Estate Records of Thomas Elwood Phillips

Estate Records of Thomas Elwood Phillips

6 Sep 1893 – 6 Dec 1937

Son of James I. Phillips and Julia Savannah Clary

Submitted by Janice Newton Thurmond

Columbia County , Georgia Court of Ordinary Volume "C" page 330:

Inventory and Appraisement Estate of T. E. Phillips, Deceased

Filed in office and ordered to be recorded this 21st day of February, 1938

Kathryn Morris, Ordinary

State of Georgia , Columbia County .

By the Court of the Ordinary of Said County

To G. S. Phillips, E. D. Clary, Jr., E. W. Hatcher, T. C. Prather and L. I. Prather.

These are to authorize you, or any three of you, whose names are hereabove written, to attend and appraise the goods and chattels, lands, tenements, rights or Credits of T. E. Phillips, deceased, wheresoever any of the goods, chattels, lands, tenements, rights or credits of the said deceased are within the said county and which shall be sworn unto you by G. B. Pollard, Administrator or come to your knowledge or sight, you having first taken an oath before some legally authorized Person to make a true and perfect Inventory thereof, and to cause the same to be returned under your hands or any three or more of you to the said court within two months from the date hereof.

In testimony whereof, I herewith affix my hand seal, this 21st day of February 1938.

Kathryn Morris, Ordinary

Oath of Appraisers

State of Georgia }

Columbia County} You E. D. Clary, Jr., L. I. Prather and T. C. Prather do swear that you will make a just and true appraisement and inventory of all and singular, the goods, chattels, lands, tenements, rights and credits of T. E. Phillips, deceased, as shall be produced to you by G. B. Pollard, Administrator of the estate of said deceased and will make a return thereof according to law.

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 21st day of February 1938. E. D. Clary, Jr.

Kathryn Morris L. I. Prather

Ordinary Columbia Co., Ga. L. C. Prather

Columbia County , Georgia Court of Ordinary Volume "C" page 331:

Inventory and Appraisement of the Estate of T. E. Phillips, Deceased

One Gray Horse mule - $125.00

One Bay Mare mule - $50.00

Six milch Cows - $140.00

One Heifer about 2 yrs old - $20.00

Three Heifers about 1 year old - $36.00

One Heifer calf about 4 months old - $6.00

One male calf about 4 months old - $6.00

Two male calves about 5 weeks old - $10.00

One heifer calf about 4 weeks old - $4.00

One male hog about 300 lbs - $18.00

Two sows about 150 lbs each - $18.00

Two sows about 75 lbs each - $9.00

Two Borrow (sic) Hogs about 75 lbs each - $9.00

Nine shoats about 50 lbs each - $36.00

One horse wagon - $6.00

One two horse wagon - $20.00

One plow stock (Haymon make) - $0.75

Two one horse Oliver plows - $8.00

One Guano Distributor - $1.00

One corn & cotton planter - $8.00

One Grain Drill - $10.00

One McCormick-Dearing Mower - $40.00

135 Bushels Corn in Shuck (estimated) - $75.00

175 Bales of pea Hay (Estimated) - $75.00

One Ford Coupe Automobile 1937 model - $325.00

136 Acres of land with improvements thereon - $3000.00

We the undersigned Appraisers, do certify that, having been first sworn by and before each other according to law, that the within and foregoing is a true Inventory and Appraisement of all the estate of T. E. Phillips , deceased, so far as the same was provided before us by the Administrator of said deceased, to the best of our judgement and understanding.

Given under our hands and seals, this 21 day of February 1938.

E. D. Clary, Jr. L. C. Prather L. I. Prather

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