1850 Census states that Polly was born in Tennessee.
No. 46 Probate Court, Randolph Co., Illinois Document signed by Mary "Polly" Higgason
Mr. Thompson
I am told that I have the preference of administering on my deceased husbands Estate which the distance to Kaskaskia and my age will not admit of my doing so, I therefore send you those lines as proof that I relinquish all my right of administering to my son Samuel W. Higgason, this the 1st day April 1843.
Your friend,
Miss Polly Higgason
her mark
Transcribed by Harlene Soper Brown, January 31, 2000. Copy in possession of same.
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"I Polly Higgison widow of Samuel Higgison desd. do hereby agree to take ____________ the within named articles of personal property in lieu of the articles allowed me by the 44th section of the law ______________
ing wills & testaments in force July 1st 1829-----
Witness John Guyman Mrs. Poly higgison
No. 46 Probate Court, Randolph Co., Illinois Document signed by Mary "Polly" Higgason
Mr. Thompson
I am told that I have the preference of administering on my deceased husbands Estate which the distance to Kaskaskia and my age will not admit of my doing so, I therefore send you those lines as proof that I relinquish all my right of administering to my son Samuel W. Higgason, this the 1st day April 1843.
Your friend,
Miss Polly Higgason
her mark
Transcribed by Harlene Soper Brown, January 31, 2000. Copy in possession of same.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I Polly Higgison widow of Samuel Higgison desd. do hereby agree to take ____________ the within named articles of personal property in lieu of the articles allowed me by the 44th section of the law ______________
ing wills & testaments in force July 1st 1829-----
Witness John Guyman Mrs. Poly higgison
1850 Census states that Polly was born in Tennessee.
No. 46 Probate Court, Randolph Co., Illinois Document signed by Mary "Polly" Higgason
Mr. Thompson
I am told that I have the preference of administering on my deceased husbands Estate which the distance to Kaskaskia and my age will not admit of my doing so, I therefore send you those lines as proof that I relinquish all my right of administering to my son Samuel W. Higgason, this the 1st day April 1843.
Your friend,
Miss Polly Higgason
her mark
Transcribed by Harlene Soper Brown, January 31, 2000. Copy in possession of same.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I Polly Higgison widow of Samuel Higgison desd. do hereby agree to take ____________ the within named articles of personal property in lieu of the articles allowed me by the 44th section of the law ______________
ing wills & testaments in force July 1st 1829-----
Witness John Guyman Mrs. Poly higgison
No. 46 Probate Court, Randolph Co., Illinois Document signed by Mary "Polly" Higgason
Mr. Thompson
I am told that I have the preference of administering on my deceased husbands Estate which the distance to Kaskaskia and my age will not admit of my doing so, I therefore send you those lines as proof that I relinquish all my right of administering to my son Samuel W. Higgason, this the 1st day April 1843.
Your friend,
Miss Polly Higgason
her mark
Transcribed by Harlene Soper Brown, January 31, 2000. Copy in possession of same.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I Polly Higgison widow of Samuel Higgison desd. do hereby agree to take ____________ the within named articles of personal property in lieu of the articles allowed me by the 44th section of the law ______________
ing wills & testaments in force July 1st 1829-----
Witness John Guyman Mrs. Poly higgison
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