Transcriptions From The Bellefonte Courier
-Transcribed by Larry E. Caver, Jr.

April 11, 1839:

Died, at his residence, the Holston Paper Mill, in Grainger County, on the 
morning of the 23rd ultimo, David SHIELDS, Esquire. –Knoxville Register

The blood of another human being hangs on the skirts of North Tuscaloosa. 
On Wednesday evening last, Alfred RAY, much intoxicated, entered the store of 
Green H. STRONG and used insulting and abusive language towards him, 
whereupon STRONG beat him so severely that he died next day. STRONG has been 
arrested and discharged…-Tuscaloosa Intelligencer, 29th ultimo

The New Orleans Beacon contains a notice of another foul murder within the 
limits of our State, which was committed on the 4th February, in Butler County, 
by one John RABUN upon the body of Peter MARTIN, of that county, an aged and 
inoffensive man. The murderer has escaped …

State of Alabama, Jackson County, Orphan’s Court, April 2, 1839
Whereas William J. PRICE, administrator of the estate of Drury WOOD, late of 
said county, deceased, this day filed his report with the Judge of said 
court setting forth therein that said decedent’s estate is insolvent; It is 
therefore ordered by the court that publication be made in the Bellefonte Courier, 
printed in said county, once a month for six months, requiring all persons 
holding claims against said estate, to file them properly authenticated with 
the Judge of said court on or before the first Saturday in April 1840, that 
being the time appointed for final settlement and distribution of said estate. –
Moses JONES, Clerk, C.C.

Executrix’s Notice
The undersigned having on the 16th of January 1839, in the County of 
Jackson, Alabama, qualified as executrix of the last will and testament of Thomas W. 
SCOTT, deceased; hereby gives notice to all persons having claims against 
said decedent’s estate, to present them properly authenticated, within the time 
prescribed by law, being eighteen months from the said 16th of January 1839; 
otherwise they will be forever barred. Those indebted to the said estate 
will please make payment to me. –Nancy SCOTT

Administrator’s Notice
The undersigned having been appointed by the Honorable Judge of the County 
Court of Jackson County, administrator of the estate of Thomas THARP, 
deceased, all persons having claims against said decedent’s estate are hereby 
notified to present them duly authenticated within the time prescribed by law (18 
months) or they will be forever barred; those indebted will make payment 
without delay. –Joseph P. FRAZIER

Sheriff’s Sale
By virtue of an order to me directed from the County Court of Madison 
County, I will sell to the highest bidder in front of the Courthouse door, in the 
town of Bellefonte, on Monday, the 6th day of May next, the north half of the 
northwest quarter of Section 19 of Township 4 of Range 5 East, containing 
eighty acres, with the exception of the dower of the widow, or so much of said 
lands as will satisfy said order levied on as the property of John SMITH to 
satisfy said order in favor of Thomas B. MURPHY. –H. NORWOOD, Sheriff, March 
28, 1839

Sheriff’s Sale
Will be sold on the first Monday in April next, in front of the Courthouse 
door in the town of Bellefonte, a slave boy, named Willis, about twenty-two 
years of age; levied on as the property of Jacob VANZANT, to satisfy two 
executions in favor of C. STINNETT, and one in favor of John KENNEDY. –H.NORWOOD, 
Sheriff

Transcriptions From The Bellefonte Courier
April 11, 1839:

List of Letters remaining in the Post Office at Bellefonte, Ala., on the 
first day of April 1839, which if not taken out by the first of July next, will 
be sent to the General Post Office as dead letters.

ALLISON, William IVY, Maj. Randolph SMITH, William or Mary
ARNOLD, John ISBELL, Zachariah SMART, William
BRYANT, Randolph JUSTICE, John SMITH, James
BOWLING, Charles JOLLY, Robert STINNETT, John
BROWN, Jesse JOHNSON, Albert STRATTON, John
BYNUM, Isaac JENKINS, Nilton SKELTON, Dozier
BAKER, Daniel JONES, Lorenzo SANDERS, George
BUZBEE, Eli KIRBY, Milton STEEPLES, D.W.
BRYANT, Harwell M. KING, William M. SANDERS, Miss Deborah
BRYANT, John or Wm. KIRBY, Nathan SMALLY, Harrison 
COLLINS, Mrs. Anna KEETH, A.J. TUBBS, William
COWEN, Samuel M. KING, Isham TALLY, John F.
COALTER, James KIRBY, Richard TRAVIS, Robert
CAMPBELL, Thomas M. LOLLAR, A.K. TINNEY, Griffith
CHEEKS, John LONEY, William VERNON, James E.
COFFEE, L.M. LAMBERTSON, Wiley VANZANT, Jacob
COFFEE, W. Tate LUCUS, Daniel WHITE, Jonathan
COLLINS, Hugh LONGACRE, A.J. WANN, Edward
CRATS, John LATHAM, Jonathan WALTON, Henry
CULWER, Andrew B. MITCHELL, Bates WITT, Charles
CUMMINGHAM, J. &Co. McCOLOUGH, Alsey WELLBORN, Isaac
DANIEL, Col. James E. MILIKAN, Benjamin WALKER, Hamilton
DOREN, J.L. McCARTEY, James WANN, Robert
DERRICK, Isaac N. MASON, Dr. William YOUNG, Erven
DARWIN, John M. MITCHELL, John 
DOFFS, David MARTIN, N.M. 
DARWIN, John C. MALENY, William 
DEBOARD, Daniel MONTGOMERY, Milton
FRAZIER, A.G. McDOW, John
FRENCH, James M. MILLER, M.P.
FRENCH, Jessee MOORE, James
GIBSON, E.L. McDOWELL, John
GILLUM, Mr. MITCHELL, Jessee
GRANT, Hiram PARKER, Elizabeth
GILMORE, William PATTERSON, Widow
GENTRY, Joiner PROCTOR, William
GLASCOCK, Spencer ROGERS, John
GREEN, Miss Mary REESE, John K.
GENTRY, Hugh ROLLINGS, Joshua D.
GUNTER, William RUSSELL, A.J.
GILES, James RAINBOW, Samuel
HUGHES, E.W. ROBINSON, Mary
HICKS, Anderson STEPHENS, Ellis
HEATH, Thomas SMITH, Benjamin
HUDSON, John W. SANDERS, William or
HOUSTON, William Kinchen
HARRIS, William SELLERS, Young
HAYS, Isaac or Charles SUBLETT, Miss Lucinda
HAMPTON, Silas SHEPPARD, Mrs. Alvira 
HAMPTON, John STEBBS, William 
HOLDING, John W. STINNETT, Mason

-Submitted by William A. AUSTIN, P.M., Bellefonte, Ala., April 5th, 1839

State of Alabama, Jackson County, Orphan’s Court, April 8, 1839
Whereas Phillip D. SWINK, administrator of the estate of George SWINK, 
deceased, this day filed his petition with the Judge of the said court, setting 
forth therein that said decedent died seized and possessed of a title to the 
northwest fourth of the northwest fourth of Section 15, in Township 3, of Range 
5 East, containing thirty-nine and seventy-seven hundredth acres of land 
situated in said county, which has not yet been subject to sale. And prays said 
court that the same may be made subject to sale and sold as the law directs, 
in order to pay said decedent’s debts. And it appearing to the satisfaction 
of the court that Edwin SWINK and William SWINK, two of the legatees to said 
estate, resides beyond the limits of this State; It is therefore ordered by 
the court that citations issue to such of the heirs of the said decedent’s 
estate as resides within the limits of said State, and that publication be also 
made for forty days in the Bellefonte Courier, printed in said State, 
requiring all persons interested in said estate to be and appear before the Judge 
of said court at an Orphan’s Court to be holden at the Courthouse in the town 
of Bellefonte in said county, on the 25th day of May next, to show cause, if 
any they have or can, why a sale of said above mentioned land may not be 
decreed by said court, as in said petition set forth. –Moses JONES, Clerk, C.C.

State of Alabama, Jackson County, Orphan’s Court, January 25, 1839
This day Alexander RIDDLE and John R. COFFEY, administrators of the estate 
of Henry R. CAMRON, deceased, reported the estate of their intestate insolvent…

*NOTE: These items were transcribed from microfilm at the Huntsville Public 
Library, Huntsville, Ala.