Letter of Administration
Mrs. Amelia Gordon Administratrix for Thomas Gordon

State of Georgia Early County: pgs 93 & 94

Know all men these presents.
That we, Mrs. Amelia Gordon principal, P. J. Keaton & T. J. Lanier, Sureties, are held and firmly bound and obliged unto the Honorable the Ordinary of said county for the time being, and successors in office, in the sum of Three thousand ($3000) dollars, to be paid to the said Ordinary his successors in office or assigns, for which payment will and truly be made and done, we bind ourselves, jointly and severally and each of our heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals and a???? at Kestler Ga, the 4th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one.

The conditions of above obligation is such, that if the above bound Mrs. Amilia Gordon Administratrix of the goods, chattels and credits of Thomas Gordon deceased, do make a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits of the said deceased which have or shall come to the hand, possession or knowledge of the said Mrs. Amelia Gordon or in the hands or possession of any other person or persons for her and the same so made to exhibit in the court of Ordinary of said county where she shall be thereunto required and such goods, chattels and credits do well and truly administer according to law and make a just and true account of her actings and doings therein where required by the Superior Court or the Ordinary of said county and all the rest of the goods, chattels and credits which shall be found remaining upon the account of the said administration the same being first allowed by the said court, shall deliver and pay to such persons respectively as are entitled to the same by law. And if it shall hereafter appear that any last will and testament was made by the said deceased and the same be processed before the court, and the Executors obtain a certificate of the probate thereof and the said Mrs. Amelia Gordon do in such case, if required send?? and deliver up the said letters of Administration, then this obligation’s to be bon’d; else to remain of full force.

                                                                   Amelia Gordon          L. S
                                                                   P. H. Keaton              L. S
                                                                   G. J. Lanier                L. S

Signed, sealed and Delivered in presence of
?. ?. Keaton Cove Not Public
C. W. Simmons N. P. Early Co Ga.
 

I, Mrs. Amelia Gordon, do solemnly swear, that Thomas Gordon died intestate so far as I know or believe and that I will well and truly administer on all the estate of said deceased and desbusse the same as the law requires and discharge to the best of my ability all my duties as administratrix on the estate of said deceased, So help me God.

(signed) Amelia Gordon

Sworn to & subscribed
Before me 4th day of November 1901
(signed) D. M. Wade Sr. Ord

The Honorable the court of Ordinary, for the County and State aforesaid:

To Mrs. Amelia Gordon

Whereas Thos Gordon, late of the County and State aforesaid,__________deseased, died intestate, having whilst he lived, and at the time of his death, real and personal estate within the County and State aforesaid, by means whereof the full disposition and power of granting the administration of all and singular the real and personal estate of the said deseased, and also auditing the accounts, calculations, and reckonings of the said administrations, and a final dismission of the same, to this Court is manifestly known to belong: I, desiring that the real and personal estate of the said deceased may be well and truly administered, converted, and well disposed of, do hereby grant unto the said Mrs. Amelia Gordon full power, by the tenor of these presents, to administer the real and personal estate of the said deceased, which to he in his lifetime, and at the time of his death, did belong; and to ask , levy, sue for, recover, and recieve the same; and to pay the debts in which the deseased stood obligated, so far forth as his real and personal estate will extend, according to their rate and order of law; being first sworn on th Holy Evangelists of Almighty God to make a true and prefect inventory thereof, and to exhibit the same into the Court of Ordinary aforesaid, in order to be recorded, on or before the fifth Monday of July 1902, next ensuing, and to render a just and true account, calculation, and reckoning of said administration when thereunto required: And I ordain, depute, and constitute you, the said Mrs. Amelia Gordon, Administratrix of all and singular the real and personal estate of the said deceased.

Witness the Hon. D.M. Wade Sr. Ordinary for Early County, this X day of November, in the year of our Lord 1901