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Samuel Finley Court Records in Macon County, Illinois
Jean Parks Hauffe. Abstracts of Macon County, Illinois Probate Court Records, 1831-1847 (No
place: privately printed, 1968)
p.5 - FINLEY, Minor children, p. 171-172
Guardian: Henry Snyder, appointed 3 November 1838
Children: Jefferson Finly, aged 20 yrs. 15 Apr. 1838
James Finly, aged 18 yrs. 20 Jan 1838
John Finly, aged 15 yrs. 8 June 1838
Samuel Finly, aged 19 yrs. 6 Mar. 1838
Elizabeth Finley, aged 10 yrs. 13 Apr. 1838
are orphan children and heirs of Samuel Finley, dec'd
p. 17 - 20 September 1836 Court
John Finley & Mahalah Finley, his wife
vs.
George M. Braden & Nancy Braden, his wife; Alvin Finly, Jefferson Finly, James Finly, John
Finly, Samuel Finly, Elizabeth Finley and Rachel Finley, heir at law of Samuel Finly, dec'd.
Macon County, Illinois, Probate File A76
John Finley & Mahalah Finly vs. the heirs of Saml Finly decd
Filed 29th August 1836
To the Honorable Stephen T. Logan Judge of the Macon Circuit Court
Your petitioners John Finley and Mahaleigh Finley his wife which said Mahalah Finley is heir at law and child of Samuel Finley deceased would humbly show unto you how at that ??? Samuel Finley died in the count of Macon and State of Illinois of the following described estate lying and being in the County of Macon and known and designated as the North West quarter of Section Number twenty eight, and the South West quarter of Section thirty three and the South West quarter of the North East quarter of Section twenty eight all in Township No. sixteen North Range No. two East of the third principal meridian, containing in all three hundred and sixty acres. That the said Samuel Finley did in his lifetime to wit on the fourteenth day of July A.D. 1836 make and execute his last will and testament in writing, that duly attested by Philip D. Williams and George M. Braden two credible witnesses, and duly proved and recorded in the Court of Probate in and for the said County of Macon. That the said Samuel Finley by the said last will and testament did devise all of his real estate between his wife Rachel and his children in equal parts not ascertaining by ??? and boundaries of each of any devisee's share, and you petitioners ??? that the copy of the said last will and testament here to annexed may become a part of this petition.
Your petitioners would further state that the said Mahalah Finley the wife of the said John Finley, Nancy Braden the wife of George M. Braden, Alvin Finley, Jefferson Finley, James Finley, John Finley, Samuel Finley, Elizabeth Finley are the children heirs at law and devisees of the said Samuel Finley deceased and that Rachel Finley is the widow and devisee of the said Samuel Finley. That the said Jefferson, James, John, Samuel and Elizabeth are infants. And your petitioners pray that the said George M. Braden and Nancy his wife and Alvin, Jefferson, James, John, Samuel, Elizabeth and Rachel Finley may be made parties to this petition.
In consideration whereof your petitions pray that your honor will decree that the said lands may
be divided between the said devisees as aforesaid and that your honor will appoint Commissions
??? as aforesaid And is in duty bound ???
John Finley
Mahalah Finley
Stone & Emerson
Attny for petitioners
[Note: Rachel is Rachel Black, Samuel's second wife whom he married 21 November 1833 in
Macon County]
Probate Records, Macon County, Illinois,. microfilm #983,281, case #17, box , Family History
Library, Salt Lake City, Utah.
State of Illinois, Macon County
Jacob Black being duly sworn appointed and faith that John Finley and Mahala his wife (formerly Mahala Finley) Jefferson Finley and James Finley heirs of Samuel Finley of the County of Macon, are not residents of this State - but reside in the State of Missouri.
Jacob Black
Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 14th day
of March 1840
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