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Folio, 8" x 12-1/2." [6], [1 blank], [1-docketed] pp. Blue paper with pink ribbon at head. Entirely in ink manuscript. Old folds, some short splits at fold edges [repaired with archival tape]. Written entirely in a single hand. Docketed on final page: "Upson Supr. Court, May Term 1858, David B. Parmer et al. vs. Jno. B. Kendall, David Kendall. Bill for Discovery & Relief", with proof of service signed by E.H. Harvey, Deputy Sheriff, of Talbot County, April 3, 1858. Elbridge Cabaniss, Judge of the Flint Circuit Court, Upson County, Georgia, heard the case. The case was filed by the Goode law firm on behalf of David, Joseph, and William Parmer against David and John Kendall. Very Good. Susannah Anders Kendall died intestate in 1855, leaving as heirs David L. Kendall, her son; and the heirs of deceased daughters, Susan Polley Kendall Parmer [1792-1820] and Martha Kendall Parmer Williams. John B. Kendall, son of David L. Kendall, was appointed the Estate's Administrator. The document accused Administrator Kendall of "fraudulently and wrongfully continuing & confederating with said David [Kendall] to defraud" the estate. He "refused to collect from said David Kendall anything but a very small portion of what said David owes to, and is justly indebted to said estate." David Kendall had enjoyed the services of "a negro man named Dave" for "twenty years or more. . . average value for hire of one hundred dollars per year during said term year" and the "services of another negro man named Jack, of the average value per year for hire of one hundred & fifty dollars, in his farm for five or six years preceding the death of said Susanna, both said negros & said moneys charged as aforesaid to have been used & received by said David being the property of said deceased to which she was rightfully entitled. The deceased, Susannah Fluker Anders Kendall [1769-1855], was the widow of Jeremiah Kendall [1760-1802] and mother of two children. Her son, Dr. David Lane Kendall [1790-1860] was a physician. David's son, John Brewer Kendall [1823-1863], was a physician and veteran of Company G, Georgia 18th Regiment, C.S.A. Her daughter was Susan Polley Kendall Parmer [1792-1820]. Susan's sons were David Bradley Parmer [1814-1874], a lawyer; Joseph Milton Parmer [1808-1862], a farmer; and William Kendall Parmer [1816-1886], a farmer; all three living in Alabama. Other heirs mentioned are Susan's daughter, Susannah M. [Kendall-Parmer] Walker [1810-1858]; and the children of Susan's deceased daughter, Martha B. Williamson [1812-1838]. [Websites of Ancestry and Fold3.] Thomas Whitfield Goode [1802-1859] and his son, Charles Thomas Goode [1835-1875], were Georgia lawyers. Charles served as Captain of Houston County Georgia Volunteers in 1860; Major of 11th Georgia Infantry Regiment from 1861-62; Major of 19th Georgia Cavalry Battalion in 1862; Colonel of 10th Confederate Cavalry from 1862-64, during which time he was wounded in Battle of Chickamauga in 1863; retired from the army in 1864, and went on to become a Georgia State Representative. ["Death of Col. Charles T. Goode," The Atlanta Constitution, Jan. 16, 1875, p.2.] Joel Matthews [1808-1892] of Macon County, Georgia, served as clerk of the Superior Court, County Commissioner and Revenue Assessor. [Obituary, The Weekly Telegraph, Macon, Georgia, May 11, 1892, p.6.] Edward Hamilton Harvey [1809-1883] served alternately as sheriff and deputy sheriff of Talbot County, Georgia, from approximately 1851-1863, and was the proprietor of Harvey Hotel for many years. ["A Rockaway in Talbot, Travels in an Old Georgia County", by William H. Davidson, accessed at website of findagrave.] Elbridge G. Cabaniss [1802-1872] was Judge of the Flint Circuit Court of Georgia for four years; Clerk of the Superior Court and Ordinary of Monroe County for many years; Clerk of the House of Representatives of Georgia in 1840; Confederate States Tax Collector for Georgia during the war; Trustee of Mercer University; Chairman of the S.
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