The Estate Settlement of Benjamin Franklin Wilson

(These documents came from the Gibson County Courthouse in Trenton, Tennessee)

The undersigned Adm. of the Estate of B.F. Wilson would report to court the following list of property sold belonging to said estate to wit

BUYER	ITEM	COST
Mrs. C.A. Wilson	1 cast plow	1.90
Mrs. C.A. Wilson	1 crop cut saw	1.00
Mrs. C.A. Wilson	1 ax	.50
Mrs. C.A. Wilson	1 shovel plow	.50
Mrs. C.A. Wilson	1 grind rock	.90
Mrs. C.A. Wilson	1 lafe	1.00
Mrs. C.A. Wilson	1 clock	5.00
Mrs. C.A. Wilson	1 looking glass	2.00
Needham Holland	1 steel trap	.25
J. Wilson	1 set Britikin????	1.50
N.T. Stephens	1 shot gun	5.05
Mrs. C.A. Wilson	1 looking glass	.50
W.D. Cass	3 books	1.95
J.F. Penn	2 books	.45
Mrs. C.A. Wilson	1 bed & furniture	5.00
G.E. Flowers	1 Buggy	100.00
Mrs. C.A. Wilson	1 Hack	31.00
Felix Flowers	1 Bull	12.00
Mrs. C.A. Wilson	1 cow	5.00
G.A. Bagby	1 cow	14.75
W.H. Glisson	1 bay filly	150.00
W.T. Mosely	1 Stallion horse	150.00
Thomas Flowers	note due Apr 22/yr BAL	46.62
James Wilson	note due Nov 25/yr	35.00

Mrs. C.A. Wilson was the widow of Benjamin F. Wilson, Charlotte Ann HOOPER Wilson

Stephen Jones Administrator of the Estate of B.F. Wilson dec’d Report & Settlement

Paid by J.W. Jones for season of mare	10.00
W.M. Jones by J.W. Jones Adm.	10.00
W.A. Florance	10.00
Received on cotton	5.80
Received on bails of cotton	55.22
7 bushels of wheat sold to W.C. Oliver	7.00
A.B. Whitehurst season mare	12.00

I have reported all the available assetts belonging to the Estate of said dec’d which have come into my hands or possession or knowledge or that or any other person for me
Sworn to August 23, 1876 Stephen Jones Adm.
A.S. Curry D.C.

J.F. Penn, W.H. Glisson and D.A. French comrs appointed to set apart one years support for Mrs. C.A. Wilson widow of B.F. Wilson and her family, this day made their report to Court which was received by the Court and ordered to be recorded.

We the undersigned _____holders of Gibson County State of Tennessee after being duly sworn have proceeded to set apart to Mrs. C.A. Wilson widow of B.F. Wilson dec’d as much of the crop provisions on hand or money to buy the same with as will be sufficient in our opinion to support her and her family one year from the death of her said husband. We set apart to her the following named articles.

20 Bushels Wheat	$20 worth of leather
500 bdl of fodder	1 spinning wheel
20 barrels corn	80 lb. lard
1 barrell salt	1 barrell molasses
40 lbs. coffee	100 lbs. sugar
10 lbs. soda	2 lbs. pepper
1 lb. spice	1 lb. ginger
10 lbs. wool rolls	10 hind of Iowa hog
5 gallons coal oil	20 lbs. rice
$40 necessary to pay for clothing for children

To writ Rept Adm. Book I page 627		$575.87
""" present line above		110.52
TOTAL		$ 686.39
Paid by S. Wilson burial expense A	13.00
C.D. Allen Tax Rect. C	32.50
Mrs. C.A. Wilson years support D	405.03
B.A. Smith coffin E	25.00
J.F. Penn JP book F	11.20
J.R. Biggs Insolvent notice G	3.75
of Thos Fowers note involvent	46.62
James Wilson	35.00
paid for bailing otes and cotton & hauling to Rutherford	3.00
M.C. Holmes Clk bond on	3.50
2 Repts settlement _____	4.00
Allowed Adm. Services	50.00
Amt _ _ Hill atty for	5.00

The above ope was taken & stated by me after giving due notice as _____ law
This August 23, 1876 A.S. Curry D.C.