State of Texas } County of Grayson } In the County Court, June Term 1857
To the Hon Chief Justice of said County, your petitioner would respectfully show to your Hon Court that one David Wall departed this life sometime since leaving three children towit, Virginia, Zulingka, & David A. Wall, who are residents of the C. Nation and have considerable property in Grayson County which is necessary to have protected and also to sell and pay of the debts already due & unpaid therefore in view of the premises your petitioner respectfully request your Hon Court to appoint him Guardian of the persons and Estates of said minors who are all under the age of 14 years and as is duty bound will ever pray.
W. S. Burks
The State of Texas County of Grayson
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I W. S. Burks as principal, and M. W. Japlin and J. V. Bailey as sureties, are held and firmly bound unto the Chief Justice of the county of Grayson, in the sum of Eight hundred dollars, for the payment of which, well and truly to be made, we hereby bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents; signed and sealed with our seals, the seals being scrawls, this 30th day of June A. D. 1857.
THE CONDITION OF THE ABOVE OBLIGATION IS SUCH, that whereas the above bounden W. S. Burks has been appointed by the Court Guardian of the person and Estate of the minors Virginia, Zulika and David Wall heirs at law of David Wall deceased.
Now if the said W. S. Burks shall well and truly perform all the duties required of him by law under said appointment, then this obligation shall be null and void; otherwise to be and remain in full force and effect.
W. S. Burks {Seal}
M. W. Japlin {Seal}
J. V. Bailey {Seal}
I W. S. Burks do solemnly swear that I will well and truly perform all the duties of Guardian of the person & Estate of the minors above mentioned to the best of my skill or ability so help me God.
W. S. Burks
Subscribed and sworn to before me }
This 30th day of June }
A. D. 1857 }
J. Bostick Clerk County Court County.
The State of Texas }
County of Grayson }
In County Court, July Term 1858
To the Hon B. P. Smith Chief Justice in said County.
Your Petitioners Zulinka, Virginia and David Ann Wall, by their next friend and guardian, William S. Burks, respectfully represents unto your Hon that David Wall, Father of said minors, departed this life intestate some five years ago in said County, that no administration has been on said Wall Estate, that he died seized and possessed of two Town lots, or parcels of land in the town of Sherman, Known on said Town plate as Lots No. 7 & 8 in Block two (2). That said lots are all the property belonging to said Estate, that said lots are estimated at three hundred Dollars, that nothing has ever been set apart for the aforesaid children as their allowances by said court. The premises considered, petitioners pray for an order and decree of your Hon Court to set apart said Lots to said children as their allowance for the support &c &c and as is duty bound will ever pray &c.
William S. Burks Guardian for Petitioners
[Filed July 26th, 1858]
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