Page 63,County Clerk's office, Lavaca County, Texas The State of Texas, County of Lavaca, Probate Court, January Term 1866
To The Honorable Isham Sims Chief Justice of Lavaca County. Your petitioner M. B. Bennet a citizen of the County of Lavaca and State aforesaid would respectfully represent to your Honor that J. B. Arnold a citizen of Said State and county departed this life some time in the Spring of the year 1866 leaving a considerable amount of property consisting in land & ests. Petitioner further represents that there is no Administration of said estate and that he is a creditor of the said J. B. Arnold. Wherefore he prays that he may be appointed Adm of said estate and in duty bound will ever pray as McLean & Tate, Attys for Petitioner
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