Administration of the estate

Source: FamilySearch. Tennessee Probate Court Books.

This document is from the Tennessee Probate Court Books for Jefferson County, Tennessee, showing Richard Thornhill appointed on 5 November 1866 as the administrator of the estate of John A. Thornhill, his nephew. I've covered the story of Captain Thornhill quite extensively on the blog in the past. As a recap, he was murdered by men of his own company in the 9th Tennessee Cavalry, Union Army on 24 June 1865. Multiple cases after his death wound their way up to the Tennessee Supreme Court and ultimately, the US Supreme Court.

I don't think I had posted this document before, so for completeness in the file on Thornhill I am adding it here. One of these days, I'll put all of this material into a combined form.

There probably wasn't much in Captain Thornhill's estate for his uncle to manage. Perhaps this was filed in the event of recovery from the various court cases and the petition for a pension submitted by John's mother Mary Gass Thornhill.