Kate’s notes: In the case of probate court records for Knox County, it is necessary to search multiple volumes in order to view both transcripts prepared in the 1930’s with the original, handwritten documents. In the case below, I first found Robert’s records among the 1930’s transcripts, Estate Records, 1792-1811, Vol. 1. The original documents, however, are to be found in Settlements, 1792-1811, Vol. 01. Though the content of the records are the same the differences are of style, i.e., capitalization and punctuation. Though this may be of little significance to research purposes, what I have done with the first entry for the July Session of 1796 is edit the 1930’s transcription to read exactly as the original document was written, simply as an example.
    Sources for these transcriptions may be found at the FamilySearch website of the LDS Church https://familysearch.org
                                                                                 -Kate Maynard 2013

RECORDS PERTAINING TO THE ESTATE OF ROBERT GILLILAND

Tennessee, Probate Court Books, 1795-1927
Knox County
Estate records, 1792-1811, Vol. 01

JULY SESSIONS 1796
                                              Robert Gilliland, dec’d

On motion of Mary Gilliland administration is Granted her on the estate of 
Robert Gilliland deceased who hath been Qualified accordingly and entered into 
bond together with John Gilliland and Elias Roberts her Securities in the sum 
of five Hundred Dollars, Conditioned for the faithful administration of said 
estate according to Law.
    Whereupon an Inventory of the said estate was returned to Court by the 
said adminstratrix and admitted to record, to wit,
One Mare, 3 Cows and 1 Steer, 3 hogs and 100 Wt of pork. Notes to the amount 
of between sixty and Seventy Dollars, One set of Slay tools, two pots and one oven, 
one pewter Dish, Nine plates and two basons, One axe and One hoe, One Side Saddle 
One Spinning Wheel, two Smoothing Irons.
                                                                                her
                                                                     Mary  { }  Gilliland Admin
                                                                               Mark
Ordered that the said Estate be exposed to publick Sale, the Sheriff agreeable to law.

OCTOBER SESSIONS 1796
ROBERT GILLILAND*
For reasons appearing to the Court, it is ordered that the perishable property of the estate of Robert Gilliland decs’d which was at the time of the administration be exposed to sale by the Sheriff according to Law.

*In the original record book his name was recorded as Robert Gilleland.

JANUARY SESSIONS 1797
ROBERT GILLILAND dsc’d
The amount of the Sales of the Estate of Robert Gilliland dec’d was returned to Court by Robert Houston sheriff and admitted to Record, to wit,
    Two hundred and one dollars fifty cents         201.50
                                                                                    January 24th 1797

APRIL SESSIONS 1798
ROBERT GILLILAND
Ordered that David Campbell (major) and Joseph Taylor be appointed to settle with the administrator of the estate of Robert Gilliland deceased and make report thereof to next Court. July 98 renewed.*

*I did not find a record of the case being continued at the July Sessions.

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Transcriber: Kate Maynard, 2013
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