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From: Carroll County, Mississippi Estate Records 1840-1869 with Freedmen Apprenticeships, compiled by Betty C. Wiltshire
page 42
Will of Thomas Dent, 1844
(Husband of Mazy Beall)
Aug 1844 , Carroll County, Mississippi
from: Carroll County, Mississippi Abstracts, Wills 1834-1875 Divorces 1857-1875, compiled by Betty Couch Wiltshire (Dallas Public Library, 929.37626) p22
Thomas Dent
wife -- Mag Dent [sic] (Mazeah Dent)
Brother -- Wallin [sic] C Dent (father of Malcolm Dent) (Walter C Dent)
Bequeat hs to heirs of Harriet Beall, heirs of Walter Dent, Chloe S. Beall, Amelia S. Johnson, Nancy T. Beall, Louisa Harty, Phella B. Hughes and Otho B. Dent (all children of Walter C Dent)
Executors -- Russell G Beall and Otho B Dent Witness -- Francis Harrell
(Dated) 23 Apr 1836
Probated -- Aug 1844
(Will Book A, page 44)
Italics are for clarification and not in sited reference. Appears that at time will was written that Harriet Dent Beall, daughter of Walter C. Dent and wife of Otho Beall, had died and that Walter Dent, son of Walter C. Dent and husband of Martha Peyton (Beall) Beall, had also died, both leaving heirs. Son Malcolm Dent had died, but left no heirs. Thomas Dent and Walter C Dent married sisters, Mazeah and Anna Dent, daughters of Thaddeus and Amelia Beall.
Thomas Dent and wife, Maezah Beall Dent had no children. Walter C Dent and Thomas Dent married sisters, Anna Beall and Maezah Beall.
When Thomas died 1844 (estate records in Dec 1844 and May of 1849 do not mention wife) he left his estate to the children of Walter C Dent. The heirs of Harriet Dent Beall (Daniel Beall, Walter D Beall, Emily Beall Botters, Ann Beall Sims), the heirs of Walter Dent (possibly Martha Beall w/o Ulysses Beall), Chloe S. Beall (Chloe died after the will was written and before the estate was divided so her share was divided between her 10 living children -- Thaddeus, Thomas, Emily Beall McGehee, Ulysses, Milton, Martha, Harriet, Alfred, James, and Chloe). Additionally, it would appear that Amelia Dent Johnson had also died since the wiil was written and before the estate distribution as her children received her share (Malcolm Johnson, Walter D. Johnson, Harriet Johnson Haynes, Adaline Johnson). The remaining named heirs are living children of Walter C Dent (Louisa Dent Harty -- as named in the will -- appears to have remarried, as she is listed as Louisa Watson here). page 18
Estate of Thomas Dent
Page 25,
December 1844
We commissioners appointed to divide and allot slaves belonging to the estate of Thomas Dent, deceased, report as follows, to wit:
man Olia nought by A.B. Dent for...$700...$587.50...$112.50 over
Hagar & Luke by M.D. Johnson...$500...$587.50...$87.50 minus
Dan'l bought by Huges...$800...$587.50...$212.50 over
Pate & Amanda by D.W. Beall...$750...$587.50...$162.50 over
Elvira by I. Walton...$500...$587.50...$87.50 minus
Hank & Anderson by I Beall...$550...$587.50...$37.59 minus
Simon by Martha Dent...$450...$587.50...$137.00 minus
Hilliard by R.G. Beall...$450...$587.50...$137.00 minus
The first column of the above set down shows the price given by each heir for the negro by him bought, the second column shows the amount due each heir in the division, and the last column shows the amount from one lot of negroes to be placed to the other shares making them equal.
Signed by W. Wilson, M.S. Catron, Levi Arnold, Sr.
Page 66,
May 1849
We the undersigned commissioners to whom was referred the duty of examining the final account of Russell G. Beall & Otho B. Dent,executors of the will of Thos. Dent, and distribution between the heirs of said decedent divided as follows: To Martha Beall, wife of Ulysses Beall $143.61, Dan'l Beall $35.89 1/4. Walter D. Beall $35.89 1/4, Emily Botters, wife of Sam'l. Botters $35.89 1/4, Anny Sims, wife of Leroy Sims $35.89 1/4, Thaddeus D. Beall $14.36, Thos. D. Beall $14.36, Emily McGehee $14.36, Ulyssess Beall $14.36, Milton Beall $14.36, Martha Beall $14.36, Harriet Beall $14.36, Alfred Beall $14.36, James C. Beall $14.36, Chloe S. Beall $14.36, Malcolm Johnson $35.89 1/4, Walter D. Johnson $35.89 1/4, Harriet Haynes $35.89 1/4, Adaline Johnson $35.89 1/4, Nancy Beall, wife of Josiah Beall $146.61, Louisa Watson $143.61, Phella B. Hughes, wife of Joseph Hughes $143.61 and Otho B. Dent $143.61.
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1784 - 1844 (60 years)