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Houston Texas Newspaper Probate Notices 1839-1844

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Probate Notices from the Houston Morning StarNewspaper 1839-1844

Probate notices in Houston newspapers were placed as advertisements
notifying the public of a petition of curatorship for a deceased
citizen.  Sometimes the relationship of the petitioner to the deceased
can be inferred.  These notices ran for several issues of the paper.
The notices were worded as follows, with very little variation:



"Republic of Texas, County of Harrisburg [later Harris]

Probate court, (date) , Notice is hereby given to all whom it may
concern that ___________(petitioner) has this day filed his petition
under oath praying for the appointment of curator to the vacant
succession of ____________, deceased, and that if any opposition to
his appointment be intended, the same must be made within ten days, at
the end of which time the petition will be acted upon.  By order of...
Judge of Probate."

The following lists the petitioners name first, then the deceased, as
noted, with the issue date of the paper and page:

  

Constantine W. BUCSLEY for Ezekial HUMPHREYS, deceased  11/14/1839:2
John W. MOORE for Robert BROWN, dec'd.  11/14/1839:2
Rich'd W. WADE for John CUMMINGS, dec'd.  11/14/1839:2
John H. BROWN for James RUTHERFORD, dec'd.  11/27/1839:2
Henry KESLER for Robert BARR, dec'd.  11/27/1839:2
Elizabeth AINSWORTH for Wm H. AINSWORTH, dec'd.  11/27/1839:2
E. J. PERKINS for James PICKUP, dec'd.  11/27/1839:2
John SUMMERS for Thomas SANFORD, dec'd.  12/3/1839:3
Frederick LEMKY for Moritz LAPPE, dec'd.  12/3/1839:3
Philip THOMPSON for Prentiss EWELL, dec.  12/4/1839:3
John W. SPOTTEL for Valentine BAPSTMAN, dec'd.  12/6/1839:1
Garet S. HARDCASTLE for Hilliard J. BRANTLEY, dec'd.  12/6/1839:1
J. S. EWELL for Sam'l SCHOOLFIELD, dec'd.  12/6/1839:3
James L. DAVIS for Robert PAGE, dec'd.  12/6/1839:1
Wm R. BAKER fro Henry W. GODFREY, dec'd.  12/6/1839:1
Thos. D. BEAUCHAMP for Jos. A. PARKER, dec'd.  12/6/1839:1
John HUTCHINSON and David Y. PORTIS for James G. HUTCHINSON, dec'd.
12/7/1839:3

J. S. EWELL for A. HILTON, dec'd.  12/9/1839:3
David R. COLE through B. F. TANKERSLEY, my agent and attorney, for
Edmond R. ANDERSON, dec'd.  12/10/1839:3
Jno. W. BERGIN for Theodore CLARKE, dec'd.  12/16/1839:3
John W. BERGIN for Sam'l JOHNSTON, dec'd.  12/18/1839:3
Quintan N. DOUGLASS for John ISAM, dec'd.  12/21/1839:1
Thos. D. BEAUCHAMP for Charles WATSON, dec'd.  12/21/1839:1
Frederick W. SMITH for Thomas MURELL, dec'd.  12/23/1839:3
Ferdinand GERLACH for J. Antonio PADILLO, dec'd.  12/23/1839:3
James M. CLAY for Watkins CLAY, dec'd.  12/24/1839:3
Wm M. CARPER for L. R. OWENS, dec'd.  12/24/1839:3
Frederick W. SMITH for Thomas NUNN, dec'd.  12/25/1839:3
Henry H. CONE for Chas. CLELLAND, dec'd. 12/25/1839:3
Gabriel JAYNE for Geo. & Sam'l. LEFFEE, dec'd.  12/30/1839:3
John JONES for Abraham GOZNEY, dec'd.  12/30/1839:3
C. C. NORTON for Virgil COLLINS, dec'd.  12/30/1839:3
George WILLIAMS for Edw'd E. WILLIAMS, dec'd.  12/30/1839:3
John W. STOGG for Dennis HOPKINS, dec'd.  12/30/1839:3
Ezekial NUGENT for Robert F. NUGENT, dec'd.  12/31/1839:2

Otto C. SACKMANN, surviving partner of the firm MOYER & SACKMAN
for George H. MOYER, dec'd.  12/31/1839:3

A. S. THRUSTON for Henry W. FONTAINE, dec'd.  12/31/1839:2
Ferdinand GERLACH for Geo. DeSTOCKFLETH, dec'd.  12/31/1839:2
Jesse F. RANDEL for John T. RANDEL, dec'd.  12/31/1839:2
Wm B. HARRISON for John B. SIMPSON, dec'd.  1/1/1840:3
Charles BIGELOW for James H. WARFIELD, dec'd.  1/2/1840:3
Geo. R. CARODINE for Geo. W. HANCHETT, dec'd.  1/4/1840:3
T. K. BROWN for William HANEY, dec'd.  1/4/1840:3
Henry R. ALLEN for James HANCE, dec'd.  1/4/1840:3
Edward WRAY for James WILCOX, dec'd.  1/9/1840:1
John SMITH for Christian SMITH, dec'd.  1/9/1840:3
Constantine W. BUCKLEY for Merriweather SMITH, dec'd.  1/11/1840:3

Wm K. WARD and Orlando H. WILLIS for Cyrus T. WARD, dec'd.
1/14/1840:3

Geo. R. CARRADINE for John W. HOWARD, dec'd.  1/18/1840:3
Philip CAPEHART for J. M. HOOPER, dec'd.  1/20/1840:3

G. W. POWELL for Almyra POWELL, dec'd., also for the appointment of

Guardian to the minor children of the said Almyra POWELL
...1/24/1840:1

Archibald WYNNS and Mrs. Frances LYNCH for Nathaniel LYNCH, dec'd.
1/27/1840:3

Elizabeth P. TROTT, Isaac W. BRASHIRE and George H. BRINGHURST for
Henry TROTT, dec'd.  2/1/1840:3
Joseph MERRILL for Fowler WELLS, dec'd.  1/13/1840:3
Ira Harris and Margaret ROSE for Pleasant W. ROSE, dec.  2/14/1840:1
Sidney SHERMAN for Dana SHERMAN, dec'd.  2/21/1840:2
Adaline DUNMAN for John DUNMAN, dec'd. also for the guardianship of

Robert and Sarah DUNMAN, minor children of the deceased
2/21/1840:2

Charlotte L. WOODWARD for Corydon C. WOODWARD, dec'd., also praying
for the appointment of tutrix to the minor child of said WOODWARD
2/21/1840:2

John W. ELDRIDGE for Christopher MILLER, dec'd. also for appointment
of Guardian to Joseph MILLER, minor child of said Christopher
MILLER  2/22/1840:2

Daniel HARMAN for John D. SHAW, dec'd.  3/4/1840:3
Robert DUNMAN for John DUNMAN, dec'd.  3/4/1840:3
Robert A. HANKS for John TOMPSON, dec'd.  5/28/1840:3
Tandy K BROWN for John RICHARDSON, dec'd.  5/28/1840:2
Engelbert BADER for John RICHARDSON, dec'd.  5/28/1840m
Lewis B. HANCHETT for Geo. W. HANCHETT, dec'd.  6/3/1840:2

Washington SECREST filed his protest against the appointment of John
SNEID to the administration of the succession of his late brother

Field SECREST, deceased; and applied for that appointment in his
own right...6/13/1840:2

John W. PITKIN for C. B. DUNBAR, dec'd.  7/2/1840:2
James B. ALLEN for Martin ALLEN, dec'd.  7/7/1840:2
Elizabeth CASTLEMAN for Sylvanus CASTLEMAN, dec'd.  7/7/1840:2
Charlotte T. SCARBOROUGH for Charles SCARBOROUGH, dec'd.  7/16/1840:2
Cornelius ENNIS for Henry SAUTELL, dec'd.  9/22/1840:3
James H. SPILLMAN for James SPILLMAN, dec'd.  9/22/1840:3
John W. MOORE for Prettyman C. MERRY, dec'd.  10/1/1840:3
William D. SMITH for John W. HOWARD, dec'd.  10/1/1840:3
Harriet E. GANT for William H. GANT, dec'd.  1/13/1841t
Garret S. HARDCASTLE for George W. HANCHETT, dec'd.  3/27/1841:3
Caroline JOHNSON for Amos JOHNSON, dec'd.  4/28/1841t
James BAILEY for Samuel BROOKS, dec'd.  6/29/1841:4
Peter M. SCOOLEY for Richard G. DUNLAP, dec'd.  8/28/1841:3
Mrs. Elizabeth Louisa BUTLER for John BUTLER, dec'd.  2/5/1842:4
Phineas KIMBALL for Harriet M. KIMBALL, dec'd.  12/6/1842:3
A. W. RIDGEWAY for Charles SCARBOROUGH, dec'd.  1/20/1844:3
Louise REINERMANN for Henry REINERMANN, dec'd.  10/5/1844:3
Justin CASTANIE for Ellen MILLIGAN, dec'd.  10/10/1844:3
C. D. CRENSHAW for J. J. CRAWFORD, dec'd.  10/12/1844:3

J. H. BOONE for Joseph H. BOONE, dec'd., Fort Bend County
10/12/1844:3

Richard MOCKETT for Richard HAMPSHAR, dec'd.  10/15/1844:3
R. J. TOWNS for Patrick C. JACK, dec'd.  10/15/1844:3
Thomas BAILEY for John MARKS, dec'd.  10/22/1844:3