick 219.15, Olive Daugherty 132.19, Mary A. Heath 164.40, W. T. Heath 175.00, Wm. Fife 50.00, Edmund Heath 75.00, Edward Rhem 600.00 Total $1532.19

Total amount of claims to be paid prorata $1962.19 with $224.00 . Sworn and subscribed to by William T. Heath, audited found correct and ordered to be recorded and filed this 14 day of Sept 1878.

“North Carolina, Craven County, Henry Daugherty maketh oath that he posted up copies of within notice at the court house in Newbern and at Tuscarora and Core Creek on the 20th of March. H. P. Daugherty, sworn to and subscribed before me this 6th day of June A. D. 1867 by W. Charlton, J. P.”

“NOTICE. The subscriber having on the 11th day of March 1867 qualified according to law on the estate of Jeremiah Heath dec’d hereby gives general notice to all creditors of said estate to present their claims duly authenticated within the time limited by law for that purpose otherwise this notice will be pleaded in bar of recovery. Debtors to the said estate will also please to make payment immediately. March 16, 1867. Wm. T. Heath, Executor” Recorded in Book B of Account Pages 51 & 52. Filed Sept 14, 1878.

Amount on hand $224.00 January 11, 1881, Amount paid by D. Harrison, S. W. Chadwick, M. A. Heath, Olive Daugherty, and Probate Court $57.50, leaving a balance of $166.50, Balance of claims unpaid by Wm. A. Cox, Geo. West, Robt Jarman, Becon Islar, Lot Williams, Frank Thomas, Lewis Mercer, Jno Anden, Shadrach Loften, Geo. Charlton, Carmon Moore, Ed Arnold, M. C. Bogey, Furny Timmons, John A. Averitt in Jones County for a total of $293.00., Balance in estate $477.00, Sworn subscribed by William T. Heath, audited and ordered to be recorded and filed this 11th day of Jan. 1881 E. W. Carpenter P.J. Recorded Jan. 11 1881, Recorded in Book b. of accts Folio 215

W. T. Heath Exr of Jeremiah Heath in account final. Jan. 3, 1882 To amt of property received $430.00, By amt paid out as per reports filed 841.00, By exp of this report 2.00. Total 843.00, – 430.00, Balance due Exr $413.00. Signed William T. Heath. Sworn subscribed audited found correct & ordered to be recorded & filed. E. W. Carpenter J. P.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Located in the Heath Family Papers, ECU Joyner Library, Greenville, NC. Transcribed by fifth great-granddaughter of Jeremiah Heath, Sara Whitford, and posted to East Carolina Roots, Jeremiah Heath of Craven County (1793-1867). https://www.eastcarolinaroots.com/jeremiah-heath-of-craven-county-1793-1867/. Transcriber’s note: The misspelled words in the estate records are written as originally scribed.