Administrators of estate were usually
appointed in county court shortly after a person's death. The appointment will
be recorded in the county court minutes and sometimes in a separate
administrator's bond book. The administrator was required to post bond with at
least one person as surety for the faithful performance of his duties as
administrator. If a person left a valid will, he usually named an executor,
whose duties were the much the same as those of an administrator - to see that debts
owed were paid, debts due the decedent collected and the remainder dispersed to
the heirs. The following appointments
of administrators have been abstracted from Crittenden County Administrator
Bond Book 1885-1897.[1]
Emma
J. Watson was appointed administrator of the estate of Columbus Watson. 28
January 1890.
David
West was appointed administrator of the estates of Mary J. Walker and W.W.
Walker. 31 January 1890.
R.B.
Gass was appointed administrator of George W. Twidwell's estate. 15 February
1890.
J.E.
Stephenson was appointed administrator of Martha Taber's estate. 8 March 1890.
W.H.
Fowler was appointed administrator of the estate of J.T. Fowler. 22 March 1890.
W.J.
LaRue was appointed administrator of the estate of F.G. Allison. 21 April 1890.
M.E.
King was appointed administrator of Alex King's estate. 10 June 1890.
John
J. Sunderland, with will annexed, was appointed administrator of the estate of
Thos. J. Sunderland. 11 June 1890.
J.L.
Alexander was appointed administrator of W.W. Alexander's estate. 7 July 1890.
Thos.
H. Carter was appointed administrator of the estate of James T. Jones. 22 July
1890.
Thos.
A. Harpending was appointed administrator of Columbus Watson's estate. 11
August 1890.
P.K.
Cooksey was appointed administrator of R.L. Cooksey's estate. 21 August 1890.
B.S.
Kennedy was appointed administrator of Chas. E. Kennedy's estate. 8 September
1890.
Mrs.
P.J. Farley was appointed administrator of Frank M. Farley's estate. 8
September 1890.
W.H.
McChesney was appointed administrator of Joseph L. McDowell's estate. 9
September 1890.
W.B.
Crider was appointed administrator of the estate of Jas. S. Ashley. 13 October
1890.
W.H.
Beard was appointed administrator of Jas. I. Beard. 13 October 1890.
W.H.
McChesney was appointed administrator of the estate of Mrs. Retta J. McDowell.
3 November 1890.
Geo.
W. Jones was appointed administrator of J.C. Bennett's estate. 20 November
1890.
Mrs.
Mary Hughes was appointed administrator of the estate of W.H. Hughes. 26
November 1890.
Wm.
B. Yandell was appointed administrator of Charlotte Spurr's estate. 26
November 1890.
Mrs.
Annie Cook was appointed administrator of the estate of W.L. Cook. 2 December
1890.
J.S.
Bell was appointed administrator of John Bell's estate. 10 December 1890.
L.H.
James was appointed administrator of the estate of Geo. Luke[?]. 22 December
1890.
Published 26 February 2015, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/
[1]
Administrator Bond Book 1885-1897, Crittenden County, Kentucky Clerk's Office,
Marion, Kentucky.
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