1854 Estate of Louis Stevens, Yazoo, Mississippi.
William Pickett administrator and Micajah Pickett guardian.
The Weekly American Banner, Yazoo City, Mississippi, Apr 14, 1854. [7]
1841 On January 25, William Pickett, William Bull, and Lewis Stevens posted bond as guardians of R K Stevens and Lewis Stevens, minors of Yazoo County. [1] Perhaps Mary Ann died at this time.
1841 On January 25, William Pickett, William Bull, and Lewis Stevens posted bond as guardians of Ann Stevens, minor of Yazoo County. [2]
1846 The will of Mary Pickett, dated January 26 in Yazoo County, Mississippi, named the children of her daughter Mary Stevens. [3]:
This day William Pickett and M Pickett Jr personally appeared before the Hon Probate Court of Yazoo County and on oath testified that during the last sickness of Mary Pickett deceased she did make known to them at her residence as witnesses her last will and testament as follows, viz To Cassandra Stevens, Martha Ann Stevens, Micajah P Stevens, James M Stevens, Laura Stevens and Benjamin F Stevens and William Stevens, children of her daughter Celia Stevens, she gave to following negroes Hairah, Mussan Philip, Daphney and Winny as To Rufus R. Stevens and Levis Stevens children of her daughter, Mary Stevens an Negro boy Josha sworn to & subscribed in open court this 26th Jany 1846 Chas M Henderson. William Pickett, M Pickett Jr.
William Pickett further states that she bequeathed to Elizabeth Stevens, and Mary Ann Stevens her Baroncke? and Horse in his presence and the presence of his wife Elizas Pickett
Sworn to & subscribed in open court Jany 26 1846 Chas M Henderson ccp Recorded Feby 2st 1848. William Pickett.
1850 Lewis Stevens (age 53, born Tennessee) was listed in the census (dated 20 June, 1859), with Benjamin F Stevens (age 12), in Yazoo, Mississippi. The adjacent household, on the prior page of the census listed the family of William Pickett (age 46). [4]
1850 On August 26, at the probate court of Yazoo County, Mississippi, William Pickett posted bond as the administrator for the estate of Lewis Stevens, late of Yazoo County, Mississippi. [5]
1854 Announcements about the estate of Louis Stevens were published in Yazoo County, Michigan. [6]
[1] Mississippi, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1780-1982, Yazoo County, Exec Bonds and Oaths, 2-268, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[2] Mississippi, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1780-1982, Yazoo County, Exec Bonds and Oaths, 2-269, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[3] Mississippi, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1780-1982, Yazoo County, Will A-106, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[4] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[5] Mississippi, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1780-1982, [AncestryRecord], [AncestryImage].
[6] {2}, {4}, {5}, {6}, page {7}, [NewspapersClip].
[7] The Weekly American Banner, Yazoo City, Mississippi, Apr 14, 1854, page 3, [NewspapersClip].