The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-21
LARGE HOLDINGS
OF CLINCH ESTATE
REAL ESTATE IN FLORIDA
AGGREGATES MORE THAN 9,7Oo
ACRES OF VALUABLE LAND.

A
More Than $500 Acres in Camden
County Real Estate-Apprnisers
Fixed no Value on the Real Els
tate Lying without Chatham
County-PersOnaI Property of the
Deceased Aggregated S129,9O5.47.
S67 900.
The appraisement Of the estate of
the late Col. ]. H. NJ. Clinch was filed
yesterday in the Court of Ordinary.
The appraisers were Messrs. George
A. Mercer, Jr.. T. F. Screven, Julian
Schley, r. J. Davant, and J. B. Ches-
mutt.
The estate consisted Of both real
and personal property, the greater
portion of the real property lying out
side of Chatham county. No value
was placed upon it by the appraisers.
The personal property, much of which
was in cash, and in'stocks and bonds
is valued at 1929 9O547.
The largest portion of the real
estate held by Mr.. Clinch at the time
of his death lies in Florida, for the
greater part in Clay county. An item
lied inventory of this property is filed
with the appraisement. the total ag-
gregating 9,72446 acres in adjoining
tracts of land. In addition to this
there are ninetY-five acres held in the
suburbs of Greencove Springs and
twenty-four acres in what is known
as the Bayard tEact This brings the
total real estate holdings to 9,S43 acres
and a small fraction.
Mr.. Clnchs Georgia holdings were
also large. Two lots We're owned by
him in St. Marys. Camden county. In
the same county he held 4,S00 acres of
land including the rice plantation
along the Satilla river
In Chatham county, besides his
home. he held real estate lying along
the Thunderbolt she'll road. The tract
contains two and One-half acres of
land and was appraised at $3.50.
In stocks and Bonds.
A large portion of the personal prop
erty of the deceased was in stocks and
bonds, the majority being in absolu. e.
ly safe investments. The appraisers
also found the following property held
by the estate: twenty shares of the
St. John Canning and Preserving
Company, fiftyfve shares of the Sa
vannah Cotton Mills Company, one
share in the Greenwich Park Associa-
tion fifty shares in the Southern Vul-
canite Paving Company, and twenty
five shares in the Pulaski Knitting
Mills.
The other holdings of the deceased
in stock and bonds consisted of two
bonds of the Savannah Volunteer
Guards. appraised at 800, fifty shares
A. 4. -
value $780, appraised at $500; ten
shares in the Germania Bank, par
value 500, appraised at S1,470; and
seventy-fiVe shares in the Planters
Rice Mill, par value 800, appraised at
$3.50.
The estate also holds eight first in
come bonds of the Central of Georgia,
par value $1,000, appraised at $500;
fourteen second income bonds of the
same par value. appraised at $5,74O;
and fifteen third income bonds of the
same par value. appraised at &,05O.
Four drafts on the United States for
$37. so each are held and were appraised
at $3.50 One $500 bond Of the city of
Savannah. due in 1909, was appraised
at $517 40.
S07,75932 Cash on Hand.
Besides these there are unpaid divi-
dends and coupons appraised at 81
1880.
The appraisers found the sum of $751;
1882 in cash on hand. No record is
made as to where this is deposited.
The three-sevenths undivided inter-
est in the estate of his father, Duncan
L. Clinch. is mentioned though after
the entry in the inventory the apprais
ers have written value not ascertain
able by any means at our command"
There is also due the estate by the es-
tate of E. l.. w. Clinch to j. H. M.
Clinch as life tenant, $6,200
There is a balance due the estate
from w. G. Morrell. on open account,
the sum of S4,0SO.S7 Four thousand
six hundred dollars is due also on
1866 bushels of rice now in the pos
session of w. G. Morrell. The brick
yard at Greencove Springs, Fla, is
appraised at $1,000. and a mortgage
given by the Greencove Springs I'M
provement Company. together with in
terest, is valued at $1404.
His other Holdings.
Besides the items enumerated above
there is due the estate, by j. f. Law.
Col. Clinch's agent in Florida the sum
OF $3,167 .73.
The household furniture, silverware
and other furnishings about his home
on Oglethorpe avenue are appraised
at $S,65S.55. Pictures and books own
ed by the deceased are valued at
SAYS. The appraisers also found a
chest of silver which they appraised at
$500.
BY the terms of the will Of Mrs
Clinch, her property was left to Col
Clinch during his lifetime and upon
his death was to be distributed to
different charities. The terms of both
her will and that of Col. Clinch have
already been published in the Morning
News.