Parker v Baxter

 

FamilySearch. Davidson County, TN. 1875.

The chancery case files involving the estate of Thomas Crutcher is the case that keeps giving. In October 1874, more heirs descending from Elizabeth Curtis Crutcher, sister-in-law of Thomas through his brother Anthony, filed a petition in the chancery court in Nashville. These documents fill in the gaps on the extended family. The first group of pages are a set of depositions with Virginia Earhart Taylor, daughter of Elizabeth Crutcher Earhart. She provides testimony on the whereabouts of her cousins. She says Elizabeth Virginia Maxey left one son, Albert R. Munn, who died in Coles County, Illinois. She had no living children in 1874. Munn was to receive $978.00.

The 1874 petition was filed on behalf of Frances Parker and cousins against the clerk of court Baxter, 30 years after the death of Thomas Crutcher. Once again, FamilySearch Full Text Search was the key to locating this file. Frances Parker stated that the share owed to Mary Crutcher Maxey was still in the hands of the clerk of court, Mary was deceased, and so her share should pass to the other heirs.

According to the petition, Frances was owed one fourth of the share. Mary Maxey's heirs were owed a fourth, The heirs of Martha Osborne were due to split one fourth, the heirs of Elizabeth Earhart were due one fourth, and Sarah Rogers was due one fourth.