Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme called Amanuensis Monday. What does "amanuensis" mean? John offers this definition:"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
The subject today is the probate records of Henry Carringer (1800-1879) of Columbus City, Louisa County, Iowa. He married Sarah Feather (1804-1848) before 1825 in Pennsylvania and they had ten children:
* Eliza Carringer (1827-1914, married 1758 John Robinson (1814-1867)
* David Jackson Carringer (1828-1902), married 1851 Rebecca Spangler (1832-1901)
* George Carringer (1832-before 1880), married 1864 Mary --?-- (1845-????). Mary (--?--) Carringer married (2) James McLaughlin
* Cornelius A. Carringer (1834-1916), married (1) 1859 Elizabeth Green (1834-1870), married (2) 1871 Nancy Elizabeth Donaldson (1852-1908)
* Mary Carringer (1835-1908)
* Sarah Carringer (1837-????)
* Henry Carringer (1839-1864)
* Louisa M. Carringer (1842-????)
* Matilda Spangler Carringer (1845-1911), married 1867 John Spencer Moore (1838-1908)
* Harvey Carringer (1848-1870)
Henry Carringer died intestate, and his probate papers are in Volume 5 of the Louisa County, Iowa Probate court records. D.W. Moore was appointed administrator for the estate. One document in the probate case, dated 13 September 1881, is the administrator's petition to sell the real estate in order to pay the debts:
In the Matter of the Estate
of Henry Carringer Decd }
Administrators Petition to sell Real Estate for the payment of Debts
To D.W. Moore Admr it is hereby granted
to Sell Real Estate for the payment of Debts
David J. Carringer, Rebecca Carringer,
Eliza Robinson, Matilda S. Moore, John S. Moore, Cornelius Carringer,
Elisabeth Carringer Mary C. McLaughlin, Mary Carringer, Louisa
Carringer, and Wilbert H. Carringer and Francis I. Moore his
Guardianship
And now on this day come on to be heard
the petition of D.W. Moore Administrator of the Estate of Henry
Carringer deceased asking for License and authority to Sell certain
Real Estate described and it appearing to the satisfaction of the
Court that said Defendants above named viz. David J. Carringer,
Rebecca Carringer, Eliza Robinson Matilda S. Moore, John I. Moore,
Cornelius Carringer, Elisabeth Carringer, Mary C. McLaughlin, Mary
Carringer Louisa Carringer and Wilbert H. Carringer, a minor and his
Guardian Francis I. Moore had each been duly and legally Served with
notice of the pendency of this application and came not, It is
ordered by the Court that a Default be and the same is hereby ordered
against said adult defendants above named and it appearing to the
Court that Wilbert H. Carringer is a minor thereupon John Hale
con??ly is by the Court appointed as Guardian ad litem for said minor
defendant and who appeared to pled his answer on his behalf and
thereupon the Cause is submitted to the Court upon the pleading
introduced by Plaintiff and the answer of said Guardian ad litem and
the Court having seen and heard the Service and being fully advised
in all things touching said application is of opinion that the
authority prayed for should be granted.
It is therefore Ordered by the Court
that the said D.W. Moore as Administrator of the Estate of Henry
Carringer Decd be and he is hereby authorized and confirmed for the
purpose of paying the claims filed against Said Estate do sell all of
the following described Real estate situated in the County of Louisa
and State of Iowa viz. The North West quarter ¼ in the North East
quarter ¼ of Section Number twenty nine 29 Township number 75
seventy five Range number five 5 west be it containing forty acres
more or less either at Public or Private Sale for cash and when sold
to execute a Deed thereto to the purchaser thereof and before
delivering the same to present such Deed or Deeds with a report of
Sale to this Court for its approval or rejection.
And it is further ordered by the Court
that Martin Sherwin John McCurley and Ralph Robertson be and they are
hereby appointed as appraisers to appraise said Real Estate and that
a commission issue to them.
The source citation for this document (using the Probates, bound (FHL microfilm images) source template in RootsMagic) is:
Louisa County, Iowa, District Court Record Books, Volume V, Pages 237-239, Henry
Carringer administration, dated 13 September 1881, administrator's petition to
sell real estate; FHL microfilm accessed on FHL US/CAN Microfilm 1,006,640.
There are several other probate records for this probate case in Volume V pertaining to appointing a guardian for Wilbert Carringer, the appraisal of the property, a claim on the estate, and so on.
This administrator's petition is the only one that names all of the heirs to the estate. They include:
* David J. Carringer (a son of Henry)
* Rebecca Carringer (David's wife)
* Eliza Robinson (a daughter of Henry, widow of John Robinson)
* Matilda S. Moore (a daughter of Henry)
* John I. Moore (Matilda's husband)
* Cornelius Carringer (a son of Henry)
* Elizabeth Carringer (Cornelius' second wife)
* Mary C. McLaughlin (wife of George Carringer deceased, current wife of James McLaughlin)
* Mary Carringer (a daughter of Henry)
* Louisa Carringer (a daughter of Henry)
* Wilbert Carringer (son of George and Mary (--?--) Carringer)
Because George Carringer, son of Henry, was deceased, a guardian had to be appointed for Wilbert since he was under age 21. George's widow, Mary, had married again and was named because she evidently still had an interest in Henry's estate.
I don't exactly know who the administrator, D.W. Moore, is. He may be a brother or the father of Matilda Carringer's husband, John I. Moore. I also don't exactly know who Francis I. Moore is, Wilbert's guardian.
Other than census records, this is the only document I have for Henry Carringer that includes David Jackson Carringer, my 2nd great-grandfather.
copyright (c) 2013), Randall J. Seaver
