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Timmons Cemetery, 89-1 Summary Report, page 30

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Address___ CASE INDEX TO RECORD DESCRIPTION Date of Letters------------------ Represented by Attorneys: Cise Nog3aH COUNTY. ALA. 1 ESTATE c??" WHERE RECORDEn | KimjQF BOOK 1 BUCK; NO. FAU* 1 Na | l(p/f 1 a/ ' ~r 7/7 T • < 11 If 77} 3 1 *. <1 •* fr /Jf '/ 't • 9 This 1860 probate court record index seems to show Margaret Finch as an “infant heir” of Hugh Finch, but the Margaret L. Finch who was aunt to William H. Timmons was born in the 1795- 1815 period, so she herself was definitely not an “infant” under 21 in 1860. Likewise, the others named in the index record were certainly over the age of 21 (not “infants”, legally), so whoever made the notation on the index record should have written “heirs”, rather than “infants”. Careful examination of the index shows that the probate court case was actually dealing with a lawsuit between Margaret L. Finch and others versus James Finch and others. Subsequent scrutiny of the actual papers used in the probate court proceedings provided the details of the lawsuit, involving a dispute over the ownership and sale of “a Negro woman slave known as Silva” and her children. The information in the papers supports the conclusion that Margaret and James (and others named in the papers) were in fact all direct descendants and heirs of an older (deceased) Finch - most likely Hugh. Information contained in Probate Minute Book 3 per the index reference shows that Hugh Finch resided in 30 - (2979)    

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