• "Bennet Taylor Administration".

• Category: Original

A photocopy of the original record is found in the book "The Bennet Taylor Family", by James Clifton Winfrey, Littleton, 1980

• Text: Know all Men by the Presents: that we Nancy Ann Taylor, William S. Peabody and John D. Brown
  of the County of Christian and State of Illinois, are held and firmly bound, unto the People of the State
  of Illinois in the penal sum of five hundred Dollars, current
  money of the United States which payment well and truly to be made, and performed we and each of us bind
  ourselves, our heirs, executors, and administrators and assigns jointly, severally and firmly by these presents.
  
  Witness, our hands and our seals, this 22nd day of March A.D. 1853
  
  The condition of the above obligation is such, That if the said
  adminstratrisc Nancy Ann Taylor of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits
  of Bennet Taylor deceased, do make, or cause to
  be made, a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the goods and chattels, rights and credits of
  the said deceased, which shall come to the hands, possession, or knowledge, of his. The said
  Nancy Ann Taylor as such administratrix?
  or to the hands of any other person or persons for her, and the same so made
  do exhibit, or cause to be exhibited, in the County Court, for the said County of Christian agreeably
  to law; and such goods and chattels, rights and credits, do well and truly administrator according to law
  and all the rest of said goods and chattels, rights and credits, which shall be found remaining upon the account
  of the said administratrix, the same being first examined and allowed by the said
  County Court shall deliver and pay unto such person or persons, respectively, as may be legally entitled thereto
  and further do make a just and and true account of all his actings and doings therein, when thereunto
  required by said Court; and if shall thereafter appear that any last will and testament was made by the deceased
  and the same be proved in Court, and letters testamentry or of administration be obtained thereon and the ?
  Nancy Ann Taylor do, in such case, on being required thereto, render and deliver up the letters of administration granted to her
  as aforesaid; and shall in general do and perform all other acts which may at any time be required of
  her by law, then this obligation to be void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue
  Taken signed and sealed before me, this
  22 day of March 1853
  J. P. Baney Clerk
  
  Nancy Ann Taylor
  X mark
  
  John D. Brown
  
  William S. Peabody