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Editha TIMS, Deceased, Estate of  )               Filed Nov 3rd, 1877
Petition For an Order to Sell     )
Personal Property                 )

The State of Alabama )      
Choctaw County       )      To the Honorable B. H. WARREN, Judge of Probate 
of said county, the petition of L. J. MOONEY, respectfully showeth unto your 
honor, that he was duly appointed by this Honorable Court, to the administration of 
the estate of Editha TIMS, deceased, on the 19th day of Oct 1877, and that he 
immediately proceeded to examine and to take possession of the assets of said estate, 
and that he has the same inventoried, appraised and returned to this court, as the 
law directs, in the course of which examination the petitioner found that said estate 
was possessed of (BWW's note: The list of personal property is repeated here and continued 
on Page 376) .....and 60 bushels of corn, which property is of a perishable nature and 
liable to waste.  In consideration of all which your petitioner states that it is 
manifest that it will be beneficial to the interests of said estate, to have said 
property sold at as early a day as possible, wherefore your petitioner prays your honor 
to grant an order of sale of said property, for cash, on the premises of said deceased, 
& as in duty bound, & c.
Sworn to & subscribed before       )
me this 3rd day of November        )
A. D. 1877     B. H. WARREN        )                L. J. MOONEY
              Judge of Probate     )                             Administrator
Recorded November 30th 1877
    B. H. WARREN, Judge of Probate

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Editha TIMS, Deceased      )
Report of Sale of Personal )
Property                   )               Filed December 1st 1877

The State of Alabama  )        To the Hon. B. H. WARREN
Choctaw County        )        Judge of Probate of said county
                             The undersigned, the Administrator of the estate of 
Editha TIMS, deceased, begs leave to report to Your Honor, that on the 26th day 
of November 1877, he proceeded and sold the articles hereinafter enumerated at auction 
on the premises of the late deceased, to the highest bidder and for cash, after having 
first given three weeks notice of the time, place and terms of the sale, together with 
a description of the property, by posting notices on the court house door, and three 
other public places in this county, to wit:
1 trunk                        to    Rebecca FELTS           .80
1 table                        "     John NICHOLS            .70
2 trunks                       "     J. H. ATKINSON          .25
1 wheel                        "     W. C. TIMS             1.50
7 chairs                       "     J. H. ATKINSON @ 20¢   1.40
2 dishes                       "     R. A. DOZIER            .30
1 lot cups & saucers          to     J. C. KNIGHT            .35
1 pitcher                      "     J. C. KNIGHT            .25
1 set plates                   "     L. J. MOONEY            .40
candle sticks & moulds (sic)  to     L. J. MOONEY            .75
1 strainer & bucket            "     G. F. ALLEN             .30
1 water bucket                 "     John TIMS               .50
1 bowl                         "     G. F. ALLEN             .10
1 side saddle                  "     S. A. COKER            4.05
1 safe                         "     Rebecca FELTS          2.05
1 dining table                 "     W. M. ALLEN             .90
1 axe and wedge                "     J. B. TIMS              .60
1 grub hoe                     "     B. HARDIN               .35
1 set bridle rein              "      "     "                .50
1 turning plow                 "      "     "               2.05
1 grind rock                   "     W. M. ALLEN            1.10
saw, curry comb & rake         "     L. J. MOONEY            .75
1 wash pot                     "     D. REYNOLDS            3.10
1 dinner pot                   "     Matt. TIMS              .30
pot & hook                     "     Frank TIMS              .05
skillet & lid                  "     J. NICHOLS              .15
1 small pot                    "      "      "               .20
3 large pots                   "     J. F. ALLEN             .55
1 large oven                   "     E. TIMS                 .75
1 tin trunk                    "     John TIMS               .80
2 plows                        "     J. L. JAY               .35
1 set plow gear                "     John NICHOLS            .55
1 loom                         "     Rebecca FELTS          3.65
1 colt                         "     John ATKINSON         35.00
1 mare                         "     B. HARDIN             25.00
25 lbs wool @ 13.5¢            "     J. C. TIMS             3.37 and one half
1 white cow                    "     L. J. MOONEY           8.00
1 cow & calf                   "     J. H. ATKINSON         8.50
1 white cow & calf             "     W. L. GRANBERRY        7.25
1 d___ heifer                  "     Frank TIMS             6.50
1 white heifer                 "     J. L. JAY              4.05
black headed steer             "     W. C. TIMS             3.49
1 hog                          "     John ATKINSON          3.50
20 bu. corn @ 75¢              "     Varney FELTS          15.00 
20  "   "   @ 68¢              "     J. L. TIMS            13.60
10.75 bu. corn @ 53¢           "     "   "   "              5.67 and a fourth
barrel & salt                  "     J. ATKINSON             .80 
1 churn                        "     D. REYNOLDS             .25
bed stead                      "     W. M. ALLEN            1.25
well bucket                    "     O. H. TIMS              .40
2 pair sheep shears            "     J. ATKINSON             .40
1 box of sundries?             "     N. C. TIMS              .10
                                                         ________
                                                         $172.48 and three fourths

The undersigned further states, that said sale was, in all respects regular, and was 
fairly conducted and that the foregoing is a true & complete account thereof.

Sworn to & subscribed before me this    )      
the 1st day of December A. D. 1877      )
                 B. H. WARREN           )                 L. J. MOONEY
                 Judge of Probate       )                Administrator
     Recorded December 5th 1877
            B. H. WARREN, Judge of Probate