"Sec. 113. Administrators are required to give bond with sufficient sureties, usually in double the amount of the personality in the estate, for the purpose of protecting interested parties against losses due to improper administration." Thomas E. Atkinson, *Handbook of the Law of Wills and Other Principles of Succession Including Intestancy and Administration of Decedents' Estates,* 2nd Edition (St. Paul: West Publishing, 1953), 621. Rondina _______________________ Rondina P. Muncy Ancestral Analysis 4008 Linden Avenue Fort Worth, Texas 76107 682.224.6584 [email protected] www.ancestralanalysis.com On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Thea Baker via < [email protected]> wrote: > ​< > I am working on a case in which a son applied for Letters of > Administration in Sep. 1864 in Arkansas (a Confederate State). He named > three persons as security for a $30,000 Bond. The family was well-off but > $30,000 bond seems extraordinarily high. I have never seen a bond given > for that kind of amount in any probate I have worked. > ​>​ > > > Best, > Thea