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CAUSES OF IMPROVEMENT IN AG
RICULTURE IN THE U. STATES.
Extracts from the Report of the Commission
er of Patents.
The geological surveys ordered and in
progress, or recently completed, in many of
the States, besides the other important ben
efits thereby conferred on those Stutes, have
contributed much to advance the scienoe of
husbandry.
These, in connexion with the experiments
of agricultural chemistry, by thus direct
ing the attention to their analysis, are de
veloping the nature of the soils and their a
daptation and means of increased produc
tion, by different seeds, products, and meth
ods of cultivation and manures, and so ena
ble the farmer or planter to use the varie
ties of his land to the best advantage.
The increasing number of agricultural
periodicals and treatises, and their cheap
and more extensive circulation throughout
the land, are also producing a happy effect.
The farmers and planters in the various
sections of our country are thus brought ac
quainted with each other’s operations and
success, and also with the methods of cul
tivation and rearing of stock, &c., common
in England and on the continent, new pro
ducts and the result of their trial are noti
ced, and the knowledge of many useful dis
coveries thus extended. The prejudice a
gainst “book farming,” as it has been
termed, which has so long proved a barrier
to the adoption of valuable improvements
thus suggested, is gradually wearing a
way; and a happy combination of science
and practical skill is thus secured, the re
sults of which are every year becoming
more and more apparent.
Agricultural societies also exercise great
influence in furthering the progress of agri
cultural industry. Those are of but com
paratively tecent date, and their institution
and inereuse in number and prosperity
serve to mark the progress of improvement,
in agriculture ; and if still further aided by
an efficient board of agriculture, like what
exists in Great-Britain, they would no doubt
bo yet more successful. It is only about
fifty years since that board was there es
tablished, and it has proved of extensive
benefit to that active empire. By means of
these societies, great numbers of the agri
culturists of our country are brought to
gether, to eompar notes, as it were, to ob
serve each other’s success, and to converse
on the topics connected with this branch of
industry. They examine the machines,
implements, animals and products, offered
for exhibition, and are induced to bestow
more care and labor in the selection of their
seeds and stock, in the preparation of the
soil, and in their tillage and harvesting.—
Every year new and valuable improve
ments are thus made known and introduc
cd, by which many are essentially benefit
ed. Premiums also encourage to effort,
and a highly salutary incentive is furnish
ed, in the honor to be acquired of success
ful and approving farming. A similar ef
fect, too, results from the bounties given by
the different States to encourage the culture
of some particular product. These have
never been offered without anew impulse
being stirred, and leading to increased at
tention to the pursuit. Some of the States
in these respects as far in advance of others,
but almost all are beginning more to appre
ciate their true interest, and seeking to ex
tend their true prosperity.
While adverting to the causes of gener
al improvement in the agriculture of our
country, it may not also be Improper to al
lude to the increased habits of temperance
and sobriety of the laborer, by which the
condition of the farm house and farm is so
essentially benefited, and domestic happi
ness and effective strength promoted. A
clear head and a vigorous frame, in combi
nation, will ever be most successful in til
iage, as in every branch of industry. The
lengthening of life and the repair of health,
thusseeured, render many who have been
been but drones and mere consumers, also
active and efficient producers, as well as
healthful consumers. The amount added,
too, in the increased skill, as well as the
saying from less breakage of tools and ma
chinery of labor, and the actual effective
ness of such laborers as have heretofore
been drawn from the intemperate class, now
reformed, constitute no small item of gain
in this view of the subject. No little dam
age has been thus-sustained in the “ ine
briate” management and cultivation of.the
land, which is now avoided. Were this the
proper place, some most interesting deduc
tions might be made as to the physical force
and efficiency thus added to the various
branches of industry, and the bearing of
the whole on agriculture, as a source of our
national wealth.
COTTON.
This great staple, from all accounts, up
pears to have yielded a large crop. It is
somewhat difficult to reconcile the conflic
ting stateni.-nts respecting its growth and
prosperity ; but, after a careful comparison,
and endeavor to arrive at the truth the re
suit is estimated.
Tbe crop for 1841 was considerably be
low an average one. That of 1842 is much
above the former, and, by some, is thought
to have been equal to that of 1839, which
was an unusual one. Subsequent informa
tion may, perhaps, disprove particular es.
timates, and some may be misled by the
fact that a larger quantity than usual was
brought into market at an early period. It
may be well, however, to mention more in
detail some of the statements which have
been gathered respecting its progress. Pas
sing over the lesser amounts, and commen
cing with North Carolina, the cotton crop
is said ;o have been 20 per cent, better than
in 1841, and the causes assigned is, the fa
vorable weather in the early part of the fall
and the season when the frost usually
takes. The crop of South Carolina, also,
is said to have been, as a whole, one-third
better—the warm, dry weather proving
congenial to its growth. In other parts of
the State, it is said that “much of the finest
| cotton on the low grounds was swept off by
the overflow ; others injured by the warm
and dry weather ; the wet weather also in
juring that which was open, so that it could
not be handled well.” In Georgia, it is va
riously estimated atfiom lOto ibpercent.
increase on the previous year. “More was
planted, and the cultivation was more pro
ductive ; probably the best crop for many
years.” It is also affirmed tl at, at five
cents per pound, the crop would be a bet
ter one than others. The crop in Alaba
ma is also pronounced to have been “equal
or 5 pev cent, superior to that of 1839,”
though in somo sections the dry weather
and worm were subjects of complaints ;
and, in some others, too, excessively wet
weather. The aggregate in Mississippi is
large, “better than in 1839, especially in
the uplands ; not quite sq good in the low
lands.” In parts of the State it was “in
jured by snails or slugs,” as in Panola and
Do Soto counties ; also, by the boring worm
in Wilkinson county ; and the Southwes
tern Farmer, of September 30, 1842, pub
lished at Raymond, gives it as “short,” and
says that there was “a great quantity of rot
ton cotton.” In the same paper, for Dec.
23, 1842, the following opinion is expres
sed: “We should not take the surplus of
cotton which has arrived in New Orleans
this year over that w hich had arrived at the
same port on previous years as any evi
dence of an extraordinary crop. Tho pro
sent fall has been unusually favorable for
gathering the crop, and we believe plant
ers will have finished picking at least a
month sooner than common. Besides this,
in our State much labor was turned toother
products, and the little cotton raised has
the more hands to pick it. Another circum
stance will make the earliest shipments the
earliest part of the crop. Cotton on the
Mississippi is generally trifling, too, this
season, and the crop from that quarter will
certainly be short. On the other hand,
however, we learn that the crops of Tennes
see and North Alabama are very fine. So
that, taking all together we should judge
that the result will show our present crop
to be only a fair one.” In the vicinity of
Yicksburg, we are told that there was “an
average crop on the uplands,” and that “on
the alluvial bottoms of the Mississippi it
has proved very abundant and of good
quality.” In Louisiana, the cotton crop,
as the Southwestern Farmer likewise as
serts, was “much injured by the army
worm, rust, rot, boll worm, and rains;”
that, from Opelousas to Alexandria, inclu
ding all the adjacent country on both sides
the RtEuf, there was but little more than
half a crop, and the army worm was like
wise “committing its ravages on the bayou
Woekshu.” On the uther hand, it is esti
mated in other sections at “20 per cent,
better than usual.” The next producer of
this crop, in amount, is Tennessee ; and in
the southern part of the State the crop is
said to have been unusually good, even
“100 per cent, better” than” the previous
year. Iu Middle Tennessee, some com
plaint is made of the “cotton louse.” In
the northern part of the State attention has
been turned more to other products. The
The yield in Arkansas was “greater than
ever before”—“double;” “the three coun
ties of Sexier, Hempstead, and Lafayette,
alone,” it is supposed, would ship “30,000
bales,” being ‘IO,OOO or 12,000 more than
ever before in one season.” In Florida, the
crop is estimated to have been 25 percent,
better than the previous year.
The entire aggregate ofthe cotton crop
for the year 1842 is 683,333,231 pounds.
‘I he recent low price of cotton will pro
bably turn off a portion ofthe laboring force
usually thus employed to the cultivation of
some other products. A planter of Alaba
ma asserts that, by an improved process of
culture, he has been enabled to raise from
3,000 to 5,000 pounds per acre on land
which, under the usual system, would not
yield more than from 300 to 500 pounds
In one of his letters to the editors of the Al
bany Cultivator, he even says that he has
actually picked the enormous quantity of
5,989 pounds on an acre, and affirms that
he is prepared to prove satisfactorily “that
it is perfectly practicable lo produce the
2,000,000 bags—the cotton crop ofthe Uni
ted States ; with one-third of the capital en
gag'd) under the present system of culture
in its production.” Without any dcfiuite
information as to his process, no opinion can
be formed of its practicability. It seems,
however, incredible ; and no reliance
should ho placed on such prospects, until
thoroughl y examined and demonstrated con
clusively by the test of rigid experiments.
Although the experiment of raising cot
ton in India has partially proved a failure,
on account ofthe hot weather, winds, &c.,
as in the Bengal district, yet in some of the
trials it has furnished so great encourage
ment that we have reason to believe it will
not be abandoned. The comparison of the
cotton imported into England from India
and the United States shows a steady ad
vance on the amount received from the for
mer country. Thus, in 1841, there was
received from the United States 902,191
bales, from India 274,984 bales—being
nearly equal to the entire consumption of
cotton in the United States in 1840, and
1841, and more than one-fourth of the a
mount sent that year from this country ;
being also 50,000 pounds more than in the
preceding year, in which the increase was
at least 30,000 pounds. To show how this
subject is viewed abroad, and without pre
tending to say how far the reasoning is jus
tified by the assumed facts, we may here
quote an extractor two from the letter of an
intelligent writer from Liverpool, to his
friend in Boston. He says : “When in the
cotton-growing section of the States, I was
induced to think the India effort on the part
of the Government would prove a failure.
I based this calculation upon these data, i
that the skill, machinery, fertility of soil,
chi apness of conveyance, and nearness to
ns, would enable the Americans to put
down any competition. Since my return
1 hove conversed with a friend from India,
who resided for a long time iu Charleston,
and was familiar with cotton growing, and
who is now engaged in its cultivation in the
East, and, from facts furnished to me by
him, I am satisfied I was wrong.
The experiment in India will succeed,
and the success will be both rapid and per
manent. They will not only grow the cot
ton, but they will manufacture it, and sup
ply us, besides, with large quantities of the
raw material. What effect,you may ask,
will this have upon tho States ? The first
will be to drive the Americans out of the
South American markets. In India, they
manufacture a coarse fabric (which just
suits that market) cheaper than the Ameri
cans possibly can, and consequently they
will have in turn to yield. ‘They can do a
great deal more than most people, but they
cannot compete with pauper labor, or the
cheap work oflndia, unless helped by home
duties. The second effect must be to change
the cultivation of a large number of the
States engaged in the growing of cotton. —
The alluvial bottoms of the Mississippi
may enable the planter there to cultivate
cotton at four or five cents, with profit—l
suppose it will ; but in Georgia and the
Carolinas, if I am any judge of soil, it can
not be done. If I remember right, the ave
rage crop in those States would not be more
than 300 pounds to the acre ; and if so, cot
ton-growing there will be a losing busi
ness.”
Whether or not there is the immediate
danger this writer predicts, of breaking up
the cotton trade of several States, the sub
ject is one which, at least, demands atten
tion. The evil may be more remote, but it
can scarcely be doubt- and that a serious com
petition is threatened from a number of
sources. It appears, from information from
high authority, that the British mauufac
turerhas already begun to supply a cheaper
article, made of india cotton, to the South
American market, at three cents a a yard
cheaper, and threatens to destroy effectu
ally that market for our countrymen. If
Texas becomes established on a firm foot
ing, and at peace, so that her rich soil may
be brought under productive cultivation,
she will prove a powerful rival in raising
this crop, and contending for the cotton
trade.
The attention of the French Government
likewise is directed to means to advance
the culture ofthis product in French Guia
na ; and the increase of it also in Egypt,
though not indeed rapid, must be taken into
consideration, in estimating the probabili
ties of competition. Eventually. Africa, on
the western coast, may furnish cotton at a
moderate price; though this cannot be for
many years to come. The amount of the
new crop of this year imported into Boston,
coastwise, from Ist of October to 31st De
cember, exceeds the amount of the previous
year, for the same period, by about 9,500
bales. The fact that Great Britain is di
recting her energies to extend her territory
and open for herself markets, by commer
cial treaties as well as by conquest, where
she can, and especially that she has avowed,
and still avows, her determination to be
come independent of us in respect to cotton,
should teach us that she will never relin
quish her purposes without, at least, a most
severe struggle. The planter, therefore,
must expect competition with the world over
wherever cotton can be produced ; and that
it can he on nearly one-third of the habita
ble globe we have high authority for belie
ving. While such competition continues,
no great advance can be hoped for in the
price of our own, especially so long as the
great Powers of Europe are at peace with
each other. One thing, however, is cer
tain, that no country can raise better cotton
than the United States ; and the reduction
of wages and peculiar adaption of soil and
climate will, it is believed, enable the A
merican planter to contend successfully in
competition for many years to come.
Rice. —lt is said rice was first planted in
Carolina, in 1668 ; but owing to bad seed
it was abandoned. In the 1695 a vessel
from Madagascar, the master ofwhich fur
.nished a gentleman with a small quantity,
from which has sprung immense sources of
wealth to Southern States, egg much for
a remnant of sea store left in the bottom of
a bag.— Nashville Agriculturist
Lincoln Superior Court,
October Term, 1842.
Nathan Beall, Ex’r. > Bill to perpetuate
vs. > Testimony in Lin-
Robert Frazier, and others. ) coin Sup. Court.
TT appearing to the Court that Robert Frazier,
a detendent in the above stated case, resides
out of the jurisdiction of this Court, and has not
been served in the above stated case. It is on
motion of complainant’s Solicitor, Ordered, that
said Robert Frazier, do appear at the next Term
of this Court, and then and there to stand to and
abide by and perform such order or decree in the
premises as to the Court shall seem meet and
right in Equity. And it is further Ordered,
that a copy ofthis Rule be served upon the said
defendant by publisliing the same once a month
for four months before the next term of this court.
True extract from the Minutes,
H. MURRAY, Clerk.
December 15. 1842. ni4m 16
POUR months after date, application will be
made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of
Wilkes county, while sitting as a Court of Or
dinary, for leave to sell the Real Estate of Abner
Wellborn, deceased, late of said county.
NICHOLAS WVLIE, Ex’r.
February 2, 1843. m4rn 23
GEORGIA, Elbert county.
POUR months after date, application will be
■* made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of
Elbert county, when sitting as a Court of Ordi
nary, for leave to sell a part of the Negroes be
longing to the Estate of John Hall, deceased.
THOMAS J. TURMAN, Adm’r.
February 2,1843. m4m de bonis non.
months after date, application will be
made to the Honorable Inferior Court of
Wilkes county, while sitting for Ordinary pur
poses, for leave to sell the Negroes belonging to
the Estate of Edward Jones, late of said county,
dcccßscdi
FELIX G. HENDERSON, Adm’r.
December 15,1645. do brtpls jtap. 1
Gilbert Sheriff’s Sales.
IN APRIL.
ELBERT SHERIFF’S SALE.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in April
next, belore the door in Elbert
county, within iho legal Bale hours, tho fol
lowing property, to-wit:
Nino Negroes, viz.: Amey, a woman and hor
three children, Lonnder a boy, Eliza a girl, and
Haney : Peggy, a woman and her three child
ren, Calonay a girl* Winny a girl, and Millcy a
girl; Aaron, a man ; one four-wheel Carriage,
one Cart, four Oxen, four Horses, one lot Cattle,
one Sofa, one Side-board, and one loaf Table, ail
levied on by virtue of a fi. fa. from Elbert Inferi
or Court, the Central Bank of Georgia vs. John
White, William White, Horatio J. Goes, and
William Roebuck, endorsers, as the property of
John White, to satisfy the above stated li. fa.,
and others from the Superior and Inferior Courts
of Elbert county vs. said John White.
WILLIAM JOHNSTON, Sheriff.
March 2, 1843. 37
ELBERT SHERIFF’S SAGE.
Will be Bold on the first Tuesday in April
next, before the Court-House door in Elbert
county, within the legal sale hours, the follow
ing property, to-wit:
Seven Negroes, viz.: Mariali, about 35 years
old ; Abraham, about 16 years old ; Harriett, a
bout 12 years old ; Nelson, about 9 years old ;
Violet, about 6 years old; Daphney, about 4
years old, and Cynthia, about 3 years old, levied
on as the property of John Gray, to satisfy two li.
fas. from the Inferior Court of Elbert county, one
in favor of Thomas J. Heard and Nathaniel Gray,
administrators of James Gray, deceased, for the
use of Thomas J. Heard, vs. John Gray, and the
other in favor of Wiliiam Bostwick vs. said John
Gray.
ALSO,
Two Negroes, viz.: Abram and John, one a
bout 17 and the other about 20 years, old, levied
on as the property of Alice Nash and Hudson
lL Nash, to satisfy a li. fa. from Elbert Superior
Court, David Mattox vs. Hudson H. Nash and
Alice Nash, and sundry other fi. fas. vs. said
Hudson 11. Nash and Ahce Nash.
THOMAS F. WILLIS, Dep. Sheriff
March 2, 1843. 27
ELBERT SHERIFF SALES.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday m April
next, before the Court-House door in Elbert
county, within the legal sale hours, the follow
ing property, to-wit:
One stock of merchandize, consisting of Crock
ery-ware, Srone-ware, Boots, Shoes, Castings,
Glass, Tin-ware, Hats, Books, Hardware, Drugs
and Medicines, Paints, Stationary, Dry Goode,
and various other articles usually kept by mer
chants, all levied on as the property of Harper &
Haslett, to satisfy a fi. fa. in favor oi’ the Ruc.k
ersville Banking Company vs. John A. H. Har
per and Harper & Haslett, principals, and Jones
& Haslett, securities.
ALSO,
One Bed, Bedstead and Furniture ; two Ta
bles, one dining table, one lot Books, eight win
dow-curtains, one pair shovel and tongs, I large
waiter, one lot Crockery-ware, one large red
Chest, four Candle-sticks, one Gold Watch, two
pair Fire-dogs, one pair Snuffers, and six Chairs,
all levied on as the property of Wibram H. Har
per, to satisfy a fi. fa. in favor of the Ruckersville
Banking Company vs. John A. H. Harper and
William H. Harper,principals, and Jones & Hes
ter, securities, and one other fi fa. in favor of the
Rucketsville Banking Company vs. John A. 11.
Harper and Harper &. Haslett, principals, and
Jonas & Hester, securities.
ALSO,
One gray Horse, levied on as the property of
Burley Andrews, to satisfy a fi. fa. issued from
the Inferior Court of Elbert county, in favor of
Robert Hester vs. said Andrews. Property
pointed out by defendant.
ALSO,
One Negro man named Toney, about 45 years
of age, levied on a6 the property oi Benjamin An
drews, vo satisfy a fi. fa. irom Elbert Superior
Court, m favor of William White vs. John Tate
and Benjamin Andrews, security on stay of Exe
cution. Property pointed out by B. Andrews.
ALSO,
Three hundred and fifty Acres of Land, more
or less, on the waters of Deep Creek, adjoining
lands of William Penn and others, to satisfy afi.
fa from Elbert Superior Court, in favor of Leity
Haynes, adm’x. and Benjamin Thornton, Jun’r.
adm’r. of Thomas Ilayues, deceased, and sundry
other fi. fas. vs. Martin Bond.
HOWELL SMITH, Dep. Sheriff.
March 2,1843. 27
ELBERT MORTGAGE SALE.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in April
next, before the Court-House door in. Elbert
county, within the legal sale hours, the fol
lowing property, to-wit.:
One roan Horse and two sorrel Horses, one
yoke Oxen, yoke and cart, 7 head of stock Cat
tle, consisting of Cows, Calves and Yearlings,
30 head of stock Hogs, consisting of Sows, pigs
and yearling Hogs, fifteen hundred pounds of
Bacon, more or iess, 45 barrels of Corn, more or
less, 2 beds, bedsteads and furniture, 2 tables, 6
split-bottom Chairs, I rifle-gun and shot bag, 10
plough hoes, 5 plough stocks, 3 pair plough gears,
one lot Kitchen Furniture, consisting of pots,
ovens, pails, piggins, pot-rack, pot-hooks, dec
al 1 levied on by virtue of a Mortgage fi fa. Thom
as J. Heard vs. Nathaniel Gray. Property point
ed out in said mortgage fi. fa.
also— (Continued from last sale day.)
Three Negroes, named Horace, Elleck and
Dave, levied on as the property of John White,
by virtue of a Mortgage fi. fa. from the Inferior
Court of Eibert county, in favor of the Ruckers
ville Banking Company vs. John White. Prop
erty pointed out in said fi. fa.
WILLIAM JOHNSTON, Sheriff.
February 2,1843. 23
MORTGAGE SALE.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in April
next, before the Court-House door in Elberton,
Elbert county, between the usual hours of
sale, the following property, to-wit:
One Negro by the name of Abram, and one
Negro by the name of John, levied on as the prop
erty of Alice 11. Nash and Hudson H. Nash, by
virtue of a Mortgage fi. fa. from the Inferior Court
of Elbert county, in favor of Beverly Allen vs.
Alice H. Nash and Hudson H. Nash. Property
pointed out in said mortgage fi. fa.
THOMAS F. WILLIS, Dep. Sheriff
February 2,1843. 23
MORTGAGE SALES.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in April
next, before the Court-House door in Elbert
county, within the legal sale hours, the fol
lowing property, to-wit:
Two Negroes, viz.: Jackson, a boy about 16
or 17 years old, and Larkin, a boy about 4 or 5
years old, levied on aa the property of Seaborn J.
Turman, deceased, to satisfy a Mortgage fi, fa.
from Elbert Inferior Court, ‘f’homas J. Turman,
administrator of WiJltam PulJrara. vs*.
Thomas J. Turman, administrator of Seaborn J.
Turman, deceased. Property pointed out in said
mortgage li. fa.
1 ALSO,
One Negro woman named Grace, about forty
years old, levied on as the property of Benjamin
’ Smith, to satisfy a Mortgage ti. fa. from Elbert
Inferior Court, James Carpenter, executor of
John Smith, deceased, vs. said Benjamin Smith.
Property pointed out in said mortgage fi. fa.
HOWELL SMITH, Dep. Sheriff
February 2, IS 13. 23
Ximcolu gheritf’B £ales.
IN APRIL.
LINCOLN SHERIFF'S SALE.
Will be sold at the Court-House door in Lin
county, on the first Tuesday in April next,
between the usual hours of sale, the follow
ing property, to-wit:
One Trac t of Land in 83 iJ county on the wa
ters ofdry fork creek, adjoining Thomas Tiiery,
Randolph Davy, Shadrack Turner, and others,
containing six hundred and fifty (050) acres more
or lets, Ijevied on as the property of Isaac Wil
lingham, to satisfy an. fa. from Liucoirt Superior
Court,in the name o* Will,am Curry, vs. said
Willingham, Property pointed out bv defendant.
GEORGE W, JARRET'T, Sheriff
of Wilkes County.
March 2, I*l3. 27
LINCOLN CORONER’S SALE.
\\l I ‘jL be sold at the Court-House in Lincoln
• * county, on the first Tuesday in April
next, between the usual hours of sale, tfce fol
lowing property, to-wit:
Three Negroes, viz.: Selina, a girl about five
years of age; James, a boy about two years old,
and their mother, about 30 years of age, levied
on as the property of Isaac Willingham, to satis- ■
fy a fi. fa. from the 185th District, G. M., in favor
of James Lamkin vs. said Willingham. Levy
made and returned to me by a Constable.
HIRAM MONCRIEFF, Coroner.
March 2,1843. 27
Wilkes Sheriff ’s Sales.
IN APRIL.
WILKES SHERIFF SALES.
Will be sold on the first. Tuesday in April
next, before the Cour;-llouse door in the town
of Washington, Wilkes county, between the
lawful hours of sale, the following property,
to-wit:
Three Negroes, to-wit: Willis, a first-rate
Blacksmith, about 25 years of age; Allen, also a
Blacksmith, about 28 years of age, and Hartwell,
a first-rate wagon-maker, all levied on by two
Mortgage*®, fas. from Wilkes Inferior Court, in
the name of Nioholas Wylie vs. John Jesse.—
Property pointed out said fi las.
GEORGE W. JARRETT, Sheriff
Febrnary 3,1843. 19
WILKES SHERIFF’S SALE.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in May
next, before the Court-House door in Wash
iugtoh, Wilkes county, between the legal sale
hours, the following property, to-wit:
One Negro woman by the name of Anna, a
bout 30 years c! age, and all of E. M. Burton’s
Household and Kitchen furniture, all Levied on
by a mortgage fi. fa. from Wilkes Inferior Court,
in the name of Nathan Beall vs. Edward M. Bur
ton, Property pointed out in said mortgage fi. fa.
GEORGE W. JARRETTrSheriff.
February 28,1843. 27
WILKES SHERIFF’S SALE.
Will be sold on the first Tuesday in April
next, at the Court-House door in Washington,
Wilkes county, bet ween the legal sale hours,
the following property, to-wit:
One sorrel Mare, one bay Colt, two black
Mares, two yoke of Oxen, one Ox-cart, six head
of Cattle, 1500 lbs. Fodder, more or less, 25 bar
rels Corn, more or less, one Clock, seven Chairs,
one folding Table, two pine Tallies, lot Crocke
ry, Knives and Forks, one old Desk, one Chest,
and one Trunk, levied on as the property of John
D. Reeves, by virtue of a fi. fa. from Wilkes Su
perior Court, in tire name of A. I>. Statham vs.
said Reeves. Property pointed out by plaintiff
ALSO,
At the same lime and place, one Negro girl
by the name of Louisa, about 15 years of age, le
vied on as the property oi James Benson, by vir
tue of a fi.fa. from Wilkes Inferior Court, in the
name oi Gilson Hopkins vs. said Benson. Prop
erty pointed out by defendant.
ALSO,
Seven Negroes, viz.: Dick, about 85 years of
age ; John 12 ; Patience, about 17 years old, and
her infant chili! not named ; Susan, about 25
years old, and c hiM Eliza, 6 months old; Henry,
a boy about C> years old. Also, two hundred A
cres of Land, more or less, on the waters of
Newford Creek, adjoining John C. Stokes, Thou.
Striblingand others, ail levied on as the property
of William and Joseph A. Benson, by virtue of a
fi. fa. from Wilkes Superior Court, in the name
of Stephen A. Johnson, for the use of &c. vs.
said William and Joseph A. Benson, together
“with sundry other fi. fas. Property pointed out
by defendants.
E. R. ANDERSON, Dep. Sheriff
March 2,1843 27
WILKES SHERIFF’S SALES.
VIJ'ILL be sold >n the first Tuesday in April
next, before the Court-House door in
Washington, Wilkes county, between the law
ful hours of sale, the following property, to-wit:
One Negro woman named Nutty, about 20
years old, levied on as the property of William
Walton, to satisfy a fi.fa. from Wilkes Inferior
Court, in the name of Dexter Henry, for the use
of Gilson Hopkins, vs. said Walton. Property
pointed out by defendant. 1
CHRISTOPHER BINNS, Dep. Sheriff
March 2,1843. 28
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
WILL be Bold on the first Tuesday in May
next, before the Court-House door in
Washington, Wilkes county, between the legal
hours of gale, the following property, to-wit:
One Negro woman named Sarah, about 50
years of age; one girl named Essy, about 15
years old ; a girl named Emily, about 12 years
old, and two boys abont 5 and 7 years of age.
Sold as tiie property of Edward Jones, deceased,
for the benefit of the heirs and creditors, by or
der of the Honorable Inferior Court of Wilkes
county, while sitting for Ordinary purposes.—
Terms made known on the day of sale.
FELIX G. HENDERSON, Adm’r.
de bonis non, Estate of Edward Jones.
March 2,1843. 9t 27
GEORGIA, Elbert county.
|?OUR months after date, application will be
* made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of
Elbert county, when sitting as a Court of Ordina
ry, for leave to sell a part of the Lends belonging
to the Estate of William Pulliam, deceased °
THOMAS J. TURMAN, Adm’r.
Kebruary 2,1843. m4m 23
iirej° RO A ’ i Wheroaß > John Appling, ox
\Vlike.* county. J ecutor oa the Estate of Joel
j Apptmffi deceased, applies to me for Letters of
Dismiss ton.
Thoso are, therefore, to cite, summon, and ad
monish, all and singular, the kindred and credi
tors oi said deceased, to bo and appear at my of
fice, within tho time prescribed by law, to show
cause (if any they have,) why said lc* -jfcu should
not be granted.
Given under my hand at office, this sth day of
December, 1842.
JOHN 11. DYSON, c.c.o.
December 8. mOm 15
( Whereas, Clark R. Jenkins
” County. J and Horace M. Jenkins, Ex
ecutors on tho Estato of Catharine Jenkins,
deceased, apply to me for letters of Dismission.
1 hese are therefore, to cite, summon, and ad
monish, all and singular the kindred and credit
ors ol said deceased, to be and appear at my Of
fice, within the time prescribed by law, to shew
cause (U any they have,) why said letters should
not be granted. *
Given under my hand at Office, this 31st dav
ol October, 1842. 3
JOHN H. DYSON, c. c. o.
November 3. mfim 10
GEORGIA, ) Whereas Tillman F. Dozier
Wiikes County. $ applies to me for letters of
dismission as Guardian for Eliza Dozier.
These are therefore, to cite, summon, and ad
monish, all and singular the kindred and credit
ors ot said Minor, to bo and appear at my Of
fice, within the time prescribed by law, to shew
cause (if any they have,) why said letters should
not be granted.
Given under my hand at office, this 20th dav
of January, 1843.
JOHN 11. DYSON, c.c.o.
January 26. m6m 22
GEORGIA, ) Whereas, Hugh Ward, ap-
Wilkes county, j plies to me for letters of dis
mission aB Guardian, for Oliver A. Luckett.
These are, therefore, to cite, summon and ad
monish, all and singular the kindred and credit
-1 ore of said Minor, to be and appear at my of.
fice, within the time prescribed by law, to show
cause (if any they have,) why said letters should
not be granted.
Given under my hand at Office, this 13th day
of January, 1843.
JOHN H. DYSON, c. c. o.
January 19. mtim 21
GEORGIA, ) Whereas, Clark R. Jenkins
Wilkes County. 5 and Horace M. Jenkins, ad
ministrators with the will annexed, on the Estate
of Sterling Jenkins, deceased, apply to me for
letters of Dismission.
These are therefore to cite, summon, and ad
monish all and singular the kindred arid creditors
of said deceased, to be ami appear at my office
within the time prescribed by law, to shew can j,
(if any they have,) why said letters should not be
granted.
Given under my hand at Office, this 31st day
of October, 1842. ’ JOHN H. DYSON, c. c. o.
November 3. mfim 10
GEORGIA, l Wherein, James Harris ap-
Wilkes county. ( plies to me for Letters of Dis
mission as Guardian for Barbary J. Watkins,
Roxaiina Watkins, and Martha Watkins.
These are therefore to cite, Hummon, and ad.
monish, all and singular the kindred and creditors
oi said Minors, to bo and appear at my office
w ithin the time prescribed by law, to shew cause
(if any they have,) why said letters should not be
granted
Given under my hand at office, this 18th day of
January, 1843.
JOHN H. DYSON, c.ao.
January 19. nffiin 21
GEORGIA, ) Whereas, Philip T. Thornton,
Wilkes county. J Guardian of Lucinda Ham
monds and Barberry Ann Hammonds, applies to
me for Letters of Dismission.
These are therefore to cite, summon, and ad
monish, all and singular the kindred and credit
ors of said Miuors, to bo and appear at my office
within the time prescribed by law, to shew cause
(if any they have) why said letters should not
be granted.
Given under my hand at Office, this Ist day
of November, 1842.
JOHN H. DYSON, c. c. o.
November 3. m6m lit
months alter date, application will be,
made to the Honorable the Interior Court
of Elbert county, while sitting as a Court of Or
dinary, for leave to sell a part of the Negroes be,
longing to the estate of Larkin Clark, deceased.
ROBERT McMILLAN, Executor.
Elberton, January 4,1843. lift
months after date, application will b(
- made to the Honorable the Inferior Court
of Elbert county, when sitting as a Court of Or
dinary, for leave to sell all the Lands and Ne
groes belonging to the Estate of Zachariaii Bow
man, deceased, late of Elbert county.
JEREMIAH S. WARREN, AAp’r.
January 5,1843. m4m ‘
months after date, application wIM- v be
made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of.
Elbert county, when sitting as a Court of Ordi- I
nary, for leave to sell all the Lauds belonging to
the Estate of James Banks, Jr. deceased, late of
Eibert. county.
JEREMIAH S. WARREN, Adm’r.
on the real estate of James Banka, Jr.
deceased.
January 5, 1843. m4m 19
POLR months after date application will be
made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of
Wilkes county, while sitting for Ordinary pur
poses, for leave to sell two-thirds of a certain
Tract of Land lying in the counties of Warren
and Taliaferro, situated on the waters of Beaver
dam Creek, belonging to the minors of Joseph
W. Luckett, late of Wilkes county, deceased—
to-wit: Patrick 11. Luckett and Robert E. Luck.
etL HUGH WARD, Guardian.
January 5,1843. m4ra 19
FOUR months after date application will be
made to the Honorable the Inferior Court
of Elbert county, when sitting as a Court of Or
dinary, for leave to sell a part of the Negroes
belonging to the Estate of Middleton C. Upshaw,
deceased.
THOMAS J. HEARD, Adm’r.
Decembers, 1842. m4m 15
months after date, application will be
made to the Honorable ’lnferior Court of
Oglethorpe county, Georgia, while sitting as a
Court of Ordinary, for leave to sell ail the Ne
groes belonging to the Estate of Zachariaii Reid,
late of Oglethorpe county, deceased.
REBECCA REID, Adm’x.
LINDSAY H. SMITH, Adm’r.
January 26, 1843. m4m 22
Four mouths afterdate application will bo
made to the Honorable the Inferior Court
ot Elbert county, while sitting as a Court of
Ordinary, for leave to sell all the Lands and Ne
groes, belonging to the Estate of George Wyche,
deceased, late of Elbert county, this 29th De
cember, 1842.
AGATHA WYCHE, Adm’x. with the -
will annexed on the real ♦stale,
atsd Adm’xr on tho personal es
• tateof George Wyefre, deonased.
Jlißujry 5,1843. iu4m $9
