The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1862-08-09
CITATION.
THF SrAvs ov TyxAs.
County Of Shelby.

70 ne SherT y SA<lby County, G,s1ing
WHEREAS, on thu 7th dsy Of july,
W 1862, Lewis v, Greer hied his pet,
''ou N t'~ Dissr,c. Gear: OF Shelby County
and STATE Of Texas, alleging ,hat IN the
month OF Dooemher lSs3, he WAS appoint,
I'd BY the Probate Court OF the said county
Of Shelby administrator Of the estat Of
jams Tucker. decd, AMI that all ass~t be-
longing to said estate we're two Land Ger
tificatss 6' oue league and labor Of Land
each, one he heaslrieht Of the said JtSmcs
Tucker. and the other the hcadrigh, OF We~
ley Goodwin both ssoed in the said county
Of Shelby, and two pronlsory notes, one
on Z. Dean, and the other on Mn, Duncan.
and Q. Dean, A. security, and that all tina,
waf ever realised on said notes was S2l 500.
ind that the headsis ht certificate of Wesley
Goodwin WAS rJectadsnf not recommended
for patent by the local and travelling board
OF land commissioners for Shelby county,
and that he employed Royal T. Wheeler
and Kenneth l.. Anderson a. partners prnc.
tising law under the name and style Of
Wheeler and Anderson, to bring sni,
against the late Republic of Texas, 10 g.
tahlish the sad certificate OF Wesley Coed.
win, as genuine and legal claim against
the government, for which services AZ At
torneys be sgreed to give them 1900 acres
OF land out OF said certificate, il they es,ab.
lished 1t ~ genuine claim spd that said At
torieys broeS1t sui, in the District Court
OF Shelby County on said rejected certif.
cate, aud established the same ~ u genuine
.aIl al al. 10,
Texas Tor one league and labor Of land, An
that your petitioner paid the cos, Of Al,
suit, to wit s., and all the COZ, .
the Probate Court, to wit, 9l0c, A.,
that he has had the certificate o. Uas,a,
Goodwin located and surveyed !, psnn,,
county, and procured patent 10 : Inc sam,
in the nsrne OF the heirs Of re me. rpcke,
for one league and labor Of and and ,ha,
he has bad 2950ncrs Of 81 i 4 Jns Thicker,
certificate located and ST. Il ecvel in Shelf,
county, and procured paten, in the nam,
of aid heirs for the su ne, and that he pro
cured certificate lcr the INDICATED balanc,
OF said certificate, "a. wit, 1883 ncres. wbicf
he placed IN the d Ands of ID. o. Norton. !
surveyor OF Wed county, and agreed t.
give MN one 70 nrth OF the said 1858 acrsr
aud make A'.r.i title to the came for loca
ths and sp.r seylng and procuring paten
therefor, 81 ID ths, the said Norton has 10
Gated ~Id. surveyed the said 1888 acres il
Woeo county, and procured patent 70,
the 70 me in the name OF said heirs anc
,h9t yout petitioner attended the District
todrt and Probate Court Of Shelby county
~ several years, in the managing Of sale
suit AID about the administering OF saic
estate and ,hn, he visited the couniie, o.
Pamela and Wood in the experimenting
the locating, and surveying Of said certif
Gates, and that the amount OF money your
petitioner has paid out fos the benefit o
said estate, and his labor, care, and dill
gepce, in the management Of said estate
and the locating. Surveying, and procuring
patents for said certificates amount to end
Is reasonably worth $1,000. and he aver
thu, the said Jas. Tucker let at his death
the following named children and heirs at
law OF his estate, to wit; Matilda Tucker
now Matilda Lowell james NJ, b. Tucker
John Tucker, Harrison Tucker Mary
Tucker, now Mary Barlow, Minerva Tuck.
er, now Minerva shepherd, Charlotte Tuck,
CT, now Charlotte Henderson, And tina,
Harrison Tucker, Mary Barlow, Minerva
Shrpperd, and Charlotte Henderson have
made your petitioner title to all their 10
tefwt in, and TO one half Of tbs lesAgue and
labor Of lAnd, the heaarieht Of Wesley
Goodwin. 70, the mooey paid, laid out, and
expended bs bis ~svic0 ~ Aibfaad. and
Of which half icague And labor he h to
make the said Attorney 1000 scrs And
hat s,nce The dssth Of sid JSms Tucker
he nd John TUCKER has departed this hh,
leaving evssAl children md helm ct law Of
said 1tste Who are citiRna Of the State OF
IOuisianA, and ase al minors, but whoss
riwn nsmxx AN to petitioner unknown. AMI
tia, JAnNx n b Tucker. Harrison Tucker
Mary Barlow and hrr husband, Minerva
Shspperd and hts husband, anil Charlotte
Henderson, ard her husband, are al citizens
Of The S<ate al Louisiana
This is therefore 70 command you TO cite
by publication or eight successive weeks
! before The return day Of this wit james