Hello, That is really interesting. James was my great grandfather and I had no information on that particular aspect. I would be interested to find out why also. Linda Hancock Clunk >From: "Kelli Jeffrey" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [HANCOCK-L] Guardianship >Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 22:19:43 -0400 > > Hello All, I am hoping that someone can help explain something to >me. >Can anyone help explain how Guardianships were done in the early 1800s and >why a mother had to go to court to be named the Guardian of her own >children. > I have a document from 1851, Todd Co. Ky. that shows that Benjamin >Hancock died before July of 1851. None of his family stepped forward to be >executor of the estate so the court stepped in Oct. 14, 1851 and seized it. >In June 1852, Preston L. Yancy was named, Guardian for the two youngest >children, James Monroe and Dabney Hancock, which were minors. > America M. Hancock was the mother and alive at the time. Why wasn't >she named Guardian or why did she even have to be named that, since it was >her children. > Preston L. Yancy was also the Plaintiff in the court cases following >involving the sale of the estate. > > >Alan Jeffrey > > >==== HANCOCK Mailing List ==== >Questions about this list? Feel free to contact >the listowner for help at: ><[email protected]> > _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail