Public Notices
Public Notices
as published in the Newspapers
These are usually notices of estate settlements after someone's death and were required by law to be posted in the newspaper. If someone is listed here, there is probably an estate settlement case on file in the courthouse for that person. Estate settlements usually name the heirs and can be good sources of information. They can also be quite expensive to get copies of. I paid Cumberland county $25 for an estate settlement of close to 30 pages that consisted mostly of bills my guy owed and monies that were owed to him. However, the Jasper County settlement papers for my ggg-gf Ellis Hicks (who died intestate) were a virtual goldmine of info giving his children's names and the names of his orphaned grandkids.
Listed here are Adminstrator's Notices, In Chancery to Divorce Notices, and Bills to Foreclose Notices. All items were published in the Coles County Courier unless otherwise noted.
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Administrator's/Executor's/Administratix/ Settlement Notices |
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Date Published |
Estate of .... |
Administrator |
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20 Mar 1847 2 |
Joseph Bright |
Levi P. Decuis |
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20 Mar 1847 2 |
Robert Bed (?) |
S.W. Quinn |
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20 Mar 1847 2 |
Johnson & Elizabeth Bright |
Wm. M. Owen |
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4 Sep 18472 |
Isaac Hedges |
Sam'l Quinn (Notice to sell real estate) |
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18 Mar 18482 |
Geo. Smith |
Susannah Smith |
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18 Mar 18482 |
James Patterson |
Allen Patterson |
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18 Mar 18482 |
Ichabod Radley |
Amos Bain |
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8 Apr 18482 |
John Bresler |
John Fettener |
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2 Jun 1849 1 |
Caleb L. Beals |
Eunice Beals |
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17 Feb 1858 |
Prairia Clay |
William Scoff (?) |
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17 Feb 1858 |
Edward S. Gardner |
Seth Starbuck |
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17 Feb 1858 |
Elijah Cummins |
Sophiah Cummins |
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17 Feb 1858 |
Samuel Layton |
Sarah Layton |
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Mortgage Foreclosures, Sheriff Sales & Misc. Chancery Notices |
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Type |
Date Published |
Info.... |
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Bill to foreclose Mortgage |
10 Apr 1844 |
Stephen Sergeant vs. John Waldrop and Beni White |
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Bill to foreclose Mortgage |
17 Apr 1846 3 |
Samuel M. James vs. James Kidwell, Ezra W. Smith, Horace Button, Oliver H. Perry and R. Spring. |
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Notice to sell Real Estate |
18 Mar 1848 2 |
Wm. M. Owens, adm'r of Johnson Bright, dec'd vs. the heirs of said deceased. Notice is hereby given to Jas. McGaha and Adeline McGaha, Marion Wright and Sarah Wright, Wm. Bright, H?? Bright, Minerva Bright and Marion Bright, heirs at law... |
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Petition to sell Real Estate |
18 Mar 1848 2 |
Application to sell real estate of James Allison, deceased by J. D. Gordon, adm'r |
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Writs of Attachment |
31 Mar 1849 1 |
Walter McDowel vs. Decatur Hamblin Adison Barbour vs. Decatur Hamblin Samuel W. Quinn vs. Wm. J. Hart John Shoop vs. Wm. J. Hart |
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Bill for Divorce |
17 Feb 1858 1 |
Elizabeth Snodgrass vs. Brinkley M. Snodgrass |
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Petition for Partition |
17 Feb 1858 |
Samuel W. Quinn vs. Wm. Spoon, Nancy Spoon, Christian Brill, Daivd Carson, Elizabeth Carson, Dacea Amelia Spoon, Nancy Price and Wm. A. Price |
Source:
#1 - Charleston Courier, Coles County
#2 - Illinois Globe
#3 - The Republican, Coles County