All estates must pass through probate court. Will the will their are executores, with an intestate the estate has administrators. The estate must be split between the hiers. IF the intestate is married with children the wife has dower rights to the estate. USually 1/3 of the value. The other 2/3s is divided between the children or the child's heirs recieving their parents portion. If the intestate died married without the children. the spouse recieved 1/2 of the estate with the other 1/2 divided between the parents and sibilngs or the siblings heirs. If the intestate died without spouse or children then the estate went the parents and siblings. The equity court records will records of estate payments to the minor heirs and orders of division. Deborah Byrd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Adair (by way of Steve Coker <stevenjcoker@netzero.net>)" <wadair@hsc.usf.edu> To: <SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 2:53 PM Subject: [SC] Post Rev. War estate settlements > When a landowner died intestate, how was his property (land > holdings) distributed to his heirs? More specifically, how was this > information passed to the county courthouse, since presumably if > one of the heirs wished to sell his/her share of the land, a deed to > that portion would have to have been created. What record books > (other than deed books) should be consulted? > > Lee Adair > ************************************************* > W. Lee Adair, Jr, Ph.D. > Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology > University of South Florida > MDC 7 > Tampa, FL 33612 > TEL: (813)974-9599 > FAX: (813)974-5798 > ************************************************* > > > Shop online without a credit card > http://www.rocketcash.com > RocketCash, a NetZero subsidiary > > > ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== > [SC] SCROOTS-L@ROOTSWEB.COM > http://www.scroots.org/ > > ============================== > Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >