Georgia, Bartow County.

To all whom it may concern:

W. R. Ward and R. I. Battle have in the usual form applied to the undersigned for permanent letters of administration on the estate of Samuel Ward, late of said county, deceased, and I will pass upon said application on the First Monday in September next.  This fifth July, 1887.

J. A. Howard, Ordinary.

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The Courant American
December 1, 1887, page 2

Administrator’s Sale.
Georgia, Bartow County:

By virtue of an order from the Court of Ordinary of Bartow county, will be sold on the first Tuesday in January 1888, at the court house door in Cartersville, in said county, between the legal sale hours, the tract of land in said county whereon Samuel Ward resided at the time of his death, containing 150 acres more or less, and being parts of lots Nos. 243 and 262, in the 5th district and 3rd section of said county of Bartow, to-wit: 50 acres, more or less, off northwest corner of lot No. 243, and all of lot No. 262 except 33 acres, more or less, on the east side, and 27 acres, more or less, in southwest corner of said lot.  About 90 acres cleared, balance well timbered.  Some running water on the place; improvements inferior. Sold as the property of the estate of said Samuel Ward, deceased, for the payment of debts and distribution.  Terms cash.  This 23d November, 1887.

R. I. Battle, Adm’r Sam’l Ward, dec’d.