Althea Eva Devin

Notes:

MARRIAGE: Morrow Co OR 4-4

DOB & POD from Soc. Sec. Index. Possible given name of
Altha per Social Security Death Index.

SSN:
544-50-3609

Census:
1900 Morrow Co OR Gentry Pct., ED 32, Sh 15
1910 Morrow Co OR Mt. Vernon Pct., ED 106 Sh 9, p.160
w/parents

Althea married Merle N. Kirk 29 Sep 1916, Morrow, Oregon U.S.A.. Merle was born 11 Oct 1892; died 27 May 1970, Hermiston, Umatilla, Oregon U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

1. Living
2. Living

Notes:

Census:
1900 Morrow Co OR Gentry Pct ED 32 Sh 15 L 67
1910 Morrow Co OR Mt. Vernon Pct., ED 106 Sh 9, p.160
1920 Morrow Co OR Mount Vernon Pct., ED 138 Sh 4 p.293A
w/wife
and
1920 Morrow Co OR Gentry Pct., ED 136, Sh 3 w/son, Oliver
Austin Devin

MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO C-247

DOD, POD from OR Death Index

!NAME:U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Marion
Township, U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Marion
Township, National Archives Film T9-0710, 321D

!NAME:Claim of Heirs of E. Devin, deceased, against Est.
J.B. Devin, deceased: Petition, Claim of Heirs of E. Devin,
deceased, against Est. J.B. Devin, deceased: Petition,
Morrow County Court House,

[page 1]

In the
County Court
of Morrow County
Oregon

In the
Matter of the
Est. of J.B.
Devin,
deceased

Claim of
Heirs of E. Devin,
deceaded,
against
Est. J.B. Devin,
deceased

Petition

Filed Dec 6^th
1886
C.L Andrews
Co clerk

Geo. W^m.
Wright
Atty for Claimants

[page
2]

In the County Court of Morrow County
State
of Oregon

In the matter of the Estate of
J. B.
Devin, deceased
Claim of Heirs of El-
vira Devin,
deceased
Against
Estate of J.B. Devin

deceased

||
|| Petition
||

To the
Honorable William Mitch-
ell, County Judge of Morrow
County
State of Oregon:-

Comes [nezd] Margarett

D. Justice (nee Margarett D. Devin); Nathaniel
M.
Devin; Mifflin J. Devin; Katherine
F. Howe, nee
Katharine F. Devin); Smith
P. Devin; Irene J. Devin;
Elvira G. Devin;
and Joseph C. Devin, claimants herein,

and heirs of Elvira Devin deceased,
and by their
attorney, Geo. W^m Wright,
respectfully
sherve to the Honorable
Court above named the following

facts in connection with the claim
of the claimants
herein:--

I. That the Mother of Claimants
-heirs-
herein, was Elvira Devin,
first wife of J.B. Devin, and
that she

[page 3]

died in Polk County,
in the State
of Missouri on or about Jany. 30,
1882.

II. That said Elvira Devin, was a daughter

of Christian Pickle of said Polk County,
and as
heir and daughter drew from,
or recevied from the
estate of her
said Father (who died in Dec. 1881.)

Just prior to her death the said money
accounting
to about $1427.50

III. That she the said Elvira Devin
had
at ^all^ times full and exclusive possession
of
said sum of $1427.50 until her death
which occured
about said Jany. 30, 1882.

IV. That after the death
of the said
Elvira Devin, the said J.B. Devin
her
husband, took possession for the
first time of the
money and property of
his said deceased wife Elvira
Devin, of
the value of $1427.50, on or about Feby.

1, 1882, in trust, and to hold for
as the property
of, the said claimants
herein, the said heirs and
children
of said Elvira Devin, born to her and
her
said husband J.B. Devin, during
their marriage and
whose names
are herein before descrived and
men-
tioned.

V. That said J.B. Devin, after the
death

[page 4]

of his said wife Elvira
Devin, married
the second time in Polk Co. Mo. to

Belle ----, now Belle Devin and
moved to this State
on or about
April 8, 1884, and that he resided
in
this State until his death
in June 1886.

VI. That
he, the said J.B. Devin, fully
intened, and often
promised to pay
over the said moneys, to the said

claimants herein, in fulfilment
of the trust he
hand assurred, but
wholly neglected to pay said
sum
of $1427.50 or any part thereof
to the said claimants
-- heirs
of aforesaid -- or either of them.

VII.
That the said claimants herein
claim of and from the
estate
of J.B. Devin, deceased, and
are justly, &
^entitled^ the same as their in-
heritance from the
estate of
their deceased Mother, the sum
of
$1427.50 together with interest
thereon from Feby. 1,
1882, until
April 8, 1884 at 6% per annum and
with
interest on said sum of $1427.50
from April 8, 1884
until the pres-
ent time at 8% per annum, which

[page 5]

now amount to about
$1910.00

VII. That Belle Devin, has been
appoint-
ed Administratrix and M.J. Devin

Administrator, of the Extate of said
J.B. Devin,
deceade, by this Honor-
able Court, and having duly
qualified
are now administering upon the
Est. of
said deceased.

IX. That on Nov. 15^th, 1886
Margarett
D. Justice, as one of the claimants -- herein

on her own, and on behalf of the other
claimants --
duly presented this said
claim of $1910.00 to M.J.
Devin said
Admr. and said claim was by said
Admr.
duly “Examined and approved”
on said day, and the on
Dec. 2, 1886, This
claim was presented to said Belle

Devin said Admix. and was by her
“Examined and
rejected” on said day.

X. That said claimants
--claim-- more
fully describe and sworn & in their
ac-
count here to annexed and marked
Exhibit “A” and
made a part hereof is
Justly due these heirs and
claimants from
said estate of said J.B. Devin,
deceased

XI. That these Claimants-- now pray that

an order be made by this Court that
saim claim of
$1427.50 and Int. amounting

[page
6]

now to $1910.00 as present by said

claimants -- be allowed and approved
and that said
Administrator and
Administratirx pay out of the

moneys of the estate of J.B. Devin
deceased the
said sum of $1910.00
to said claimants --herein before
named
in equal shares -- taking thus
on their
guardian’s receipt therefor
and these claimants your
petitioners
herein, as in duty bound will
ever
pray.

Geo. W^m. WrightAtty. for claimant --
the
heirs of Elvira Devin deceased

State of
Oregon }
County of Morrow } SS B. Geo. W^m.
Wright
being first duly sworn say that I am
atty
for claimants in above claim
and that the facts therein
are true
as I verily believe, My sources of
in-
formation being from claimants and from
Mrs.
Belle Devin a party interested herein.
The reason that
this verification is not made
by me of the claimants --
is because neither one
of them are in town at this
time, and because the Claim
hereto attached is duly
verified. Geo. W^m. Wright.

Subscribed and
Sworn to before me this 6^th day of
December
1886
C.L. Andrews Co Clerk

, Petition: Claim of heirs
of E. Devin against estate of J.B. Devin

!BIRTH:U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Marion
Township, U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Marion
Township, National Archives Film T9-0710, 321D

Mifflin married Sarah Elizabeth Hurt 9 Dec 1880, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Sarah (daughter of John Marion Hurt and Nancy Davis) was born 25 Oct 1861, Missouri U.S.A.; died 23 Dec 1940, Morrow County, Oregon U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1900 Morrow Co OR Gentry Pct
1910
1920 Morrow Co OR Mount Vernon Pct., ED 138 Sh 4 p.293A

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO C-247

Daughter of Southern slave owner in Polk Co MO
!Miscellaneous: Daughter of Southern slave owner in Polk
County, Missouri.

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 47; POB = TN
1860 Polk Co MO book p 19; POB = TN
1870 Polk Co MO book p 90; POB = MO
1880 Polk Co MO book p 135; POB = MO......

MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO A-538

Roll Box: 390, Roll-Exct: 11, Roll-Record: 3882 - Sergeant,
Company L, 13th Missouri Cavalry


CW muster-in roll lists his POB as Pike Co MO
Family lived in Pike Co MO for less than 1 year about 1835
per father's pension
file. Possibly born in Missouri. It is difficult to say
just where he might have been born.

During the Civil War his Company F was at the battle of
Lexington, MO. It is
said that Joe fired the first gun at the battle, but his
company was surrounded
by Price's Army & caused to surrender. His war record
reads as follows: "It
is hereby certified that according to the records of this
office, active
service 30 July 1862 in Company F, 26th enrolled Missouri
Militia at Bolivar,
Missouri. Capt. T. Higginbotham commanding, Rank 2nd
Lieutenant. Relieved
from duty 20 October 1862 as Prisoner of War. Enlisted 10
Aug 1864 in Co L
15th Regiment Cavalry Volunteers at Bolivar, MO by Capt.
Burus. Rank: Pvt.
Mustered into service 26 Aug 1864 at Springfield, MO.
Mustered out of
service 1 July 1865 at Springfield, MO."

After the close of the Civil War, Joe engaged in stock
raising and farming in Missouri. In Morrow County Oregon
engaged in sheep raising.

In 1884, after the death of his first wife & his remarriage
to Bell Wall in
1882, he moved with his sons & daughters to Oregon. The
various families
settled in Morrow County then a part of Umatilla County.
After Joe's death of
pneumonia, Bell Devin married a Lalande & their two
children, Stella Ophelia &
James Benton Devin..

Per the will of their stepfather: his children by Belle
Wall apparently kept
the Devin name; they were left $250 each in his will. --KLV

Per KLV, Joe died without a will and it took at least two
years to settle the estate. Probate file lists YOD as 1886.

!NAME:Certificate of Death for Madison Nathaniel Devin,
Devin, Nathaniel Madison: Certificate of Death, State of
Idaho, Department of Public Welfare, Bureau of Vital
Statistics, Box 13

!NAME:J.B. & C.S. Devin Affidavit, J.B. & C.S. Devin
Affidavit, Filed 24.December.1868 in Polk County, Missouri

!NAME:Will of Clayton Devin, Devin, Clayton: Will,

[page 1]

Clayton
Devin
[Lo]
Will

Box 71
202

Filed Dec
24
AD 1868
JB Burros
Clk

[page
2]

In the name of God,
Amen,
I Clayton
Devin of the County
of Polk and State of Missouri being

in the Seventy sixth year of my age and
a very
feeble State of health being con-
scious of the
uncertainty of life and
Certainty of death at the same
time
according to my own apprehensions
of Sound
mind and being anxious
to make a suitable desposition
of
my real and personal estate do make
ordain and
delare this to be my
last will and testament.
1st
It is my will that after my
decease that all my debts
and the
expenses of my funeral be paid and

discharged by my executor herein
after named and
appointed out of
my estate as soon as conveniently

may be I leave the charges of my
funeral to the
descretion of my ex-
ecutor.
2nd I give devise and
dispose of
my estate both real and personal save

what may be necessary for the pay-
ment of my just
debts and funeral
expenses in the following manner

To wit, I give and bequeath unto

[page
3]

my beloved wife Margaret Devin
all of my
personal estate such as
money or the proceeds of notes
or
stock such as cattle horses and sheep
and hogs
house hold and kitchen
furniture and farming utensils
to
have and enjoy and dispose of as she
may think
proper to her own use
and benefit during her natural
life
after her decease to be disposed of
as
hereinafter mentioned together
with my personal estate
I give and
bequeath unto my said wife the
following
described land compris-
ing the homestead to wit the

West half of the Southwest quar-
ter section So
thirty four (34)
and East half of of South West

quarter and South West quarter
of NorthWest quarter
and South
East quarter of North West quarter

Section No Thirty Three (33) of
Township No Thirty
four (34) of
Range No twenty three (23)
The above
described real estate
I desire to be sold or vivided as

herinafter mentioned.
3rd It is my desire that the
fol-

[page 4]

lowing described real
estate be dis-
posed of by my executor either by

private or public sale on the most
advantagous
terms that he may
think fit if not sold by my self

during my life time the proceeds to
be given to my
wife Margaret Devin
to be enjoyed by her as she may

desire for her own use and benefit
as long as she
may live To wit
South half of the South West
quar-
ter and South East quarter of the
South West
quarter of Setion No
nine (9) Township No Thirty

four (34) of range No Twenty
three and also the
South East
quarter of the North West quarter

Section No Twelve (12) Town-
Ship No Thirty four 34
of Range
No Twenty four (24)
4-- The following
described land
I give and bequeath unto the Dev-
in
family to remain in common
for the use of a burying
ground
bounded as follows To wit Beginning and lying

on the East boundary Section Thirty Two 32
Town-
Ship Thirty four 34 of Range (23) at a yellow

Stone 36 poles North of the South East
corner of
the said Section [Witnynd] by Black
oak 12 inches in
diameter 20

[page 5]

links North East
to black oak 11 inches
in diameter 17 links due West
thence North
on a Section line 17 Poles to yellow

Stone West 28 Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
South 17
Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
East 28 poles to The
[begining]
[Anlang] 2.56 acres the above des-
cribed
land to remain forever
the property of the Devins not
to
be Sold but to be used by the pub-
lic as a
common burying ground
5 After the death of my
wife
Margaret Devin it is my
desire that the remainder of my

estate after her funeral expenses
Shall have been
paid be disposed of
as follows To wit
I give and
bequeath to my Son
William M Devin the Sum of
five
dollars.
I give and bequest to my
daughter Ama S.
Wilson five
dollars
I give and bequeath to my

daughter Margaret A. Chitty
the Sum of five
dollars.

[a page seems to be
missing]

[page 6]

9th After the
above [legacies] have been
paid to gather with the
expenses of
administration The residue of my
estate
both real and personal I [disise]
may be equally
divided if can
be if cannot be then the real
es-
tate to be Sold and proceeds together
with
personal estate be divided between
the following named
legal heirs
of my body or their legal
repre-
sentatives, to wit, Clayton
S. Devin, Joseph
B. Devin, Alfred
H. Devin, Martha M. Heydon, Sarah

J. Thompson, Mary E. Pickering
Massa L. Hughes
Parthenial
T Frieze Share and Share alike

In
order that the provisions of
this my last will and
Testament
may be carried out I constitute
and
appoint Alfred H. Devin my ex-
ecutor hereby revoking
all former wills
by me made.

In witness whereof I
have hereunto
set my hand this 14th day of October

1868 [Atuge]

Clayton ^his X mark^ Devin
<\p>

A.

Signed and declared by the above
named
Clayton Devin to be his
last Will and testament in the

[page 7]

presence of us who at his
request
and in his presence have subscribed
our
names as witnesses thereto.
George W. Russell
Thomas
H. Russell
Alexander Millikin

State of Missouri

County of Polk

Be it remembered
that on this
the 24 day of December
AD 1868, an Instrument of
writing
Proporting to be the last Will of
Clayton
Divin Deceased was exhibited
to the undersigned J.B.
Burros
clerk of the County Court [beler/E]
to be
proven and the Same was
rejected for want of
proof.
J B Burros Clk

!NAME:Missouri-Polk County Marriage Register, Missouri-Polk
County Marriage Register, Office of the Recorder in Polk
County Court House, Bolivar, Missouri.

Joseph married Elvira Pickel 4 Feb 1859, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. Elvira (daughter of Christian Pickel and Catherine Carneal) was born 18 Apr 1843, Roane County, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 30 Jan 1882, Bolivar, Polk, Missouri U.S.A.; was buried , Kelly Cemetery, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!MARRIAGE: Polk Co MO A-538 Was first wife of Joseph
Benton Devin

Census:
1850 Roane Co TN P 383A w/parents
1860 Polk Co MO book p 19
1870 Polk Co MO book p 90
1880 Polk Co MO book p 135.....

Buried Kelly Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO
DOB, DOD from gravestone; DOB also listed in Pickel Bible
records

DOD maybe 31 January 1882 (1).

!NAME:Claim of Heirs of E. Devin, deceased, against Est.
J.B. Devin, deceased: Petition, Claim of Heirs of E. Devin,
deceased, against Est. J.B. Devin, deceased: Petition,
Morrow County Court House,

[page 1]

In the
County Court
of Morrow County
Oregon

In the
Matter of the
Est. of J.B.
Devin,
deceased

Claim of
Heirs of E. Devin,
deceaded,
against
Est. J.B. Devin,
deceased

Petition

Filed Dec 6^th
1886
C.L Andrews
Co clerk

Geo. W^m.
Wright
Atty for Claimants

[page
2]

In the County Court of Morrow County
State
of Oregon

In the matter of the Estate of
J. B.
Devin, deceased
Claim of Heirs of El-
vira Devin,
deceased
Against
Estate of J.B. Devin

deceased

||
|| Petition
||

To the
Honorable William Mitch-
ell, County Judge of Morrow
County
State of Oregon:-

Comes [nezd] Margarett

D. Justice (nee Margarett D. Devin); Nathaniel
M.
Devin; Mifflin J. Devin; Katherine
F. Howe, nee
Katharine F. Devin); Smith
P. Devin; Irene J. Devin;
Elvira G. Devin;
and Joseph C. Devin, claimants herein,

and heirs of Elvira Devin deceased,
and by their
attorney, Geo. W^m Wright,
respectfully
sherve to the Honorable
Court above named the following

facts in connection with the claim
of the claimants
herein:--

I. That the Mother of Claimants
-heirs-
herein, was Elvira Devin,
first wife of J.B. Devin, and
that she

[page 3]

died in Polk County,
in the State
of Missouri on or about Jany. 30,
1882.

II. That said Elvira Devin, was a daughter

of Christian Pickle of said Polk County,
and as
heir and daughter drew from,
or recevied from the
estate of her
said Father (who died in Dec. 1881.)

Just prior to her death the said money
accounting
to about $1427.50

III. That she the said Elvira Devin
had
at ^all^ times full and exclusive possession
of
said sum of $1427.50 until her death
which occured
about said Jany. 30, 1882.

IV. That after the death
of the said
Elvira Devin, the said J.B. Devin
her
husband, took possession for the
first time of the
money and property of
his said deceased wife Elvira
Devin, of
the value of $1427.50, on or about Feby.

1, 1882, in trust, and to hold for
as the property
of, the said claimants
herein, the said heirs and
children
of said Elvira Devin, born to her and
her
said husband J.B. Devin, during
their marriage and
whose names
are herein before descrived and
men-
tioned.

V. That said J.B. Devin, after the
death

[page 4]

of his said wife Elvira
Devin, married
the second time in Polk Co. Mo. to

Belle ----, now Belle Devin and
moved to this State
on or about
April 8, 1884, and that he resided
in
this State until his death
in June 1886.

VI. That
he, the said J.B. Devin, fully
intened, and often
promised to pay
over the said moneys, to the said

claimants herein, in fulfilment
of the trust he
hand assurred, but
wholly neglected to pay said
sum
of $1427.50 or any part thereof
to the said claimants
-- heirs
of aforesaid -- or either of them.

VII.
That the said claimants herein
claim of and from the
estate
of J.B. Devin, deceased, and
are justly, &
^entitled^ the same as their in-
heritance from the
estate of
their deceased Mother, the sum
of
$1427.50 together with interest
thereon from Feby. 1,
1882, until
April 8, 1884 at 6% per annum and
with
interest on said sum of $1427.50
from April 8, 1884
until the pres-
ent time at 8% per annum, which

[page 5]

now amount to about
$1910.00

VII. That Belle Devin, has been
appoint-
ed Administratrix and M.J. Devin

Administrator, of the Extate of said
J.B. Devin,
deceade, by this Honor-
able Court, and having duly
qualified
are now administering upon the
Est. of
said deceased.

IX. That on Nov. 15^th, 1886
Margarett
D. Justice, as one of the claimants -- herein

on her own, and on behalf of the other
claimants --
duly presented this said
claim of $1910.00 to M.J.
Devin said
Admr. and said claim was by said
Admr.
duly “Examined and approved”
on said day, and the on
Dec. 2, 1886, This
claim was presented to said Belle

Devin said Admix. and was by her
“Examined and
rejected” on said day.

X. That said claimants
--claim-- more
fully describe and sworn & in their
ac-
count here to annexed and marked
Exhibit “A” and
made a part hereof is
Justly due these heirs and
claimants from
said estate of said J.B. Devin,
deceased

XI. That these Claimants-- now pray that

an order be made by this Court that
saim claim of
$1427.50 and Int. amounting

[page
6]

now to $1910.00 as present by said

claimants -- be allowed and approved
and that said
Administrator and
Administratirx pay out of the

moneys of the estate of J.B. Devin
deceased the
said sum of $1910.00
to said claimants --herein before
named
in equal shares -- taking thus
on their
guardian’s receipt therefor
and these claimants your
petitioners
herein, as in duty bound will
ever
pray.

Geo. W^m. WrightAtty. for claimant --
the
heirs of Elvira Devin deceased

State of
Oregon }
County of Morrow } SS B. Geo. W^m.
Wright
being first duly sworn say that I am
atty
for claimants in above claim
and that the facts therein
are true
as I verily believe, My sources of
in-
formation being from claimants and from
Mrs.
Belle Devin a party interested herein.
The reason that
this verification is not made
by me of the claimants --
is because neither one
of them are in town at this
time, and because the Claim
hereto attached is duly
verified. Geo. W^m. Wright.

Subscribed and
Sworn to before me this 6^th day of
December
1886
C.L. Andrews Co Clerk

, Page 1-2; Section I, II

!NAME:Deposition of Nathaniel M. Devin, Devin, Nathaniel
M.: deposition, Morrow County Clerk's Office

!NAME:U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Marion
Township, U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Marion
Township, National Archives Film T9-0710, 321D

!NAME:Missouri-Polk County Marriage Register, Missouri-Polk
County Marriage Register, Office of the Recorder in Polk
County Court House, Bolivar, Missouri.

!NAME:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L,
friscia.rootsweb.com viewed 04.Sep.2005

Notes:

Married:
Married by William B. Senter Min.

!MARRIAGE:Claim of Heirs of E. Devin, deceased, against
Est. J.B. Devin, deceased: Petition, Claim of Heirs of E.
Devin, deceased, against Est. J.B. Devin, deceased:
Petition, Morrow County Court House,

[page
1]

In the County Court
of Morrow County

Oregon

In the Matter of the
Est. of J.B.
Devin,
deceased

Claim of
Heirs of E. Devin,
deceaded,
against
Est. J.B. Devin,
deceased

Petition

Filed Dec 6^th
1886
C.L Andrews
Co clerk

Geo. W^m.
Wright
Atty for Claimants

[page
2]

In the County Court of Morrow County
State
of Oregon

In the matter of the Estate of
J. B.
Devin, deceased
Claim of Heirs of El-
vira Devin,
deceased
Against
Estate of J.B. Devin

deceased

||
|| Petition
||

To the
Honorable William Mitch-
ell, County Judge of Morrow
County
State of Oregon:-

Comes [nezd] Margarett

D. Justice (nee Margarett D. Devin); Nathaniel
M.
Devin; Mifflin J. Devin; Katherine
F. Howe, nee
Katharine F. Devin); Smith
P. Devin; Irene J. Devin;
Elvira G. Devin;
and Joseph C. Devin, claimants herein,

and heirs of Elvira Devin deceased,
and by their
attorney, Geo. W^m Wright,
respectfully
sherve to the Honorable
Court above named the following

facts in connection with the claim
of the claimants
herein:--

I. That the Mother of Claimants
-heirs-
herein, was Elvira Devin,
first wife of J.B. Devin, and
that she

[page 3]

died in Polk County,
in the State
of Missouri on or about Jany. 30,
1882.

II. That said Elvira Devin, was a daughter

of Christian Pickle of said Polk County,
and as
heir and daughter drew from,
or recevied from the
estate of her
said Father (who died in Dec. 1881.)

Just prior to her death the said money
accounting
to about $1427.50

III. That she the said Elvira Devin
had
at ^all^ times full and exclusive possession
of
said sum of $1427.50 until her death
which occured
about said Jany. 30, 1882.

IV. That after the death
of the said
Elvira Devin, the said J.B. Devin
her
husband, took possession for the
first time of the
money and property of
his said deceased wife Elvira
Devin, of
the value of $1427.50, on or about Feby.

1, 1882, in trust, and to hold for
as the property
of, the said claimants
herein, the said heirs and
children
of said Elvira Devin, born to her and
her
said husband J.B. Devin, during
their marriage and
whose names
are herein before descrived and
men-
tioned.

V. That said J.B. Devin, after the
death

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of his said wife Elvira
Devin, married
the second time in Polk Co. Mo. to

Belle ----, now Belle Devin and
moved to this State
on or about
April 8, 1884, and that he resided
in
this State until his death
in June 1886.

VI. That
he, the said J.B. Devin, fully
intened, and often
promised to pay
over the said moneys, to the said

claimants herein, in fulfilment
of the trust he
hand assurred, but
wholly neglected to pay said
sum
of $1427.50 or any part thereof
to the said claimants
-- heirs
of aforesaid -- or either of them.

VII.
That the said claimants herein
claim of and from the
estate
of J.B. Devin, deceased, and
are justly, &
^entitled^ the same as their in-
heritance from the
estate of
their deceased Mother, the sum
of
$1427.50 together with interest
thereon from Feby. 1,
1882, until
April 8, 1884 at 6% per annum and
with
interest on said sum of $1427.50
from April 8, 1884
until the pres-
ent time at 8% per annum, which

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now amount to about
$1910.00

VII. That Belle Devin, has been
appoint-
ed Administratrix and M.J. Devin

Administrator, of the Extate of said
J.B. Devin,
deceade, by this Honor-
able Court, and having duly
qualified
are now administering upon the
Est. of
said deceased.

IX. That on Nov. 15^th, 1886
Margarett
D. Justice, as one of the claimants -- herein

on her own, and on behalf of the other
claimants --
duly presented this said
claim of $1910.00 to M.J.
Devin said
Admr. and said claim was by said
Admr.
duly “Examined and approved”
on said day, and the on
Dec. 2, 1886, This
claim was presented to said Belle

Devin said Admix. and was by her
“Examined and
rejected” on said day.

X. That said claimants
--claim-- more
fully describe and sworn & in their
ac-
count here to annexed and marked
Exhibit “A” and
made a part hereof is
Justly due these heirs and
claimants from
said estate of said J.B. Devin,
deceased

XI. That these Claimants-- now pray that

an order be made by this Court that
saim claim of
$1427.50 and Int. amounting

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6]

now to $1910.00 as present by said

claimants -- be allowed and approved
and that said
Administrator and
Administratirx pay out of the

moneys of the estate of J.B. Devin
deceased the
said sum of $1910.00
to said claimants --herein before
named
in equal shares -- taking thus
on their
guardian’s receipt therefor
and these claimants your
petitioners
herein, as in duty bound will
ever
pray.

Geo. W^m. WrightAtty. for claimant --
the
heirs of Elvira Devin deceased

State of
Oregon }
County of Morrow } SS B. Geo. W^m.
Wright
being first duly sworn say that I am
atty
for claimants in above claim
and that the facts therein
are true
as I verily believe, My sources of
in-
formation being from claimants and from
Mrs.
Belle Devin a party interested herein.
The reason that
this verification is not made
by me of the claimants --
is because neither one
of them are in town at this
time, and because the Claim
hereto attached is duly
verified. Geo. W^m. Wright.

Subscribed and
Sworn to before me this 6^th day of
December
1886
C.L. Andrews Co Clerk

Notes:

!Miscellaneous: Southern Slave Owner in Polk County,
Missouri.

John married Nancy Davis. Nancy was born Est 1820; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!NAME:Will of Clayton Devin, Devin, Clayton: Will,

[page 1]

Clayton
Devin
[Lo]
Will

Box 71
202

Filed Dec
24
AD 1868
JB Burros
Clk

[page
2]

In the name of God,
Amen,
I Clayton
Devin of the County
of Polk and State of Missouri being

in the Seventy sixth year of my age and
a very
feeble State of health being con-
scious of the
uncertainty of life and
Certainty of death at the same
time
according to my own apprehensions
of Sound
mind and being anxious
to make a suitable desposition
of
my real and personal estate do make
ordain and
delare this to be my
last will and testament.
1st
It is my will that after my
decease that all my debts
and the
expenses of my funeral be paid and

discharged by my executor herein
after named and
appointed out of
my estate as soon as conveniently

may be I leave the charges of my
funeral to the
descretion of my ex-
ecutor.
2nd I give devise and
dispose of
my estate both real and personal save

what may be necessary for the pay-
ment of my just
debts and funeral
expenses in the following manner

To wit, I give and bequeath unto

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3]

my beloved wife Margaret Devin
all of my
personal estate such as
money or the proceeds of notes
or
stock such as cattle horses and sheep
and hogs
house hold and kitchen
furniture and farming utensils
to
have and enjoy and dispose of as she
may think
proper to her own use
and benefit during her natural
life
after her decease to be disposed of
as
hereinafter mentioned together
with my personal estate
I give and
bequeath unto my said wife the
following
described land compris-
ing the homestead to wit the

West half of the Southwest quar-
ter section So
thirty four (34)
and East half of of South West

quarter and South West quarter
of NorthWest quarter
and South
East quarter of North West quarter

Section No Thirty Three (33) of
Township No Thirty
four (34) of
Range No twenty three (23)
The above
described real estate
I desire to be sold or vivided as

herinafter mentioned.
3rd It is my desire that the
fol-

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lowing described real
estate be dis-
posed of by my executor either by

private or public sale on the most
advantagous
terms that he may
think fit if not sold by my self

during my life time the proceeds to
be given to my
wife Margaret Devin
to be enjoyed by her as she may

desire for her own use and benefit
as long as she
may live To wit
South half of the South West
quar-
ter and South East quarter of the
South West
quarter of Setion No
nine (9) Township No Thirty

four (34) of range No Twenty
three and also the
South East
quarter of the North West quarter

Section No Twelve (12) Town-
Ship No Thirty four 34
of Range
No Twenty four (24)
4-- The following
described land
I give and bequeath unto the Dev-
in
family to remain in common
for the use of a burying
ground
bounded as follows To wit Beginning and lying

on the East boundary Section Thirty Two 32
Town-
Ship Thirty four 34 of Range (23) at a yellow

Stone 36 poles North of the South East
corner of
the said Section [Witnynd] by Black
oak 12 inches in
diameter 20

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links North East
to black oak 11 inches
in diameter 17 links due West
thence North
on a Section line 17 Poles to yellow

Stone West 28 Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
South 17
Poles to yellow Stone [Nine]
East 28 poles to The
[begining]
[Anlang] 2.56 acres the above des-
cribed
land to remain forever
the property of the Devins not
to
be Sold but to be used by the pub-
lic as a
common burying ground
5 After the death of my
wife
Margaret Devin it is my
desire that the remainder of my

estate after her funeral expenses
Shall have been
paid be disposed of
as follows To wit
I give and
bequeath to my Son
William M Devin the Sum of
five
dollars.
I give and bequest to my
daughter Ama S.
Wilson five
dollars
I give and bequeath to my

daughter Margaret A. Chitty
the Sum of five
dollars.

[a page seems to be
missing]

[page 6]

9th After the
above [legacies] have been
paid to gather with the
expenses of
administration The residue of my
estate
both real and personal I [disise]
may be equally
divided if can
be if cannot be then the real
es-
tate to be Sold and proceeds together
with
personal estate be divided between
the following named
legal heirs
of my body or their legal
repre-
sentatives, to wit, Clayton
S. Devin, Joseph
B. Devin, Alfred
H. Devin, Martha M. Heydon, Sarah

J. Thompson, Mary E. Pickering
Massa L. Hughes
Parthenial
T Frieze Share and Share alike

In
order that the provisions of
this my last will and
Testament
may be carried out I constitute
and
appoint Alfred H. Devin my ex-
ecutor hereby revoking
all former wills
by me made.

In witness whereof I
have hereunto
set my hand this 14th day of October

1868 [Atuge]

Clayton ^his X mark^ Devin
<\p>

A.

Signed and declared by the above
named
Clayton Devin to be his
last Will and testament in the

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presence of us who at his
request
and in his presence have subscribed
our
names as witnesses thereto.
George W. Russell
Thomas
H. Russell
Alexander Millikin

State of Missouri

County of Polk

Be it remembered
that on this
the 24 day of December
AD 1868, an Instrument of
writing
Proporting to be the last Will of
Clayton
Divin Deceased was exhibited
to the undersigned J.B.
Burros
clerk of the County Court [beler/E]
to be
proven and the Same was
rejected for want of
proof.
J B Burros Clk

!NAME:U.S. Census 1850: Missouri, Polk county, U.S. Census
1850: Missouri, Polk county

!NAME:U.S. Census 1840: Missouri-Polk County, U.S. Census
1840: Missouri-Polk County, Page 47; Devin, Clayton;
Males:2-1-1-1-0-0-1 Females:1-1-2-1-0-1

!NAME:U.S. Census 1860: Missouri-Polk County, U.S. Census
1860: Missouri-Polk County

!NAME:U.S. Census 1870: Missouri-Polk County, U.S. Census
1870: Missouri-Polk County

!NAME:U.S. Census 1830: Tennessee-Lincoln County, U.S.
Census 1830: Tennessee-Lincoln County, Devin, Clayton;
Males:0-2-0-0-0-1 Females:3-1-0-0-1

!NAME:War of 1812 Pension File for Clayton Devin, Devin,
Clayton: War of 1812 Pension File

!NAME:War of 1812 Bounty Land Warrant Application File for
Clayton Devin, Devin, Clayton: War of 1812 Bounty Land
Warrant Application File

!NAME:U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Madison
Township, U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Madison
Township, National Archives Film T9-0710, page 205A

!NAME:Mitchell from Devin et. al. Deed, Devin et. al.: Deed
to Mitchell, County Clerk's Office, Pittsylvania County,
Virginia,

[page 210]

class=”MarginNote”>Mitchell
from
Devin and
others

This Indenture made the 15^th Day of
October in the year of our Lord
1816 Between Martha
Devin, James Devin, Clayton Devin, Abraham C.
Parrish &
Polley Parish his wife, Benjamin Hutchison & Elizabeth
Hutchison
his wife & Sarah Devin all of the County of
Pittsylvania of the one part and
John Mitchell of the
said County of the other part Witnesseth that the Said

Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin Abraham C
Parrish & Polley Parr
ish his Wife Benjamin Hutchison &
Elizabeth Hutchison his Wife and Sarah
Devin for and in
consideration of the Sum of three hundred and forty Dollars

Lawfull money of Virginia to them in hand paid by the
Said John Mitchell
the receipt Whereof is hereby
Acknowledged hath granted bargained Sold and
conveyed
and by these presents Doth grant bargain Sell and convey
unto the Said
John Mitchell his heirs and assigns a
certain tract or parcel of Land lying
and being in the
County Aforesaid on the Waters of Banister Containing One

hundred Acres and 120² poles be the same
more of less it being the same tract
of Land conveyed
by Robert Devin to William Devin in the year 1809 And

bounded as followeth, to Wit, Beginning at a white Oak
corner of the old
line thence North 6[4] degrees East
91 poles to a corner White Oak, thence Said
Old line
North 13 degrees West 1[4]3 poles to a Red Oak S61 degrees
West 140
poles to pointers [and] thence S32 1/2 degress
East 133 poles to the Beginning Which
tract of Land
aforesaid the Said Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin

Abraham C. Parrish and his Wife Polley Parrish Benjamin
Hutchison and Eliza
beth Hutchison his Wife and Sarah
Devin [Will] for themselves their heirs &
forever
Warrant, Maintain and defend the right & title to the Said
John Mitchell
his heirs & Assigns or any other person
of persons Whatsoever Claiming in [undes]
or by them the
S^d Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin
Abraham C. Parrish
and his wife Polley Parrish Benjamin
Hutchison and Elizabeth Hutchison his Wife
And Sarah
Devin or their heirs And the Said Martha Devin James Devin
Clayton
Devin Abraham C. Parrish & Polley Parrish his
Wife Benjamin Hutchison and
Elizabeth Hutchison his
Wife & Sarah Devin do for themselves their heirs & [A]
forever
warrant and defend the Right and title to the
Said tract of Land to the Said John
Mitchell & his
hiers & [A] forever In Witness Whereof the Said Martha
Devin
James Devin Clayton Abraham C Parrish & Polley
Parrish his Wife Benjamin
Hutchison & Elizabeth
Hutchison his Wife & Sarah Devin has hereunto set their

hand and affixed their Seals the day and Year first
written

Martha (her X mark) Devin {Sl}
Jas. Devin
{Sl}
Clayton (his X mark) Devin {Sl}
Abraham C
Parrish {Sl}
Polley (her X mark) Parrish
{Sl}
Benjamin (his X mark) Hutchison {Sl}
Elizabeth
(her X mark) Hutchison {S1}
Sarah (her X mark) Devin
{Sl}

Signed Sealed and delivered in presence

Jabey Smith
James Hurt
Tho^s
Shelton
Hugh Reynolds

[page
211]

Pittsylvania County to Wit
We James Hurt
and Thomas Shelton Magistrates
of the Said County do
hereby certify that Martha Devin James Devin Clayton Devin

Polley Parrish BEnjamin Hutchison Elizabeth Hutchison
Srah Devin Abraham
Parrish parties to the within
conveyance hath duly Acknowledged the same before
us on
the fifteenth Day of October 1816 And desired us to certify
the Same Acknow
ledgement to the Clerk of the County
Court of Pittsylvania in order the same conveyance
may
be recorded As Witness our hands and Seals.

class=”Signature”>Jas. Hurt {Seal}
Tho.^s
Shelton

This Indenture from Martha Devin James Devin
Clayton Devin Abraham C. Parrish
and Polley Parrish his
Wife Benjamin Hutchison and Elizabeth his Wife and Sarah
Devin to John Mitchell was presented in the Clerks office
of Pittsy^a County
the 18^th Day of
November 1816 and admitted to Record by the Clerk of Said
County
upon the Certificate herein endorsed

class=”Signature”>Teste
Will Tunstall Clrk

Clayton married Margaret West 17 Mar 1820, Fayettesville, Lincoln, Tennessee U.S.A.. Margaret (daughter of James West and Anna Sanders) was born 24 Nov 1803, North Carolina U.S.A.; died 5 Jun 1888, Dunnegan, Polk, Missouri U.S.A.; was buried , Heydon Cemetery, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Census:
1850 Polk Co MO book p 47
1860 Polk Co MO book p 14
1870 Polk Co MO book p 82 w/son, Alfred
1880 Polk Co MO book p 15 w/ dau & son-in-law......

Was well educated. Applied for Widow's War of 1812 pension.

Died at the home of her daughter Massa Louisa Devin Hughes
Buried Heydon Cemetery; Cem. Dir. of Polk Co MO

!NAME:The Devin Family (manuscript), The Devin Family
(manuscript), Hofstetter, Dessa, circa 1962, page 6

!BURIAL:Cemetery Directory of Polk County Missouri,
Cemetery Directory of Polk County Missouri

Notes:

1850 Tennessee, Roane, 20-Sub Divn, Roll 893 Book 1, Pg.
383b & 384a
853 897 1 Oct 1850
Christien Pickle 33 M Farmer 350 Tn
Cathorine 38 F Tn
Luke 10 M Tn
Elvina 7 F Tn
Smith 5 M Tn
Huldie 1 F Tn

1860 Missouri, Polk, Madison, Roll 641 Book 1, Pg. 217
1540 1511 17 Aug 1860
Christian Pickle 42 M Farmer 1800 1200 Tn
Catharine 49 F Tn
Luke 19 M Tn
Smith 15 M Farmhand Tn
Huldah 11 F Tn
George W. 7 M Mo

1870 Missouri, Polk, Madison, Roll 800 Book 1, Pg. 111a
223 223 22 Aug 1870
Pickle Christian 53 M W Farmer 1500 1748 Tn
Cartarine 59 F W Keeping House Tn
Hulda 21 F W Tn
George W. 17 M W Mo

1880 Missouri, Polk, Madison, T9-0710, Pg. 211B
Christian PICKEL Self M Male W 62 TN Farmer VA GA
Catherine PICKEL Wife M Female W 67 TN House Keeping VA VA
George W. PICKEL Son S Male W 26 MO Works On Farm TN T


!NAME:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L,
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!BIRTH:U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Marion
Township, U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Marion
Township, National Archives Film T9-0710, 321D

!BIRTH:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L,
friscia.rootsweb.com viewed 04.Sep.2005

Christian married Catherine Carneal 6 Feb 1840, Anderson County, Tennessee U.S.A.. Catherine (daughter of Thomas H. Carneal and Leah Durrett) was born 11 Apr 1811, Anderson County, Tennessee U.S.A.; died 18 Jan 1892, Polk County, Missouri U.S.A.; was buried , Barren Creek Cemetery, Fairplay, Polk, Missouri U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!NAME:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L,
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!BIRTH:U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Marion
Township, U.S. Census 1880: Missouri-Polk County-Marion
Township, National Archives Film T9-0710, 321D

Notes:

Married:
!MARRIAGE:Venable, Karen L, Venable, Karen L,
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