Son of Henry Pitts Jr. (14 June 1759 – 15 January 1847)
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State
of South Carolina } ADMINISTRATION BOND
Laurens,
district } James
Hollingsworth, Printer
Know all Men by these Presents, That we E. L. Pitts & Y. J. H. Pitts
Y. J. Culbertson Cullin Lark & David Boyd
Are holden and firmly bound unto W. H. LANGSTON, Esquire, Ordinary for the District of
Laurens, in the full and just sum of Twenty Thousand Dollars
lawful money of the said state, to be paid to the said W. H. Langston, or his successors, Ordi-
naries
of this District, or their certain Attorney or Assigns. to which
payment well and truly
To be made, we bind ourselves, and every of
us, our and every of our Heirs, Executors and Ad-
ministrators, for the whole, in the whole, jointly and severely, firmly by these presents.
Sealed with our seals, and Dated the 3 Day of April
In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Sixty two
The Condition of the above Obligation is such, That if the above bound E.L. Pitts
Administrator of the Goods, Chattels and credits of Henry Pitts ????
deceased, do make a true and
perfect inventory of all and singular the Goods, Chattels and
credits
of the said deceased, which have or shall come to that hands,
possession or knowledge of
the said E.
L. Pitts & Y. J. H. Pitts
or into the hands or possession
of any other person or persons, for their
and the same
so
made, and to exhibit and to the said Court of Ordinary, when
they
shall be thereunto required,
and
such Goods, Chattels and credits do well and truly administer
according to law, and do
make a just and true account of their
actings and doings therein, when
required by the said
Court, and all the rest of the said goods,
chattels and credits which shall be found remaining
upon the
account of the said administration, the same being first allowed by
the said Court, shall
deliver and pay unto such persons
respectively as are entitled to the same by law: and if it
shall
hereafter appear that any last will and testament was made by the
said deceased, and the
same be proven in court, and the Executors
obtain a certificate of the probate thereof, and the
Said E
L Pitts Y. J. Pitts - do
in such case,
if required, render and deliver up the said Letters
of Administration; then this obligation to be
void, or else to
remain in full force. E.
L. Pitts (L. S.)
Signed, Sealed and Delivered, } Y. J. Pitts [L. S.]
In presence of } Y Culbertson [L. S.]
Witness as to C. Lark & D. Boyd Cullin Lark [L. S.]
John ?YC Pi ? David Boyd (L. S.)
State
of South Carolina } WARRANT
OF APPRAISEMENT
Laurens,
district }
By
W H Langston, ordinary of Laurens District,
these
are to authorize and empower you, or any three or four of you, whose
names are
hereunder written, to repair to all such parts and
places within this state as usual be di-
rected
on to by
E.
L. Pitts &
Y. J. H. Pitts Admnr
of
the goods and chattels, rights and credits of Henry
Pitts
deceased,
wheresoever any of the said goods and chattels are, or do remain,
within the said
parts and places, and which shall be shown unto you by the said
E L Pitts &
Y. J. H. Pitts Adminrs
and their view and
praise all and every the said goods and chattels, being first duly
sworn
on the Holy evangelist of Almighty God, to make a true and
perfect inventory and appraise-
ment thereof, and to cause the
same to be returned under your hands, or any three or four of
you,
on to the said
E. L. Pitts & Y. J. H. Pitts
on or before 3rd day of June next.
WITNESS, W. H. LANGSTON, Esquire, Ordinary of the said District, the 3rd
Day
of April
and in the year of four
Lord one thousand eight hundred
and 62
and in the 86th
year of American**Independence
To Messrs. of the aforesaid State
Cullin Lark John Balentine
Franklin Henderson & Y. J.
Culbertson
Memorandum.- That on the 16th day of April
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Sixty two personally ap-
peared before me ?? E ? add?? one of the Magistrates
for said District John Balentine Franklin
Henderson & Y J Culbertson
being three of the appraisers appointed to appraise the goods and chattels of
Henry Pitts late of Laurens County
deceased, who, being duly sworn,
made oath that they
would make a just and
true
appraise meant of all and singular the goods and chattels of
the said Henry
Pitts
deceased, as shall be produced by E L Pitts & Y J H Pitts, admnr
of
the estate of the said deceased, and that they
would return the same,
certified
under their
hands, unto the said admnr
on or before the
10th
day of May
next.
SWORN, the day and
year above written, before me. John
Balentine
Cullin Lark ? _______
? _____ Y. J. Culbertson
NOTES
** The word 'American' of American Independence was marked through
and ' The' was written over the word. Obviously the war had started
In ordinaries office
a
list of notes _______ presented
On the 12th day of April
1863
Against the estate of Henry Pitts
Cents died. ___
payment
1 note due _______ Clardy for $495.00
Due 20th July
1858 &
C_ 5th July 1860 $500.00
one note due Reubin Clardy for $60.00
due 19th May 1860.
one note due Dell Milam for $113.48
one note due " " " for $13.00
March 1st 1861
One note due Lucinda E. Pitts for $33.00
Dated 13 ___ 1860.
Note due John Noltier for $937.00
due three days after date & dates
1st July 1861
one note due S___h Nolfier for $67.0_
due three days after date & dates
1st July 1861
one note due Nancy Caroline Nolher
for __________________________$67.02
due 3 days after date & dates 1st July /61
one ____ note due the estate of Robert
Pitts for $873.37
dated the 18th day of March /47
C_ 22 Sept. 48 _ note o_ Henry Cunningham ___
For $73.00 Cash $250.00
B ???
one note due Pitts & Duvall for $9.48
3rd March 1855
____ due S____ /63 $10.41
South
Carolina to W L Langston
Laurens district ordinary of said
District
The
petition ** of E L Pitts
*herewith that Henry Pitts
recently
departed this life in testate being
seized and
possessed of a consider-
-able ** personal estate
He therefore prays you would
cite the kindred and creditors
of said * to appear before
you in as order this Administrator
* may be had on said
estate _ he will even pray
_ . March 19th AD 1862
E. L. Pitts
* (not sure of word)
** (scratched through)
_ (character similar to &)
R J Culbertson $10.25
Brought before Magistrate
Distributees
are the widow Mary
Pitts
and eight children
Viz, Mary Pitts widow
1 Sarah Ann Milam
2
E. L. Pitts
3 Elizabeth Duvall
4 Angelina Boyd
5 Jane
Cooper
6 Y. J. H. Pitts
7 J W Pitts
8 Lucinda E Owens
J.
W. Pitts died the next year after
my father - had lived with my father -
left
a small Property - I tried to
Collect note of George Joel, Dr.
McDaniel
His Admnrs told me nothing could be
Collected. D. C.
and John R. Fullers note
Left with C P Sullivan who was my
attorney
He received $1,000 courts tell the date
Sheriffs Books
will show Mr. Sullivan
Would not pay over to over to me said
he
Would keep safely until settlement of estate
I did not give
my receipt for said money,
Elizabeth Duvall is a legatees
Mary
Pitts the widow of my father
Died about one year after his death
Left
some Property - 96 acres of land
Two mules some cows and hogs two
or
Three beds and furniture, can't recollect
All - the sale
bill will show what
She bought - she left a will-either
Madden
Exor if he sold any Property
I never knew it - don't know what
went
With Property.
On the note of Lucinda E Pitts
Collected
Half of principal and interest she was
Unwilling to
pay more until settlement
of estate - J R Owens security to said note
I
_____ good for the amount - but says
He will pay nothing
From J
W Pitts Elizabeth Duvall
& Y. J. Culbertson something might
have
Been collected - but the courts were
Closed for so long a
time & then opened
Nothing could be Collected.
The R L
_____ note came into
My hands when it I administered - his
Admnrs
refused to pay - I sued him
An injunction was granted
restraining
Creditors and _____ only last year.
I tried by all
means in my power
To enforce collection.
Attorney Farrow moved
to
add to sale bill the note of
E. L. Pitts due 18 March
1859
Also note of
Note! Either edge not copied or continued next page.
This case having gone up to the Circuit
Court
on appellate & having been
forwarded to this court with
instruction
to
charge the Admnrs with the amt
Of $862.20 rec'd by Atty
Sullivan
The then Atty of Admnrs On the
Judgment On the note of
John R.
Fuller and for such other further
orders
as may be necessary and proper
In the case, the same having
been
Duly certified to this court by the
Clerk of C C P &
after due notice
The parties being representative as
Follows
Atty Farrow for petitioners
& Atty Todd for Admnrs
In
obedience the order of the
Circuit Court the statement
Is made
as follows
The amt brought down $6,641.37
Add amt of said
note
& int from Nov 2 1875 $1,224.30
Comes off 30.60
1193.70
$7835.07
Cost of appeal to
Circuit Court
Atty Farrow $25.00 fee 250.00
" Todd 10.00 " 50.00
Clerk Babb 5.40
Judge of Probate appeal 5.50
" Last _______ 5.00 350.90
$7484.17
In
the matter of the estate of
Henry Pitts dec'd NOTE! Dec'd - died
May 5, 1881
E L Pitts sworn says
I placed the following
notes
In the hands of attorney C. P. Sullivan
In 1867 for
collection
Single bill on F D Coleman $22.00
“ “
George Joel et al $19.85
Failed to Collect
“ “ D.
C. and John R. Fuller $1,442.75
did
not receive a dollar from
my attorney who had collected
$1,000
according to sheriff's books
“ “ F W ______ et al
$70.30 NOTE! et al - "and others"
failed to Collect
“
“ Elizabeth Duvall $1,040.15
failed to Collect
“ “
Mary Pitts $2094.50
failed
to Collect
“ “ Lucinda E Pitts et al $764.00
Collected
Half
“ “ J W Pitts et al $1,016.10
failed to
Collect
“ “ W H Langston et al $31.75
failed to
Collect
“ “ D. M. Milam $85.15
failed to Collect
R.
L. Stevens $1,605.50
failed to Collect
Amt
Brought over $7484.17
7 legatees $1069.16
1 Sarah Ann
Milam
2 E. L. Pitts
3 Elizabeth Duvall
4 Angeline Boyd
5
Jane Cooper
6 Y. J. H. Pitts
7 L. E. Owens
On motion of Atty Farrow NOTE!
It is ordered that Admnrs This paragraph
Advertise & call in creditors & was crossed out
Settlement said Estate on the because the wording
12 Dec next, was poor and unacceptable
On
motion of Atty Farrow
It is ordered that creditors of
Henry
Pitts dec'd by notifying NOTE! Dec'd - died
By publication in
Laurensville
Herald for 3 days to present
Their claims on
December 12th
November 4, 1881
In Re
Estate
of
Henry Pitts
Dec 12, 1881
R. P. Todd
Note presented of
Margaret Boyd
given by E. L. and Henry Pitts, with
various credits was given by them
to
Mrs Boyd for borrowed money
at the settlement of Mrs.
Boyd's
estate this note became the Property
of S. R. Todd a son
in law
of
Mrs. Boyd
S. R. Todd
The
above note is my
property – I fell prior to it at
settlement
of estate of Mrs. Boyd
My mother in law
-
said note is still due me
All payments made are
duly credited
on said note
NOTES
R. P. Todd (Rutherford P. Todd)
Captain, Major, later Lieutenant Colonel,
3rd Regiment, S. C. Volunteers, CSA.
House of Representatives 1865-67
Died Aug. 15, 1886. Buried Laurens Cemetery
CENSUS 1850
Todd Samuel R. Todd 42 Ireland Merchant
Ritterford P. 16 (typical census taker typo)
(Same Household)
Boyd Margaret 60
December
12th 1881
Case called up
Note made payable to
Margaret
Boyd now owed & presented by
S. R. Todd
Dated
Janry 1st 1857 amt $350 NOTE! looks like
Credits Janry 1st
1858 ___ abbreviation of January
“ “ 1st 1859 “
“ “ 1st 1861 “
Cr Nov 18, 1862, $300
State of South Carolina - In the Court of Probate
County of Laurens -
Exparte L. Emaline Owings in estate of Henry Pitts Dec'd
The aspect in this case in the part of the Petition
on to the Circuit Court having been heard & sustained
and the case remanded to this court with instructions to
charge the Administrators with the amount of Eight
hundred & Sixty Two Dollars &20\100 rec'd by the Attorney
for the Administrators on the judgment on the note of
John R. Fuller & for any further orders as may be necess
-ary & proper in the case and the same having been
duly certified to this court by the Clerk of the Court of
General Sessions & Common Pleas, it is on motion
of James Farrow Attorney for the Petitioner L. Emaline
Owings, Ordered, That the accounting & settlement
of the estate of Henry Pitts dec'd- in this Court be
resumed on the 4th day of November
1881,
and that at same time & place the Administrators of the
estate of Henry Pitts dec'd- *being Leroy Pitts & Y. J. Pitts
as Administrators thereof do proceed with their accounting
& settlement of the aforesaid estate or failing in that,
that they account as Administrators & execute a new &
adequate bond with sufficient sureties for their faithful
administration of the said or surrender their appointment
& trust as administrators. A. W. Burnsides
Oct 26th 1881 * JPLC
Page
one
Sale bill of the goods
& chattels of the estate
Of
Henry Pitts deceased
Sold April 17th AD. 1862
David Boyd Dr
1
mule colt
$70
$70
____________________________________________________
Paid W. L. Burgep?? Dr
1
lot of sundries .30
1 axe $1.30
1 Bo__ sundries .25
$1.85
_____________________________________________________
Isaac
Boyd Dr
1 lot of barrels $1.50
1 pair of swifts? .25
1
Lot of axes hoes and spades $1.55
fifteen bushels wheat @$1.70
$25.50
1 Spinning Mashine $15.00
1 Keg and Contence $1.60
$45.40
______________________________________________________
Paid William Beeks Dr
lot of cart wheels
and plow timber $3.25
$3.25
______________________________________________________
Y. J. Culbertson Dr
1 pair of gear? $1.25
1 set of hipstraps? $2.50
2 bee hives $2.50
Lot of Oats .30
1 barrel of Backens? $2.25
1 bushel of Irish potatoes .65
1 lot of dried fruit .80
(not good)
_____________________________________________________
Paid Jackson Coley Dr
8? bushels sweet potatoes $4.25
$4.25
______________________________________________________
NOTE! TOTAL AT END OF LINE LOST ON COPY $------
Sale
bill continued from page one
________________________________________
William
T. Caldwell Dr
1 horse? John $26
_________________________________________
F D Coleman Dr
1
cow $16.75
1 spinning wheel $5.75
$22.50
_________________________________________
paid W A Cason Dr
1 clock .35
_________________________________________
Alan Dial Dr
1
Road wagon $17.50
1 lot of lumber .80
24 lbs raw hides @____ $4.80
$23.10
_________________________________________
John Davenport Esqr. Dr
1 Pair of plow gear $1.00
1 " hipstraps & gear $3.60
1 " Steelgards? $3.35
$7.95
_________________________________________
Mrs. Eunicie Duvall Dr
1 Boy Joe $120.00
1 Girl Lizie $915.00
1 Cradle .10
1 Lot Plows $3.10
" Plow stock $1.00
" _______ .30
" Lot of sundries .35
4 hamper baskets . 5
1 Lot of Plows .25
$1040.15
________________________________________
paid Joshua Elledge Dr
2 Plow Stocks $2.20 $2.20