Ancestors and Descendants of Joshua Barlow, son of Adam

Joshua and Rhoda Estate Settlement

Volume 8, 1855-1858, pages 81, 82, 83, 84, 85.             Copy of Original
Transcribed from copies of the original document by Imo Lee Card Greenwood, Alice, Texas February 25, 2000. 

A settlement of the accounts of John T. Barlow, Adm., of Joshua Barlow, dec'd made the 19th and 21rst of February 1856 at the county clerks office in Glasgow Kentucky.

All of which is reported to court
W.R. McLerran(?) I B lel (?)

State of Barren County Sct April term 1856. The forgoing settlement of the aps(?) of John T. Barlow, adm, of Joshua Barlow, dec'd, having been filed at the last term for examination and no exception being taken thereto was ratified and confirmed & ordered to be recorded.
Att. Frair, S. Cockrill, Blele

R. Barlow set'mt

C.A. settlement of the accounts of John T. Barlow, admr., of Rhoda Barlow, dec'd, made 19th February, 1856, at the county court clerks office in Glasgow.

All of which is reported to the court
W. R. McFerran, I B lele

Barren County S ct April Term 1856
The foregoing settlement of the ofsc(?) of John T. Barlow, admr., of Rhoda Barlow, dec'd, having been filed at the last term for examination and no objection being taken there to was ratified & ordered to be recorded.
Att, Frair, S. Cockrill ct BCC

A settlement & division of the estate of Rhoda Barlow, dec'd, made 19th February 1856, between her heirs, made with her admr John T. Barlow. The amount of the estate in the hands of the admr after deducting $1.50 for this settlement & division the same leaves for distribution in the hands of the admr $430.32, which is divided into nine parts giving:

All of which is reported to the court February 19, 1856
W.R. McFerran, I B lele

Barren County Sct April Term 1856
The foregoing settlement & division of the estate of Rhoda Barlow, dec'd, having been filed at the last term for examination and no objections being taken thereto was ratified & confirmed & ordered to be recorded.
Att, Frair, S. Cockrill, C B CC

A settlement & division of the estates of Joshua & Rhoda Barlow, dec'd, made with John T. Barlow, their admr, between the children and heirs at law of the said Joshua & Rhoda Barlow, dec'd. There is in the hands of Jno T. Barlow, admr. of Joshua Barlow, dec'd.,

When the balance as shown to be due each heir in the division is paid it settles the estates of Joshua and Rhoda Barlow in full. All of which is reported to the court Feb. 22, 1858
W.R. McFerran, IBlele

Barren county Sct April term 1856
The foregoing settlement & division of the estates of Joshua & Rhoda Barlow, dec'd, having been filed at the last term for examination and no objection being taken thereto was ratified & confirmed & ordered to be recorded.
Att, Frair S. Cockrill, CBlel

Bundle 2801, Barren County, Kentucky Circuit Court, is now in the attic at the court house, as of 1995 per Sallie Moulder. This bundle 2081 is Lucinda Barlows estate papers, which names her father, Joshua Barlow, her sisters and brothers, and their descendants.

Lucinda Barlow Estate Papers, Barren County, Kentucky Circuit Court, Bundle 2801

Transcribed from copies of the original documents, by Imo Lee Card Greenwood April 04, 2000       Copy of Original

Barren Equity and Criminal Court

The Plaintiffs, John T. Barlow, Nancy Duff, Judith Parr, & Melissa Taylor [inserted ' the last thou names as mdms'? - or perhaps - 'the last three named as widows'?], state that on the day of May 1859, Lucinda, died intestate in Barren county, leaving 25 acres of land lying in said county and 5 slaves, (1) Liz Price, worth $ , (2) Smith, worth $ , (3) Susan, worth $ (4) Hannah, worth $ , (5) Jn, worth $ , and plaintiffs & defts. & personal estate worth $ , as shown by the inventory & appraisement bill of sale bill. That at the term of the Barren county court, plaintiff John T. Barlow was appointed, by said court, administrator of the estate of said decedent, and was qualified & [entered?] upon the discharge of his duties as such.

They further state that said Lucinda Barlow left at her death, neither father, mother or husband, but as her only heirs at law, plaintiffs, her brother and sisters, the following persons besides the plaintiffs, who are her full brothers & sisters. The following persons, to witt: 5. Parm Renfro, Melissa Renfro, Walter Renfro, [inserted 'William Renfro, Elizabeth Renfro'] [crossed out -'and 2 sisters where of the names are unknown to plaintiff'], all of who are children of Elizabeth Renfro, who was a sister of said decedent & who together with her husband are dead. 6. Eliza Fisher, a child of Sally Bennett, deceased, likewise a sister of the decedent. 7. The children & heirs at law of William Barlow [inserted 'a brother of the decedent'], who died previous to the death of said Lucinda. The names of said children [inserted 'and are said to be uknown heirs'], are unknown to plaintiffs. 8. Said Lucinda, also left at her death as heirs at law, Granville Jameson, a child & heir at law of Margaret Jameson, a deceased sister of said Lucinda Barlow.

They state that all the decendents are non residents of this state, and [inserted 'the children of said Wm. Barlow are'] all infants under twenty one years of age, except

That said tract of land is not worth exceding $200, and the share of each of the [crossed out 'chil'] heirs at law of said Lucinda [inserted 'therein'] is not greater value than $100 and that is impractical to divide the same. That said Lucinda Barlow inherited said tract of land from her deceased father, Joshua Barlow , and got the same in a division of the estate.

They further state that it is impractical to divide said slaves between said heirs and that it is in the interest of both defendants & plaintiffs, to have them sold. They will file herewith as parts her of copies of said inventory and appraisements & sale bill & copy of order of appointment of John T. Barlow, administrator. Also a copy of the said proceedings of the division of said Joshua Barlow's estate, whereby said Lucinda Barlow aquired title of said land.

They pray [page appears to be torn, sentences run together & missing]..........

They [page appears to be torn, sentences run together & missing]......all of the above named heirs at law of said Lucinda, parties defendants unto.

Therefore, they pray that said tract of land & said slaves be adjudged by the court to be sold and the proceeds of said sale to be divided accrding to law between plaintiffs and defendants. That the accounts of said administrator [crossed out 'the plaintif') be settled and for all other proper relief.

Jos. H. Leons
Att for Plaintiffs

John T. Barlow says ....... [illegible].......statements of the foregoing petition are true.
Signed: John T. Barlow

Known to & subscribed before me by John T. Barlow, this 17th day of September 1859.
W.E. Monsford?, clk

The following contains a true inventory of the personal estate and slaves, Estate of Lucinda Barlow as shown to us by her administrator, John T. Barlow

D.C. Smith
J.P. Hemett?

Barren County crt.    June 11, 1857

The foregoing inventory said appraisements of Lucinda Balrow dec'd, was this day file in my office for record.
Att. Francis Cockrill cBlele?

_________? ____________? _____? Cockrill, by do C. Hill, dle?

Barren Circuit Court           Copy of Original

The deft., Alice J. Renfro states that she admits the allegations in Peff amended petition concerning the death of Granville Jameson & that his heirs at law are correctly stated in said amended petition.

She states that she is a daughter heir at law of Malissa Renfro, who was a daughter heir at law of Elizabeth Renfro, who was the sister of Lucinda Barlow, dec'd. She states that her mother the said Malissa Renfro has departed this life every since & left both this Deff & her sister, Nancy Bray who resides in the state of Arkansas & that this deft & the said Nancy are entitled to one third part of the money to be adjugded to hiers at law of Elizabeth Renfro---William & Parham Renfro live each entitled to a third thereof.

Signed Alice J. Renfro

Barren Circuit Court

The Plaintiffs state that since the conditions of the final judgement distributing the money produced by the sale of the lands and negroes _____ judgt. herein that Granville Jameson, one of the original Defendants herein, has departed this life intestate & without ever having been married or had children, and left to persons named as Peff and Defendants to this suit as his heirs at law, except that Judith Parr, one of the Peffs and aunt to said Jameson has died since said judgt and left Rhoda E. Dodd, James T. Dodd, & Nancy B. Dodd, his only heirs at law, who are [inserted - 'all'] infants under 14 years of age.

They state that by the final judgt. for distribution in the case it remains herein, M. H. Dickinson was directed to pay Granville Jameson the sum of $629.89 being the one eighth part of the estate of Lucinda Barlow, dec'd., remaining & after payment of debt against same and costs; that said sum of money yet remains in the hands of said Receiver, it never having been paid to Granville Jameson [inserted - 'or'] any one for him or his heirs.

They further state that Granville Jameson left the state of Kentucky, [inserted- 'where he lived ____?'], about the year 1856 & went to Texas where he died about the day of 18 and left these Peffs & Defts, his uncles, aunts, & their descendants, as his only heirs at law. Said Jameson, never was married and his father Willis Jameson, & his mother, Margaret Jameson died many years before his death [inserted- 'as their only child & heir at law'], of the said Granville & left him.

So that plaintiff states that they are entitled to have the said sum of money now in the hands of said Receiver distributed as follows, to wit: , 1/6 to John T. Barlow; 1/6 to Melissa Taylor; 1/6 to Rhoda E. Dodd, James T. Dodd & Nancy B. Dodd; who [inserted 'are'] the hers art law of Judith Parr, dec'd; 1/6 to Parm Renfro, William Renfro, [inserted - 'Alice J. Renfro'], ['Alalonia? Renfro' crossed out, inserted 'Nancy Bray']; 1/6 to William Barlow, Clarissa Barlow, Smith Barlow, Zachray Barlow & Rhoda Fountain (late Barlow) & 1/6 to Eliza Fisher.

We afirm they pray that this case be again reinstated upon the docket of this court, that the money was in the hands of said Receiver may be distributed among these entitled trusts upon all proper relief.

                        Lewis, Boles & McQuerren, Attys.

John T. Barlow says that he believes the statements of the foregoing Petition are true,
                        Signed: John T. Barlow

Subscribed & sworn to before me by John T. Barlow, this 4th day of November 1873.
                      Lewis McQuerren, E.B.C.