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County of Lavaca To the district justice of Lavaca County. ---- respectfully shows the following property as an inventory of all the community property owned and purchased at the time of the death of his wife Thursy Arnold, to wit,

- 200 acres of land lying in
- Lavaca Co. on the waters
- of Rockey value $1000.00
- 200 head of cattle 1400.00
- 9 head of horses 270.00
- 75 head of hogs 100.00

The above being all the property and the land is particularly known as in hand in a deed from B. K. Pain to J. B. Arnold dated July 10 1849 except (seventy acres) - also in hand in a deed from William Smothers to said Arnold bearing date 28 Jan 1852. both of the said deeds are present in the clerks office of the county court of Lavaca County
January 30 1860 J. B. Arnold by
Harris & Associates his atty


Sworn to and Subscribed his
before me this 30th day J. B. Arnold
of January 1860 mark
B. B. Walker C. J. L. C.


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County Clerk's office
Lavaca Co., Texas

The State of Texas
County of Lavaca

We the appointed appraisers Cornelius Simpson, M. B. Bennett & R. L. Elkins appointed at the Jan term 1860 the
probate court of Lavaca County to appraise the community property shown us by J. B. Arnold or the community property owned by him & wife at the death of the wife of the said Arnold, to wit

- 200 acres of land lying in Lavaca Co.
- on the waters of Rocky Creek appraised by us at $1500.00
-- 200 head of cattle appraised by us at 1400.00
- 9 head of horses appraised by us at 270.00
- 75 head of hogs appraised by us at 100.00


The State of Texas
County of Lavaca

We the above named appraisers after being duly sworn report the above as a true appraisement of the above property shown us being sworn are bound this the 31st day of January 1860

Subscribed and sworn to by M B Bennett
the above named appraisers this the 31st R L Elkins
day of January 1860. C Simpson
Josiah Dowling Clk Appraisers
By J. J. Foster Dep.
 

 

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