Estate of English Jacobs

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Abstract made by an unknown abstractor about 1890 from original records of   
Pike County, Arkansas and recorded in Abstract of Title Book Prior to 1890   
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Probate Book 1 page 182. July Term 1858. It having been represented to the   
Court that English Jacobs, late of this (Pike) county, had died intestate    
leaving an estate of considerable value which has remained unadministered    
upon; and it further appearing that said estate was considerably indebted    
and that the property was being wasted and mismanaged by the widow of said   
deceased. Whereupon it is ordered by the Court that the sheriff of Pike      
County (William Gilmer) in his capacity of public administrator take letters 
of administration on said estate and proceed to administer the same          
according to law. Probate Book 1 page 213. October Term 1858.                
Administrator's bond for $900 presented and approved. Probate Book 1 page    
229. October Term 1858. Administrator prays for and is granted permission to 
sell personal property.                                                      
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Abstract of Title Book Prior to 1890, page 302.                              
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