From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Mar 27 12:26:17 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2RJQHjb029260; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:26:17 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2RJQGsn017614 for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:26:16 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k2RGsxFI013017 for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:54:59 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k2RGsxgZ013016 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:54:59 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k2RFXpFI012807 for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:33:51 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k2RI4v8Z006424 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:04:57 -0700 X-Envelope-From: genealogistinal@yahoo.com Mon Mar 27 11:04:57 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2RI4vjb006412 for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:04:57 -0700 Received: from web54002.mail.yahoo.com (web54002.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.36.226]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k2RI4t9S006833 for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 11:04:56 -0700 Received: (qmail 61186 invoked by uid 60001); 27 Mar 2006 18:04:51 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=AY5gjeEcIhpU8zNA/JSTUH94D3xY39jIwDDGyBtlVtYxmOl0LmsrPubpb5MK7MEkz50fe7KT3H4oHGRcffxa5WO1OAYp6IleVT3hYt5ZsdHLf+9znoLvELoJ/0OzY7uv2GDGtvLNg27ICuLJC8XJ/qDIJi/IXKX+UVN3RhUsddA= ; Message-ID: <20060327180451.61184.qmail@web54002.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [209.168.232.227] by web54002.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:04:51 PST Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:04:51 -0800 (PST) From: Melissa Hogan To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com In-Reply-To: <200603262148.k2QLmNEo022937@lists5.rootsweb.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by lists5.rootsweb.com id k2RI4v8Z006424 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by roots-l.rootsweb.com id k2RFXpFI012807 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] Re: Unusual guardianship papers That is an interesting case. I have a case (Lincoln Co., TN in the late 1820's, early 1830's) in my research where guardianship of the children was split . . . the 4 oldest children with one guardian (who was also administrator of the estate) and the younger 4 children with a second guardian. Eventually all children were "under" the first guardian but records for the period where the change occurred have not been located. Based on the ages of the children's parents there do not appear to be any prior marriages . . . and I have yet to determine who the children actually lived with after the death of their parents. . . it does not appear to be either of the guardians (or known grandparent). I am interested in the responses to your question as well. Melissa ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X-Message: #12 Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 15:45:24 EST From: JBletch@aol.com Subject: Unusual guardianship papers I have run across an unusual set of guardianship papers and wonder if there is anyone who has read anything similar. Any point of view appreciated. A man died (intestate) in MS in 1827, leaving six minor children as heirs of his considerable estate. The oldest child, a son, was 12 or 13 at the time. This oldest child was handicapped in some way, being listed in the guardianship papers (also in census records as an adult) as a lunatic and idiotic. All guardianship papers were filed in the orphan's court. The five younger children were all included in one set of papers with two court appointed guardians. The older child had a separate set of papers. All the children had their step father as one guardian. The second guardian was different. My questions are why the separate filings? They were both filed at about the same time. Was the oldest child by a different wife? Did it have to do with the fact he was handicapped? ************************************