GEORGIA / BANKS CO

To the Ordinary of said County as Clerk ,

James R Lacy Respectfully showeth that William E Lacy, a resident of said county until his death which happened on the 26 of January 1872 has left a small estate which consist of a claim of a pension from The United States Government a soldier in the War of 1812 and your petitioner showeth that in order to draw or receive the estate there must be a proper representation. Therefore your petitioner applies for temporarily administration for without said there would be great danger of loss of said pension. Your petitioner showeth that he is the grandson of William E Lacy and claims to be appointed upon this ground for information on the protitioner that the estate of William E Lacy is in said County, said State of Georgia of residence. ___?_

September 1872

JAMES X R LACY his mark

(some words and spelling were hard to read...I did the best I could) copied at Banks County Probate Office

(2003) by Betty Jo Evans

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