John Smith Senior Estate Sale 1793

Date: 30 Aug 1793 [unknown]
Location: Jefferson County, State of Tennessee

Jefferson, Tennessee, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008 for John Smith Will Books, 1792-1844

An account recorded on 30 August 1793 in Jefferson County, the State of Tennessee, of the sale of the estate of John Smith Senior, deceased.

John Smith Senior died about the month of February 1793 without a will. Samuel Smith, the only surviving male child, received letters of administration from Jefferson County, Tennessee, and sold the estate of his father, John Smith Sr. for $10,542.50, recorded 30 August 1793.^[1]

Heirs who made purchases at John Smith Sr's Estate sale (as summarized and recorded by Samuel Smith in the Court of Equity in 1794 in the District of Hamilton, in the Territory of the USA South of the River Ohio)^[2]:

1. Samuel Smith
2. Hardy Bryan, son of Elizabeth Bryan
3. Benjamin Bryan, agent for the heirs of Ann Bryan
4. Gideon and William Smith, sons of John Smith Jr.
5. Jane Felps
6. John Hinton
7. Isaac Williams and John Smith heirs of Alex. Smith

Estate Sale page 65

Estate Sale page 65-a

Estate Sale page 66

Statement of Samuel Smith recorded 3 Jun 1794 in the Court Case after the sale of the estate:

To the Honorable the Judges of the Court of Equity for the District of Hamilton in the Territory of the United State of America south of the River Ohio - The Bill of Samuel Smith Administrator and One of the Heirs of John Smith Senior:

Your Orator Samuel Smith Admr. and one of the Heirs of John Smith Senior, deceased, that the said John Smith Senior departed this life about the month of February 1793 not having made any will or Testament as your Orator believes, that Orator being the only surviving son of the said John Smith obtained letters of Administration on the Estate of the said Deceased from the Court of Jefferson County, that the said John Smith Senior....

Your Orator further showeth that the said John Smith Senior had six children (Exclusive of your Orator) viz Anne (who was married to Needham Bryan now deceased), Elizabeth (who was married to William Bryan now deceased), John, Alexander, Jane (intermarried to Thomas Phelps now deceased) and Pheruba married to John Hinton; that the said Anne, Elizabeth, John and Alexander died during the life of said Intestate having each left children as legal Representatives to claim in the room of the deceased Parent; that your Orator, Jane Phelps and Pheruba Hinton are the only surviving children of the said Intestate.^[3]

Statement of Samuel Smith

Historical map of Hawkins County Tennessee, 1771-1971:

Samuel Smith 1790 residence map number 307

Samuel Smith 1790 residence index of names number 307

Sources

• Copy of handwritten bill dated 3 Jun 1794 - son Samuel submits a Bill of Complaint against the heirs of John Smith Sr. to the Judges of the Court of Equity for the District of Hamilton in the Territory of the United States of America South of the River Ohio https://www.wikitree.com/photo.php/6/6c/Smith-6957-1.pdf
• https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9176/images/004087714_00090?pId=3238848

1. ↑ Tennessee, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008 for John Smith Jefferson. Tennessee, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008. Will Books, 1792-1844, Jefferson County, Tennessee; Author: Tennessee State Library and Archives (Nashville, Tennessee); Probate Place: Jefferson, Tennessee
2. ↑ Transcription (of transcription) of Court Case: Tennessee Records of Knox County Superior Court Record Book "B" 1797-1804 Part II Prepared by The Historical Records Survey Transcription Unit
3. ↑ Transcription (of transcription) of Court Case: Tennessee Records of Knox County Superior Court Record Book "B" 1797-1804 Part II Prepared by The Historical Records Survey Transcription Unit