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	Record Group Number:	800000
	Series/Collection Number:	.L 76
	Creator:	Florida. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit : Leon County)
	Title, Dates:	Letters testamentary, administration, and guardianship, 1841-1947.
	Amount:	3.00 v. 3.00 microfilm reel 35 mm
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	Organization/Arrangement:	Chronological.
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	Biographical/Historical:	Leon County was created by an act of the Legislative Council of Florida on December 29, 1824 (Laws). It was formed from the eastern half of Gadsden County. The boundaries of Leon County underwent several changes through out the years. When Wakulla County was created in 1843, the southern boundary of Leon County was changed. The boundary between Leon County and Jefferson County was altered several times (1829, 1831, 1832 and 1881) before it became permanent. The Clerk of the Circuit Court in each county serves as the official custodian of deed, marriage, and probate records.
	Summary:	This series consists of records of testamentary, administration and guardianship from 1841 to 1947 from Leon County, Florida. The records include original letters of guardianship books (1889-1947) and microfilm copies of letters testamentary, administration and guardianship (1841-1928). The records include letters of appointment, court orders, oaths, bonds, and annual returns. The records are indexed. Letters testamentary are the formal instruments of authority and appointment given to a person by the probate court, giving him the powers of executor of a decedent's will. The executor carries out the directions and requests of the will and disposes of the decedent's property. Administration records concern people who died intestate--having no valid will and thus no provisions for their estate. These records document the appointment by the court of an administrator for such an estate. The need for a guardian usually occurs when a decedent is survived by minor children who by law are not considered capable of managing their own lives. Thus, the court appoints a guardian to assume the parental responsibilities of the decedent.
	Finding Aids:	Volume and microfilm listings available.
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	Location of Originals/Duplicates:	Letters testamentary, administration, and guardianship (1841-1928): Circuit Court, Second Judicial Circuit, Leon County. Office of the Clerk. Tallahassee, Florida.
	Associated Materials:	Other Leon County probate records may be found in series L30, L72-L75, L78, and L344-L345.
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	Subject Access Fields:	Probate records Florida --Leon County Decedents' estates Florida Guardian and ward Florida --Leon County Insurance, Surety and fidelity Florida Guardianship Probate records. aat Bonds (Legal records) aat Leon County (Fla.)
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