Estate of Sion B. Dickson

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Abstract made by an unknown abstractor about 1890 from original records of   
Pike County, Arkansas and recorded in Abstract of Title Book Prior to 1890   
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Probate Book 1 page 82. July 28th 1856. John Dickson administrator of the    
estate of Sion B. Dickson this day exhibited and filed his petition and      
affidavit in this Court alleging that the said Sion B. Dickson deceased was  
seized and possessed in his own right at the time of his death, a certain    
real estate in Pike County, Arkansas and known as the East 1/2 (of the)      
Southwest quarter (of) Section 32, Township 8, Range 25. That said land      
cannot under present circumstances be available to the estate; that said     
estate will be benefitted (from the) sale thereof because of the low price   
of the public lands, preemption rights &c., that land cannot be rented upon  
advantageous terms; that the money for which the land can be sold put at 10  
per cent interest will yield to said estate and the persons interested       
therein more money than the increased value of said land. Affidavit of David 
Huddleston a citizen of Pike County and a disinterested person presented     
certifying the same facts set forth in said petition &c. Court orders that   
the said John Dickson administrator of the Estate of Sion B. Dickson         
deceased proceed to sell and sell at the Court House door in Murfreesboro,   
Pike County, Arkansas on the 6th day of October 1856, all the right claim    
&c. of said decedent in and to the East 1/2 (of the) Southwest quarter (of)  
Section 32, Township 8, Range 25 in Pike County, Arkansas on a credit of     
twelve months from the day of sale with bond and approved security for the   
payment of the purchase money. To report at next term of this Court. Probate 
Book 1 page 115. October Term 1856. Administrator John Dickson reports to    
the Court that at the last term of this Court a mistake was made in the      
proceedings relative to the description of said Real estate; that the        
description should be the West half (of the) Northwest quarter, Section 32,  
Township 8, Range 25. Court orders that said tract be sold. Probate Book 1   
page 170. April Term 1858. Administrator reports sale of said real estate    
to Thomas J. Conway for $241, he being the highest and best bidder therefor. 
Report supported by affidavit that he (John Dickson) did in all things       
comply with the decree of said Court. Report filed. Probate Book 1 page 191. 
Administrator makes final settlement and the same is in all things confirmed 
and the administrator discharged when he files with the clerk the receipt of 
guardians of minor heirs for balance due them. Probate Book 1 page 304.      
April Term 1859. Administrator is discharged. Settlement complete.           
Confirmed.                                                                   
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Abstract of Title Book Prior to 1890, page 302.                              
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