GRAHAM, Ellis & George Page 13 STATE OF OKLAHOMA. PUSHMATAHA COUNTY ss IN COUNTY COURT. CASE NUMBER NO. 555. In the Matter of the Estate of ELLIS and GEORGE GRAHAM, Deceased. ORDER. Now on this 6th day of August 1913 comes LOYD JACKSON and MELVINA HARKEN nee JACKSON, and files and present to the court their petition, praying for an order of the court approving and confirming a certain deed conveyance executed by them to J. H. WELCH, on the 5th day of August 1913 to the following described real estate, to-wit: The NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 of Section 34 ELLIS GRAHAM Land. The N 1/2 of NE 1/4 of SE 1/4 Section 33 GEORGE GRAHAM Land. And the court upon consideration of said petition, and being fully advised the premises, finds that two, Ellis roll No. 6006, George roll No. 6008, full blood Choctaw Indians who appears upon the roll of Choctaws by blood, opposite Roll No. ___ and a resident of Pushmataha County, State of Oklahoma, ELLIS GRAHAM died February 1908, GEORGE GRAHAM died April 1907, died intestate, seized of the lands above described, which lands were allotted to them by the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations, and conveyed to them by allotment and homestead patent, and that the said ELLIS and GEORGE GRAHAM was at the time of their death the owner, in fee simple, of the above described lands. And the Court further finds that the said petitioners, LOYD JACKSON and MELVINA HARKEN nee JACKSON, are half brother and half sister respectfully of the said ELLIS and GEORGE GRAHAM and that they together with SIMON GRAHAM a full brother are the sole and only heir at law of the said ELLIS and GEORGE GRAHAM, deceased. The Court further finds that on the 5th day of August 1913, the said petitioner executed to J. H. WELCH for and in consideration of the sum of $40.00 (Forty Dollars) cash in hand to them paid one certain Warranty Deed to the said above described real estate. The Court further finds that the deed was duly signed and acknowledged by the petitioner and that the consideration for the said deed is fully paid, and that the same is reasonable, adequate and wholly satisfactory to the said petitioner and finds further that the said conveyance of the said real estate to the said J. H. WELCH should be all things approved and confirmed. It is, therefore, by the Court considered, Ordered, Adjudged and decreed, That the said conveyance of the said described lands by Warranty Deed dated the 5th day of August 1913 from the said petitioner to the said J. H. WELCH, heirs and assigns, be and is hereby in all thing approved and confirmed, and declared legal and valid. Dated this the 6th day of August 1913 at Antlers, County of Pushmataha. (Signed) L. P. DAVENPORT, Judge of the County Court, Pushmataha County, Oklahoma Endorsed: Filed August 6, 1913 Recorded by BEULAH ALLEN This material is donated by people who want to help others. Every effort is made to give credit and protect all copyrights. Presentation here does not extend any permissions to the public. This material may not be included in any compilation, publication, collection, or other reproduction for profit without permission. |
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