Ex Parte Sarah M. Stalvey
Albert D. Stalvey
Petition of Letters of Administration
In Re Estate of Isaiah Stalvey, deceased
To Hon. William E. Hardwick, Probate judge:
I. The petition of the above named petitioners respectfully shows: That on or about the 3rd day of April A.D. 1878, Isaiah Stalvey, late of this county and state aforesaid, departed this life intestate, leaving him surviving as his heirs at law and entitled to his estate your petitioners Sarah M. Stalvey, his widow, and 18 children, viz: Mrs. N.A. Jones, George Stalvey, Mrs. Eliza C. Stalvey, Mrs. K. R. Hucks, Mrs. Annie Clardy, Mrs. Martha A. Jones, Mrs. I.S. King, Mrs. A.E. Goldfinch, Prichard Stalvey, A.D. Stalvey, B.H. Stalvey, Georgie A. Stalvey, who are of age, and the following who are minors: Rutilla R., Wilson S., Archie B., Mary W., John W.K., and Wade Hampton Stalvey. (1-9-1886, under guardianship of A. D. Stalvey, released 1885.
II. That said intestate was possedsed, at the time of his death, of personal estete of the probably value of between four hundred dollars and five hundred dollars.
III. That there has been no administration upon the estate of said intestate. Wherefore your petitions pray that, after the publication of the legal citation as required by law, letters of administration upon the estate of said Isaiah Stalvey, deceased, be granted unto your, petitioners. And your petitioners will ever pray etc.
Johnson andQuattlebaum
Attys. pro Petitioners
Sept. 27th, 1885
A. D. Stalvey, one of the petitioners above named being duly sworn says that the foregoing petition is true of his own knowledge, except as, to the matters therein stated on information or belief, and as to those matters he believes the same to be true.
A true and perfect inventory and just appraisement of all and singular the goods and chattles, sights and credits belonging to the Estate of Isaiah Stalvey deceased late of Socastee. County of Horry and state of South Carolina to wit.
| 1 hand mill, round top | $ 5.00 |
| 1 hand mill, flat top | 5.00 |
| 1 corner cupboard | 3.00 |
| 1 covered box hinges broken | .05 |
| 1 tin 4 gal saw withoutcover | .05 |
| 1 sugar bucket without pail | .15 |
| 2 wooden piggins | .20 |
| 1 bread tray | .25 |
| 2 yellow earthen bowls | .50 |
| 2 dishes one round one flat | .60 |
| 3 plates | .25 |
| 1 molasses pot tin | .05 |
| 1 pine dining table | 1.00 |
| 1 stone jar with cover | .50 |
| 1 spinning wheel | 2.00 |
| 2 country made chairs | .50 |
| 1 lancet | .50 |
| 4 four gallon jug | .50 |
| 1 three gallon jug broken | .05 |
| 1 three gallon jug | .20 |
| one qt. jug | .05 |
| 1 one funnel | .05 |
| 1 mollasses Bbl. | .50 |
| 1 loom and (site?) of loom harness | 2.00 |
| 1 long bench (pine) | .15 |
| 3 hives of bees @1.50 | 4.50 |
| 2 nut trays | 1.00 |
| 2 old pork barrels | .40 |
| 1 grape grinder | .10 |
| 1 pot 3/4 bushel | 1.00 |
| 1 oven broken | .25 |
| 1 oven without cover | .50 |
| 1 old grindstone | .10 |
| 2 pieces old iron at mill | .75 |
| 1 flat sugar pan broken in garden | 3.00 |
| 1 molasses scuttle #1 in furnace | 2.00 |
| 1 molasses scuttle #2 in furnace | 10.00 |
| 1 cain mill and fixterris | 30.00 |
| 1 jug under shed | .10 |
| 1 cider press frame | .10 |
| 1 pr broken cast wheels | 5.00 |
| 1 horse cart wood axles | 8.00 |
| 1 roller for planting rice | .25 |
| 1 old cotton plow | .50 |
| 1 lot of old iron and springs | .50 |
| 1 rice mortar and 4 pessels | 1.00 |
| 3 old hoes and one shovel | .25 |
| 2 pitch forks | .25 |
| 1 lot of harness wood and iron | 1.00 |
| 1 ox yoke | .10 |
| 1 monkey wrench | .50 |
| 3 augers one compass and t square | .50 |
| 1 oak barrel as barn | .25 |
| 4 pine bedsteads hand made | 4.00 |
| 3 wool matresses | 15.00 |
| 2 feather beds | 6.00 |
| 4 feather pillows | 2.00 |
| 2 wool bowlsters | 1.00 |
| 6 quilts | 9.00 |
| 1 sideboard or slab | 2.00 |
| 1 clock | .50 |
| 1 omaer hand lamp | .15 |
| 3 vol Bensons commantarys | 5.00 |
| 2 vol fletchers clercks | 2.00 |
| 2 old family bibles | 1.00 |
| 1 Life of Christ | 1.00 |
| 1 Bible looking glass | 2.00 |
| 1 Watsons dictionary | .50 |
| 1 Wesleys sermons | .50 |
| 12 other books | 2.00 |
| 1 old trunk | .25 |
| 1 wash stand | .50 |
| 1 cow bell | .25 |
| 1 white ox named Toni | 15.00 |
| 2 cows and two calves | 25.00 |
| 3 cows and three calves at Pritchards | 37.50 |
| 4 heifers 2 years old | 20.00 |
| 1 steer 2 years old | 5.00 |
| 1 bull 2 years old | 5.00 |
| 1 old white bull | 10.00 |
| 6 dry cows | 60.00 |
| 3 steers 3 years old | 30.00 |
| 1 larger red steer | 16.00 |
| 2 three year old heifers in woods | 20.00 |
| 1 Bar mare Kate | 50.00 |
| 1 Bay mare colt | 50.00 |
| 78 head of sheep in woods | 78.00 |
| 4 head of hogs | 14.00 |
| $585.15 | |
| Less error on one calf at Pritchards | 3.00 |
| $582.15 |
