Scope and Contents This series contains unbound county estate records and wills which involve, but are not limited to: (1) Estate returns (2) Estate inventories (3) Estate appraisals (4) Guardian bonds (5) Annual returns (6) Petitions for support (7) Petitions for dismissal (8) Expenditure vouchers (9) Petitions for sale (10) Returns on sale of property (11) Final estate returns (12) Orders for division of property (13) Heir's receipts (14) Perishable property listing. There is no consistency to the type of...

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This series contains unbound newspaper clippings from the early 1800's. As the law reads, the court of Ordinary of each county is required to procure and preserve, for public inspection, a complete file of all newspapers in which their advertisements appear. These clippings are in general decay, in fragmented pieces and have been placed together in groups inside folders.

Scope and Contents This series contains original marriage licenses of the Inferior Court, now Probate Court, of Stewart County. Information on these licenses includes: (1) name of groom (2) name of bride (3) date license was issued (4) date of marriage (5) name of Ordinary (6) name of person performing the wedding ceremony. On the back of most licenses is the book and page where the licenses are recorded although no effort has been made to compare the completeness of this file with the recorded copies of the...

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This series contains unbound records concerning paupers of Stewart County. The specific documents include (1) lists of paupers eligible for county funds, (2) funeral expenses for paupers paid by the county, (3) petitions for welfare and (4) receipts for payments to paupers.