Levi Galloway Estate Packet: 1851

Biographical Notes

Levi Galloway was born 3 October 1784 in North Carolina. He was the son of Matthew Galloway and Elizabeth Beaver. When Levi was a young age, Matthew moved his family to Oglethorpe County, Georgia where Levi married Sinia Scogin on 10 October 1810 (daughter of Elick and Mary Scogin). Levi later removed to Alabama and during the early 1840s immigrated to Itawamba County where he settled on a 700 acre farm south of  Mantachie Creek, north of Keys Cemetery.

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The State of Mississippi
Itawamba County
Probate Court June Term AD 1851

The petition of Allen T. Sisk, a citizen of said county respectfully represents to your honor that on or about the 20th day of April AD 1851 Levi Galloway a citizen of said county departed this life as petitioner believes intestate possessed of a considerable personal real estate in said county said personal estate worth about five or six thousand dollars consisting of slaves, stock and farming utensils &c &c. Petitioner is the son in law of said decedent who left no widow or near of kin who is entitled to administration ... petitioner therefore prays that letters of administration be granted unto him of said estate...

Allen T. Sisk

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The State of Mississippi
Noxubee County

To the sheriff of said county, Greeting.
You are hereby commanded to summons Susan Deskin and her husband Washington Deskin, Mary A. Williams and her husband A.O. Williams, heirs at law of Levi Galloway, dec'd to be and appear before the probate court of Itawamba County at the courthouse thereof on the first Monday in December next then and there to answer the petition of A.T. Sisk, administrator of said Levi Galloway, deceased for sale of certain lands remenints and heredataments of said deceased described in said petition as follows to wit: a certain tract of land lying and being in said County of Itawamba and State aforesaid known and designated as the SE 1/4 of Section 9, Township 10, Range Eight and SW 1/4 Section 10, Township 10, Range 8 and N 1/2 Section 16, Township 10, Range 8 and to show cause if any they can why the same should not be sold ...

Issued the 11th day of November 1851
Wm. H. Moore, Clerk

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The State of Mississippi
Itawamba County

To the sheriff of said county, Greeting.
You are hereby commanded to summons Sarah Gillespie and her husband Thomas Gillespie, Frances J. Galloway, Nancy Duncan and her husband V.J. Duncan, M.J. Galloway, LB.C. Galloway of Itawamba County, heirs at law of Levi Galloway, dec'd to be and appear before the probate court of Itawamba County at the courthouse thereof on the first Monday in December next then and there to answer the petition of A.T. Sisk, administrator of said Levi Galloway, deceased for sale of certain lands remenints and heredataments of said deceased described in said petition as follows to wit: a certain tract of land lying and being in said County of Itawamba and State aforesaid known and designated as the SE 1/4 of Section 9, Township 10, Range Eight and SW 1/4 Section 10, Township 10, Range 8 and N 1/2 Section 16, Township 10, Range 8 and to show cause if any they can why the same should not be sold ...

Issued the 11th day of November 1851
Wm. H. Moore, Clerk

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The State of Mississippi
Itawamba County

Probate Court August Term AD 1852

Monies Received:

Amount on Hand: $314.34
Amount received for cotton crop of 1851: $182.17 3/4
Thos. Whitesides: $21.75
C. Hussey: 60 cents
E. Sheffield:70 cents
V.J. Duncan: 66 cents
J.A. Davis: $4.60
J.F. Sullivan: $2.45
J.K. Chilcoat: $3.90
C.N. Bessonett: $9.87 1/2
W.N. Mitchener: $3.10

Monies paid out:

J. Moore: $1.25
J.C. Brooks: 60 cents
F.C. Owen: $286.04
N. Covey: $2.30
Taxes of the year 1851: $14.33
Wm. Patton, county treasurer: $35.82
J.G. Kohlheim: $11.63
John Messinger: $13.00
N. Colson: $4.32
Gilstrap and Wren: $20.50
J.K. Chilcoat: $4.00
C.N. Bessonett: $9.87 1/2
Wm. N. Mitchiner: $13.10
N.J. Galloway: $71.39

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The State of Mississippi
Itawamba County

Probate Court August Term 1853

Monies Received:

Amt. on Hand as per last report: $65.99 3/4
A.T. Sisk: $2,058.75
L.B.C. Gallaway: $1,334.35
N.J. Galloway: $620.00
A.D. Galloway: $600.00
Thomas Gillespie: $328.74
Wm. Parcy: $10.10
D. Sisk: $3.70
J. Keys: $1.07
A.H. Stovall: $2.00
E. Sheffield Jr.: $7.35
W.T. Gillentine: $5.05
Wm. Morris: $54.65
V.J. Duncan: $111.68
E.H. Rial: $11.60
W.C. Rhyne: $1.75
L. Hartsell: $38.25
W.N. Mitchener: $29.60
R.M. Boram: $21.09
E. Sheffield Sr.: $16.55
J.C. Brooks: $5.40
R. Pounds: $20.20
R.L. Gillentine: $5.25
W.T. Hamilton: $40.58
J.F. Hilburn: $41.10
S. Johnson: $1,542.90
J.G. Estes: $18.37
R. Wiygle: $39.22
C.H. Bessonett: $29.30
J. Richards: $31.15
J.O. Priddy: $18.00
J.H. Nanney: $25.00
U. Nanney: $25.20
G.A. Hartsell: $6.91
J. Grigg: $17.60
N.J. Galloway: $381.32

Monies paid out:

S.M. Vernon: $16.25
Compere and Ratliff: $25.20
M. Pound: $1.00
W.C. Rhyne: $30.00
Jesse Hunt: $5.85
A.T. Sisk: $457.74
S. Taylor: $40.77
J.W. Lindsey: $117.14
V.J. Duncan: $76.42
E.G. Betts & Co.: $6.35
J. Woodruff (sheriff): $700.59
J. Robins (atty): $8.33
J.G. Kohlheim: $1.35
W.H. Moore: $20.00
J.C. Ritchie: $14.45
Cayce & Gaither: $6.55
J.W. Downs: $16.50
J.S. Bourland: $16.75
S.P. Blake: $1.20
N.J. Galloway: $180.61
R.S. Wren: $5.25

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The State of Mississippi
Itawamba County

Probate Court October Term AD 1854
Monies Received:

Amount of hand as per last report: $5,831.47 3/4
Wm. Vincant: $2.02
A. Rutledge: $26.60
J.O. Priddy: $10.45
J.T. Mullins: $14.60
J.N. Nanney: $20.75
J.C. Ritchie: $1.65
J.S. Barnard: $119.45
Wm. Filgo: $3.50
James Williams: $23.30
W. Deskin: $9.50
By error in report of 1852 amount paid N. Colson: $4.32

Monies Paid Out

J.W. Thompson: $25.00
James Whitesides: $6.71
James Williams: $13.80
Bullard and Beene: $40.00
J.W. Downs: $1.75
Cost of Citations (Noxubee County): $2.25
Wm.H. Moore (court costs): $20.24
John Messenger: $5.00
Commissions on $8277.97 at 5 percent: $413.89
Warren Judge: $4.25
Woodruff Sheriff: $2.50

Your petitioner represents to your honor that he has fully administered the estate of his intestate and prays that this his report of Final Settlement be received, allowed and he discharged.

A.T. Sisk, Admn.

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Receipts signed by heirs:

Sarah T. Gillespie and husband Thomas Gillespie, daughter and heir: $614.69 23 Feb 1855
Susannah J. Deskin wife of Washington Deskin, daughter and heir of Noxubee County: $614.69 8th Oct 1855
Mary Ann G. Williams wife of A.O. Williams, daughter and heir of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama: $614.69 8 Feb 1855
Levi B. C. Galloway, son and heir: $614.69 10 Feb 1855
Arabella D. Beacham, wife of Wm. Beachum, daughter and heir: $614.69 26 Mar 1855
N.J. Galloway, son and heir: $614.69 3 Feb 1855

Rec. of A.T. Sisk, administrator of the estate of Levi Galloway, deceased Six Hundred and Twenty Dollars on account of the distributive share of Frances J. Moore, one of the distributees of the estate of said decedent this the 25th day of July AD 1853
S.B. Moore
Frances J. Moore

Received of A.T. Sisk, adm. of the estate of Levi Galloway, decd. Six Hundred and Twenty dollars on account of the distributive share of Nancy M. Duncan, as one of the distributees of said estate the precise sum of said distributive share of said Nancy M. Duncan not having been ascertained and a refunding bond having been given to said Sisk administrator... June 7th 1853

Virgel J. Duncan
Nancy M. Duncan

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ESTATE SALE PURCHASERS

Sale of the personal estate of Levi Gallaway dec'd. made at his late residence in the county of Itawamba on the 22nd day of December AD 1851 by A.T. Sisk:

R.M. Borum: 3 cutters and 1 plough
R.M. Borum: 3 axes
R.M. Borum: grindstone, chest and tools
R.M. Borum: whip saw and steel
R.M. Borum: 1 lot fodder
R.M. Borum: 4 bushels wheat
R.M. Borum: 1 wheat box
R.M. Borum: 1 broken set white tea cups
R.M. Borum: 6 tumblers
R.M. Borum: 5 G.S. table spoons
R.M. Borum: 6 G.S. table spoons
J.C. Brooks: 1 plough
J.C. Brooks: 1 hand saw
J.C. Brooks: 1 side slab
C.H. Bessonett: 50 bushels corn
J.S. Barnard: 7 shouts
J.S. Barnard: 1 spinning wheel
J.S. Barnard: 1 pair saddle bags
J.K. Chilcoat: 5 dry ___
J.K. Chilcoat: 1 pair steelyards
J.A. Davis: 1 set pliers
J.A. Davis: 1 lot shoe tools
J.A. Davis: 1 sheep skin
V.J. Duncan: 1 piece iron
V.J. Duncan: 1 wh ___ gun
V.J. Duncan: 1 bench and vise
V.J. Duncan: 1 tea kettle
V.J. Duncan: 1 pr. pot hooks
V.J. Duncan: 9 plates and 1 dish
V.J. Duncan: 1 caster stand and casters
V.J. Duncan: 1 dish and 3 bowls
V.J. Duncan: 1 lock and coffee mill
V.J. Duncan: 1 pantry
V.J. Duncan: 1 pitcher
J.G. Estes: 5 sheep
J.G. Estes: 6 sheep
N.J. Gallaway: 1 sorrel mare
N.J. Gallaway: 1 turning t___
N.J. Gallaway: 5 augers
N.J. Gallaway: 1 wheat rack
N.J. Gallaway: 1 pair ploughs and gear
N.J. Gallaway: 1 hogshead
N.J. Gallaway: 1 oven and lid
N.J. Gallaway: 1 oven and lid
N.J. Gallaway: 1 bed and beding
N.J. Gallaway: 1 cup and pitcher
N.J. Gallaway: 6 c____
N.J. Gallaway: 1 jar
R.L. Gillentine: 5 bushels wheat
L.B.C. Gallaway: 1 set pump tools
L.B. C. Gallaway: 1 side leather
L.B.C. Gallaway: 1 wash bowl and pitcher
Thos. Gillespie: 1 large looking glass
Thos. Gillespie: 1 pork hog
Thos. Gillespie: 4 bushels wheat
Wm. T. Gillentine: 1  d___ gun
Wm. T. Gillentine: 1 turning p lough
Wm. T. Gillentine: 3 grubbing hoes
Wm. T. Gillentine: 1 lot ploughs
Wm. T. Gillentine: 2 axes and frow
Joab Grigg: 1 lot chisels
Joab Grigg: 1 pork hog
Joab Grigg: 1 loom
C. Hussey: 1 scythe and cradle
W.F. Hamilton: 1 yoke steers
John Hartsel: 1 set wagon irons
John Hartsel: 1 shovel and spade
L. Hartsel: 50 bushels corn
J.F. Hilburn: 1 sorrel horse
James Keys: 1 plough and 2 saws
W.N.. Mitchiner: 1 pided cow and calf
W.N.. Mitchiner: 1 red cow
W.N.. Mitchiner: 1 cross cut saw
W.N.. Mitchiner: 1 thg___
W.N.. Mitchiner: 1 skillet and lid
W.N.. Mitchiner: 1 folding table
W.N.. Mitchiner: 1 lot barrels &c
W.N.. Mitchiner: 1 barrel of salt
W.N.. Mitchiner: 1 stone churn
W.N.. Mitchiner: 1 lot fodder
W.N.. Mitchiner: 2 bushels
J.T. Mullins: 1 broad axe
J.T. Mullins: 1 lot tools
J.T. Mullins: 1 pair plough gear
J.T. Mullins: 1 spinning wheel
J.T. Mullins: 1 bureau
Wm. Morris: 2 yearlings
Wm. Morris: 1 sorrel mare
Wm. Morris: 1 steer wagon
Wm. Morris: 1 pair plough gear
U. Nanney: 1 sorrel colt
U. Nanney: 1 buzzard plough
U. Nanney: 1 harrow and opener
U. Nanney: 1 lot hoes
U. Nanney: 1 lot ploughs
U. Nanney: 1 bell and buckle
J.H. Nanney: 2 sows and 5 pigs
J.H. Nanney: 1 sow and 7 shoats
J.H. Nanney: 6 shoats
J.O. Priddy: 4 pork hogs
Wm. Pearcy: 1 white steer
R. Pounds: 2 muly steers
W.C. Rhyne: 1 large pot
W.C. Rhyne: 1 small pot
W.C. Rhyne: 1 shot gun
E.H. Rial: 1 bed and bedding
E.H. Rial: 1 pitcher
J. Richards: 1 chestnut sorrel horse
A. Rutledge: 1 bay colt
E. Sheffield Sr.: 1 muly cow
E. Sheffield Sr.: 1 muly heifer
E. Sheffield Sr.: 1 pided steer
J.F. Sullivan: 1 gun barrel
J.F. Sullivan: 1 side leather
A.H. Stovall: 1 molasses can
A.H. Stovall: 2 tumblers sugar dish &c
A.H. Stovall: 1 glass and char___
A.T. Sisk: 2 turning ploughs
A.T. Sisk: 1 lot hoes
A.T. Sisk: 1 froe
A.T. Sisk: 2 iron___
A.T. Sisk: 1 hogshead and 2 ___
A.T. Sisk: 1 lot brick and lime
A.T. Sisk: 1 lot lumber
A.T. Sisk: 2 guns and 1 hogshead
A.T. Sisk: 1 skillet oven and lid
A.T. Sisk: 1 wash tub
A.T. Sisk: 1 pot rack and pot hooks
A.T. Sisk: 1 small tub and pail
A.T. Sisk: 1 churn and reel
A.T. Sisk: 1 mantle clock
A.T. Sisk: 1 lot racks
A.T. Sisk: 6 chairs
A.T. Sisk: 2 sides leather
A.T. Sisk: 1 roll leather
A.T. Sisk: 1 sheep skin
A.T. Sisk: 1 deer skin
A.T. Sisk: 23 bushels corn
A.T. Sisk: 1 set candle molds &c
E. Sheffield Jr.: 1 grindstone
E. Sheffield Jr.: 2 pair plough gear
Thos. Whitesides: 1 log ___
Thos. Whitesides: 1 set blacksmith tools
Thos. Whitesides: 5 sheep
R. Wiygle: 50 bushels corn
R. Wiygle: 10 bottles and jug
R. Wiygle: 1 spinning wheel
Daniel Sisk: 1 large kettle
Daniel Sisk: 1 set knives and forks
Daniel Sisk: 2 pair andirons &c
Thos. Gillespie: 1 Negro woman
N.J. Gallaway: 1 Negro girl Mary Ann
N.J. Gallaway: 1 Negro girl Irene
A.D. Gallaway: 1 Negro girl Nelly
S.B.C. Gallaway: 1 Negro boy Sterling
Stephen Johnson: 1 Negro woman and 2 children
A.T. Sisk: 1 Negro man Isaac
A.T. Sisk: 1 Negro girl Mary
Wm. Vincent: 2 bushels wheat

Also the following personal and real estate on the 5th day of January AD 1852:

L.B.C. Gallaway: 1 ___ bridle
L.B.C. Gallaway: 3 sleys
L.B.C. Gallaway: 1 side leather and rod
L.B.C. Gallaway: 1 bell and collar
L.B.C. Gallaway: 1 hog
L.B.C. Gallaway: 3 hogs more or less in bottom
V.J. Duncan: 1 s___ and 2 riddles
E. Sheffield Jr.: 2 sides leather
Thos. Gillespie: 1 white cow
A.T. Sisk: ____

L.B. C. Gallaway: the north half of Section 16, Township 10, Range 8
with his securities T.M. Carothers and Eli Philips

V.J. Duncan: the southeast quarter of Section 9, Township 10, Range 8
with his securities W.D. Clifton and J.G. Kohlheim

J.S. Barnard: the southwest quarter of Section 10, Townsjip 10, Range 8
with his securities J.T. Barnard and N.M. Barnard

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