Recorded in Book 6 of Probate Minutes- Page 325
compiled & contributed by: Lisa Graham (Lisa Graham32@aol.com) April 2004
State of Alabama
Covington Co.
I, LULA BARNES CLARK, do solemnly swear that I am the mother of HOMER BARNES
and have the custody of Homer Barnes and the said Homer Barnes is only seventeen
years of age and has no means of support and he is dependent on me and there
is a certain sum of money in the hands of the Judge of Probate of Covington County,
Ala., belonging to the said Homer Barnes, said amount having been paid into the
Probate Court by the Circuit Clerk of Covington County, Alabama, and the said
Homer Barnes is now in destitute and necessitous circumstances and is in need
of his money for his support, maintenance and education, and said amount paid
into the Probate Court on the 4th day of February, 1929, by the Circuit Clerk
was $54.17 and on March the 27th, 1929, I requested the Probate Judge to pay
to Homer Barnes $5.00 of the above amount in order for Homer to buy for himself
one pair of shoes and said amount having been on savings account, there has accumulated
a few cents interest and after deducting the Five dollars paid to Homer Barnes
and eighty two cents paid to the Probate Court, as his commission for handling
this matter, there remains to the credit of Homer Barnes $48.63, which amount
is in the hands of the Probate Judge of Covington County, Ala. and I, as the
MOTHER and custodian of HOMER BARNES do hereby request H. J. Brogden, Judge of
Probate, to pay to me the said $48.63 as the mother of said Homer Barnes, for
the support and education of the said Homer Barnes.
X signed Lula Barnes Clark
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 7th day of May 1929. H. J. Brogden,
Judge of Probate.
State of Alabama
Covington County
I, H. J. Brogden, Judge of Probate, in and for the said County, in said State,
after reading the affidavit of Mrs. Lula Barnes Clark, who is known to me, to
be the mother and to have custody of Homer Barnes, a minor, and believeing it
to be the best interest of Homer Barnes to pay to his mother, Mrs. Lula Barnes
Clark, the above named sum of $48.63, which is the estate of Homer Barnes, and
believing that Mrs. Lula Barnes Clark is a suitable person to handle said money
to the best interest of said minor, it is ordered and adjudged by the Court and
it is the judgment and order of the Court that the above named $48.63, which
is all that is deposited in this Court at this time, to the credit of Homer Barnes,
be paid to his mother, Mrs. Lula Barnes Clark.
Witness my hand this the 7th day of May, 1929.
H.J. Brogden, Judge of Probate.
State of Alabama
Covington County
I, Lula Barnes Clark, do hereby certify that I am the mother of and have the
custody and control of Homer Barnes, a minor about seventeen years of age, and
I further certify that I requested the Court on the 27th day of March, 1929 to
pay Homer Barnes $5.00 to buy him a pair of shoes, which transaction I requested
and hereby receipt for in full, and I further certify that I have this day received
of H. J. Brogden, Judge of Probate, of Covington County, Ala. $48.63, for Homer
Barnes, a minor which is all the money that the said H. J. Brogden, as Judge
of Probate has in his custody for the said Homer Barnes, and I hereby receipt
him in full, as I have received all the money that is due the said Homer Barnes
by the said Judge of Probate of said Covington County, Ala.
Given under my hand and seal this 7th day of May, 1929
X Lula Barnes Clark
Recorded in Book 6 of Probate Minutes, and examined. H.J. Brogden, Judge of Probate.
Notes:
Lula Brogden married H. Leonard Barnes in Covington Co. AL. ~~Homer was their
son.
Leonard Barnes was shot dead in 1915 at a picnic.
H.L.(Leonard) Barnes - Feb. 24, 1890 - July 3, 1915 & Lula Barnes Feb. 24,1883
- Dec. 19, 1943
are buried together in Oak Grove Cemetery in Covington Co.
Lula Barnes remarried Jim Clark on Sept. 15th 1920 in Covington Co.
compiled & contributed by: Lisa Graham (Lisa Graham32@aol.com) April 2004
Page 483 VOLUME 13 April, 1944
Sellers Barnes (Deceased)
1st National Bank of Opp Administrator of said Estate. (Heirs given)
(Petition For Final Settlement)
STATE OF ALABAMA
COVINGTON COUNTY IN THE PROBATE COURT
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SELLERS BARNES, DECEASED,
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OPP, ADMINISTRATOR
TO HONORABLE H.J. BROGDEN, JUDGE OF SAID COURT:
Comes the First National Bank of Opp, Administrator of the Estate of Sellers
Barnes, Deceased, and makes its reports in writing under oath, for a final settlement
of said estate.
The HEIRS and distributees and their residences, so far as your petitioner is
informed and believes, are as follows:
1. WILL Barnes, Deceased, a brother who died shortly after the death of Sellers
Barnes. the names of his children being to the petitioner unknown and their place
of residence being unknown.
2. WILLIS Barnes, a brother, who resides at Chapman in Butler County, Alabama,
who is over the age of 21 years of age.
3. Mrs. Morning REED, a sister, who resides at Tallassee Alabama, and who is
over the age of twenty-one.
4. Henry Barnes, deceased, a brother who lived in the State of Florida at the
time of his death and whose children, ages, and places of residence is to the
petitioner unknown.
5. Plassedia Jackson, a sister, over twenty-one years of age and who resides
at R#1 Pigeon Creek. Alabama, in the County of Butler.
6. Mrs. Veslie Jackson, Deceased, a sister, who resides at Tallassee, Alabama,
and whose children are to the petitioner unknown, who ages and addresses unknown.
7. Beulah Barnes, his WIDOW, Red Level, ALA. Over 21 years of age.
The assets which have come into the possession of your petitioner are particularly
specified in the following account to wit:
Debits:
August 25, 1943, Cash received from former Guardian ...$1332.96
The following United States Savings Bonds were also received from a former guardian
of the estate of said Sellers Barnes, said bonds being the property of the said
estate, to wit :
Serial Number Date Purchased Maturity Value
******* Nov. 01, 1947 $2800.00 (total from 6 Bonds from same Date)
Credits
October 1, 1943, Voucher No. 2331, Mizell Insurance Agency Premium Bond $36.00
Cash on Hand belonging to Estate..... $1296.98
Petitioner avers that it has not used any part of the of the funds, or other
property, of the estate of said decedent for its own use and benefit.
The premises considered, your petitioner prays that a day be appointed for a
settlement of said administration, and that notice thereof be given by law; that
a guardian ad litem be appointed by your Honor to represent the interest of any
of the heirs who may be minors and who are unknown to petitioner, and that upon
such hearing your honor will state said account and render a decree passing the
same as stated: that your Honor will also ascertain and determine the distributive
share of any and all heirs or distributees of said Estate and enter orders ordering
final distribution of the same.
Ralph A. Clark - Attorney for Petitioner
Filed April 1, 1944 H.J. Brogden, Judge Of Probate
Covington County A lArchives History .....
Circuit Court No. 641 January 26 1906
compiled & contributed by: Lisa Graham (Lisa Graham32@aol.com) April 2004
No. 641
The State of Alabama
Covington County Circuit Court
The State VS. William Carpenter
Charge- Trespassing State Trial Docket B Page 62, Final Record C page 53, Fee
Book - B page 21
FALL TERM 1905
The State of Alabama Covington County, Circuit Court
The GRAND JURY of said County charge that before the finding of this indictment,
WILL CARPENTER, without legal cause or good excuse, entered on the premises
of
the Miller Brent Lumber Company, a private Corporation, incorporated under
the
laws of Alabama after having been warned, within six months preceding, not
to
do so.
Against the Peace and dignity of the State of Alabama E.R. Brannen Pro-Term
Solicitor of the 12th Judicial Circuit
compiled & contributed by: Lisa Graham (Lisa Graham32@aol.com) April 2004
Gus Carpenter- Vagrancy
No. 749
The State of Alabama, Covington County
The City Court of Andalusia
The State vs. Gus Carpenter
Charge- Vagrancy
State Trial Docket-2 Page 97, Final Record- 2 page 274,
Fee Book 3 Page 334
(At the Moment the INDEX books have been misplaced in the basement or somewhere
in the Courthouse)
May 3, 1909
The City Court Of Andalusia, The State of Alabama, Covington Co.
Before me W. H. Jones, Clerk Circuit Court and Ex- Office Clerk of the City
of Andalusia, in and for said State and County, personally appeared ORIE CARPENTER,
who, being by me duly sworn; doth depose and say that he/she has probable cause
for believing, and doth believe that in said County, and within twelve months
before making this affidavit that GUS CARPENTER, being an able-bodied person,
did abandon his wife and child (ren) either of them, without just cause, leaving
her or them without sufficient means of subsistence, or in danger of becoming
a public charge, against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.
ORIE CARPENTER X (her Mark)
Sworn to & subscribed before me on this the 14th day of November 1908.
W.H. Jones Clerk.
Against the Peace and dignity of the State of Alabama E.R. Brannen Pro-Term
Solicitor of the 12th Judicial Circuit
The City Court of Andulasia
THE STATE VS. GUS CARPENTER, defendant
Affidavit Charge: Vagrancy
State Witnesses: Orie CARPENTER
George Reeves, Lewis Thrower, Richard Grantham, B.F. Mills,
CARY CARPENTER swore don't know where he lives. (written in pencil)
Note: Cary C. Carpenter was Gus's Father.
Filed 3 day of May 1909
W.H. Jones, Clerk
Received in office Nov. 14, 1908 W. J. Prestwood
Executed this 1st day of May 1909 by arresting the defendant and commiting
him to JAIL.
W.J. Prestwood Sheriff
J.N. Jernigan Deputy Sheriff
Warrant of Arrest.
The City Court of Andalusia
The State of Alabama, Covington County, Warrant of Arrest
To any Sheriff of the state of Alabama-Greeting:
You are gereby commanded commanded to arrest GUS CARPENTER
and bring him before the City Court of Andalusia at once, to answer the
State of Alabama of the Charge of
A Charge of Vagrancy. Preferred by ORIE CARPENTER, provided, you may release
the Defendant upon the execution of a Bond in due form, with sufficient securities,
to be approved by you and conditioned accprding to law, for his appearance
at the next term of the City Court of Andalusia, and from term to Term until
discharged by law, to answer to said charge, said bond to be the sum of $------
(blank)
Witness, W. H. Jones, Clerk of City Court of Andalusia, This the 14th day of
November, A.D. 1908 W.H. Jones... Clerk
2nd page
The State of Alabama, Covington Co. The City Court of Andalusia
The State VS. GUS CARPENTER
Sheriff's Appearance Bond, with Waiver
Sureties- Gus Carpenter Amount $200.00
We, GUS Carpenter, C.C. (Cary C.) Carpenter & B.F. Mills agree to pay
The State of AL. TWO HUNDRED Dollars, unless Gus Carpenter appears
at the next term of the City Court of Andalusia, said County, convening not
less than ten days hereafter, and from day to day, and from term to term,
Thereafter, until discharge by due course of Law, to answer A CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
against HIM. In said Court, for the offense of Vagrancy- and we, and each of
us hereby waive all rights of claims of exemption we or either of us have now
or may have hereafter have, under the Constitution and Laws of the State of
Alabama. We hereby severally
certify that we have Property Free from all incumbrance, to the full amount
of
the above Bond.
Witness our hands & seals, this 2 Day of May 1909 W.J. Prestwood , Sheriff
Gus Carpenter (L.S.) his X
C.C. Carpenter (L.S.)
B.F. Mills (L.S.)
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