The newspaper legal notice is derivative from the court proceeding, but it is valuable because it names the non-resident heirs in public notice.
Source file
1861 Athens Post notice - heirs-at-law of Robert Ferguson
Newspaper legal notice naming non-resident heirs-at-law of Robert Ferguson in a bill to sell land for debts.
People in this story
- Robert Ferguson
- James Ferguson
- Levi Ferguson
- Sarah Ferguson
- Elizabeth Ferguson
Source Citation
Newspapers.com, The Athens Post (Athens, Tennessee), 4 October 1861, p. 3, "The heirs-at-law of Robert Ferguson, deceased, published a bill to sell his land to settle bills"; database with images, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-athens-post-the-heirs-at-law-of-robe/158689714/?xid=637 : accessed 21 December 2024); Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Lehi, Utah.