Guardianship  of

Jessie C.,  Myrtie M.,  Ida M.

and  Carrie Brown,

minor heirs
James R. Brown, Guardian

Box 78


Examined & Approved W. A. Johnson Judge

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State of Indiana In the Shelby Circuit Court
Shelby County                SS                                             December Term 1893

Guardianship of  Jesse C.,  Myrtie M. Brown,  Ida M. Brown  & Carrie Brown, Minors
James R. Brown  Guardian

            James R. Brown as Guardian of said minors shows to the Court that he was appointed to said trust by this Court on the 19th day of April 1893, and he files the following Inventory of said wards Estate. He shows that his said wards are the owners in equal proportions of the undivided one sixtieth (1/60) part in value of the following Real Estate in Shelby county Indiana towit:  The West half of the North East Quarter of Section 30, in Township 11, North of Range 7 East containing 80 acres more or less.
            Also the West half of the East half of the North East Quarter of Section 30, in Township 11, North of Range 7 East containing 40 acres more or less.
            Also the North half of the North East quarter of Section 36, in township 11, North of Range 6 East containing 80 acres more or less.
            That said wards interest in said Real Estate is of the probable value of $165.00 and of the probable annual rental value of $10.00
            That as this Guardian believes said wards will be entitled to a distributive share in the personal Estate of  Brison B. Armstrong  deceased upon final settlement thereof, but that said Estate has not yet been settled and he does not know what the amount of said wards distributive share therein will be. That said wards have no other personal Estate to the knowledge of this Guardian, wherefore said Guardian asks that the foregoing be approved as the best Inventory of said wards Estate that he is able at this time to make and that his trust be continued.
James B. Brown            

Subscribed & sworn to before me this 26" day of December 1893
H. C. Morrison Notary Public

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Shelbyville, Ind. Apr 13" 1894                

Mr. Jas. R. Brown
            Dear Sir;
                        Enclosed you will find Clerks check for $11.40 the amount due your wards from Armstrong Estate. You can get the money or some at any Bank.  Please acknowledge receipt.
            Respectly     H. C. Morrison

 
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Application for Letters of Guardianship

Application for Letters of Guardianship For the Minor Heirs of Hannah Brown Deceased
James R. Brown Guardian
Circuit Court Filed April 19th 1893 J. R. Sedgwick Clerk

State of Indiana, Shelby County, SS:
            The undersigned, Applicant for Letters of Guardianship on the persons and estate of

Jesse Clarance Brown  age 13 years, April 1, 1893
Myrtie May Brown  aged 10 years June 21, 1893
Ida May Brown  aged 8 years, November 20th 1893
Carrie Brown  aged 6 years May 13th 1893

Minor heirs of  Hannah Brown  late of Shelby County, Indiana, and are the Joint owners of Real Estate situate in said County, of the probable value of one hundred and fifty dollars, which will rent annually for about the sum of Twenty Dollars.  Said wards also own personal property of the probable value of Fifty dollars.


State of Indiana, Shelby County, SS:
            James R. Brown being duly sworn, says that the material fact contained in the above statement and application for Letters of Guardianship on the persons and estates of the persons therein named are correct and true as he verily believes, and further saith not.
James R. Brown                            

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 13th day of April 1893
J. R. Sedgwick Clerk, Circuit Court Shelby County
 
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Final Report

Guardianship of Jesse C. Brown, Myrtie M. Brown, Ida M. Brown and Carrie Brown
James R. Brown Guardian
Filed June 10, 1895 J. W. Powers Clerk
Examined approved Guardian Discharged W. J. Buckingham Judge

 
State of Indiana In the Shelby Circuit Court
Shelby County                SS                                             May Term 1895

            James R. Brown as Guardian of said minors submits to the Court the foregoing report of his said trust.
He shows that he was appointed thereto by this Court on the 19" day of April 1893.

Said Guardian charges himself with amount received for said wards on the 13th day of March 1894 on sale of real Estate by order of this Court. $165.00
He charges himself with amount received as rents on said wards land. He charges himself with amount received in April 1894 as said wards distributive share of the Estate of Brison B. Armstrong their deceased grandfather.   $ 11.40

Total charges        

 $181.95

            Said Guardian asks credit for the following amounts paid out for said wards.

No. 1 Paid J. R. Sedgwick Clerk costs 10 40
No. 2 Paid Love & Morrison Attys 15 00
  Amount of credits carried forward 25 40
  Amount of credits brought forward 25 40
No. 3 Paid Love & Morrison Attys 2 00
No. 4 Paid J. W. Powers Clerk costs 2 80
No. 5 Paid Love & Morrison Attys 5 00
  Guardians claim for Expenses necessarily 
paid out while attending to said wards business		 6 76
  Total credits 44 96
  Balance due wards $ 139 99
  Amount due each ward 35 00


            Said Guardian shows that he has paid out the following amounts for said [wards] in addition to the credits herein above claimed
No. 6 Paid S. Stapp & Son for medicines for Jesse C., Myrtie M. and Ida M. $ 11 00
No. 7 Paid S. Stapp & Son Drs. For medical services rendered Jesse C., Myrtie M. & Ida M. 100 00
No. 8      Paid Samuel D. Hawkins for board, clothes & medicines furnished ward Carrie 35 00

            Said Guardian shows that said wards Estate has been all Expended as herein above shown. That they have no other Estate real or personal to his knowledge. That his said wards Jesse C., Myrtie and Ida were sick for about 4 months with typhoid fever and he was compelled to Expend more than the amount in his hands for medicines and medical attention for them, and that he had to expend for said ward Carrie the full amount of her said funds in the purchase of clothing medicines and the payment of board for her. That he never received any interest on said wards money and never used the same himself having been compelled to use the sum as herein above shown, and for these reasons he charged himself with no interest on said wards money. That said wards are the Guardian’s own children. That this guardian and his wife are the owners as tenants by Entinties of 75 acres of land of the probable value of forty Dollars per acre with a mortgage of one Thousand Dollars on same and that he is indebted about $300.00 in addition to said Mortgage and that he is the owner of personal property of the value of $500.00 That he has a second wife who is the step mother of said wards wherefore he asks that this his report be approved and that he be finally discharged from said trust.
James R. Brown

Subscribed & sworn to before me this 10" day of June 1895 J. W. Powers Clerk
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Receipts


Guardianship of Jesse C. Brown et al                                         March Term 1894
James R. Brown Guardian
            Received of the above named Guardian the sum of $10.40 in full of the costs accrued in the guardianship of the above entitled estate.
Shelbyville, Ind., March 13" 1894                         J. R. Sedgwick Clerk
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            Received of James R. Brown Guardian of minor heirs of Brison B. Armstrong Fifteen dollars for services as atty Proceeding to sue Real Estate in March Term 1894 of Shelby Circuit court. March 13" 1894
Love & Morrison            

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            Received of Jas. R. Brown Guardian of Clarance Brown, Myrtie Brown, Ida Brown and Carrie Brown minors Five Dollars for making inventory of this date.
Dec 26 1893                                                                                 Love & Morrison
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Guardianship of Jesse C. Brown et al                                                                 May Term 1895
James R. Brown Guardian
            Received of the above named Guardian the sum of $2.00 in full of the costs accrued in the guardianship of the above entitled estate.
Shelbyville, Ind. June 10th 1895                                                 J. W. Powers Clerk
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            Received of James R. Brown Guardian of Jesse, Myrtie, Ida and Carrie Brown Five dollars for making report of said trust of this date. June 10" 1895
Love & Morrison
 
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No. 1540                                                                                             Hope, Ind. July 20, 1894
            Received of James Brown Guardian of Jesse Clarance Brown, Myrtie May Brown and Ida May Brown Eleven Dollars in full for medicines for said wards.
$11.00 S. Stapp & Son
No 1539                                                                         Hope, Ind., July 20, 1894

            Received of James Brown Guardian of Jesse Clarance Brown, Myrtie May Brown and Ida May Brown One Hundred Dollars on full for medical Attendance.
$100.00                                                                                     S. Stapp
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            Received of James R. Brown Guardian of Carrie Brown the sum of $35 Thirty five Dollars for Doctor Bill paid by me and for Boarding and Clothing said ward in full to date this 8th day of June 1895.
Samuel D. Hawkins            

Transcribed by Barb Huff

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