Probate Court Notices
Brief probate filings from Austin's courts — a wealthy will and a final estate settlement — offer a small window into how fortunes were divided and reported in the 1890s.
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The Austin Weekly Statesman · December 24, 1896 · Page 6
1 min readThe will of the late Mr. S. A. Posey was filed for probate yesterday. The estate is valued at $25,000.
Final account and settlement of the estate of Mrs. Tamilia Simpson was filed yesterday. All property belonging to the estate has been sold for the sum of $33,674.08; money and rents received, $2032.03. Out of this sum $21,000 in legacies and $4,795 various costs and expenses have been paid. All above the legacies and expenses goes to Mr. Columbus Burns of DeWitt county.
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