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Oglethorpe County - Probate Court - Petitions and Orders

 Series
Identifier: 209-02-005

Scope and Contents

This series contains loose original petitions and orders from the Court of Ordinary of Oglethorpe County. Included in the petitions and orders are (1) applications for commission of lunacy, (2) applications for administration of estate, (3) applications for letters of permanent administration, (4) administrator's bonds, (5) applications for and orders granting letters of dismission, (6) applications for and orders granting leave to sell real estate, (7) applications for and orders granting leave to sell personal property, (8) applications for leave to rent real estate, (9) applications for substitution of guardianship, (10) applications for temporary administration of estate, (11) applications for leave to encroach upon a ward's estate, (12) applications for relief from making returns on estates, (13) schedules of exempt property and (14) resignations as constables. There is no consistency to the kinds of files found in this series. This series has records that are also found in Series 1 and 6 of the record group. On the back of most petitions and orders is the book and page where the files are recorded although no effort has been made to compare the completeness of this file with the recorded copies of the petition and order volumes of the county.

Dates

  • Created: 1869-1919

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Unrestricted

Extent

0 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement Note

The files are still folded, uncleaned and bundled up just as they were taken from the courthouse. The bundles are arranged in a rough chronological order by considerable time span.

Title
Oglethorpe County - Probate Court - Petitions and Orders
Author
Georgia Archives
Description rules
Local
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Georgia Archives Repository

Contact:
5800 Jonesboro Rd
Morrow GA 30260 United States