Amos Haynes and His First Daughter, Mary Julia Haynes Whalen
Mary Julia Haynes was the first child of Amos W. Haynes and his first wife, Mary A. Hayes Haynes, who died during or not long after Mary Julia’s birth. Mary Hayes had inherited a league of land (4,428 acres or so) in Bee County, and one-half of that land had passed on to Mary Julia. Amos then served as administrator of Mary Julia’s inheritance. When Mary Julia was thirteen (in 1880), Amos received permission from the court to sell Mary Julia’s land to provide funds to send her to be educated (in Bee County, we think). The land was sold for $1,200, of which $175 was used to pay for education expenses, according to Amos’s estate papers. Amos held on to the remainder of the money until Mary Julia became “of age.” In the interim, she went away to school and then married Michael C. Whalen.
Amos Haynes Sells 700 Acres to His Daughter, Mary Julia Haynes Whalen
The remainder of what Amos Haynes still owed his daughter, Mary Julia Haynes Whalen, for her inheritance from her mother’s estate was included in the sale to her of 700 acres of the 1,400 acres that Amos owned in the Haynes place. On August 13, 1886, as recorded in Book N, page 103, Mary Julia paid Amos $4,000 for the lower 700 acres of his land and one-half of his cattle. She also forgave him from any debt related to her inheritance.
This 700 acre area is not shown on the map, but is roughly equivalent to the 625 acre area (J) plus some of the land above. The 1,400 acres owned by Amos had never been surveyed, and the deed said that Mary Julia was to get one-half, whatever that turned out to be. This deed was strictly in her name, with her money, and with no involvement of her husband, Michael C. Whalen. (Strictly speaking, there was no need to show this area on the map, for as we will soon discover, she traded the land back to him a few years later!)
In reference to the cattle, the deed again used the familiar terminology of “cattle ranging in Jackson and surrounding counties,” so apparently the fences around the rest of the Haynes place were not as good as those Celia and Amos owned with George Menefee, Jr.
At this stage in the history of the Haynes place, Amos owned the upper 700 acres, Mary Julia Whalen owned 700 acres below that, Celia owned 960 acres below that, and Christopher owned the lower 640 acres. Celia (or perhaps Amos) also owned the 750 acres of so in area (P) out in the prairie to the southwest.
Mary Julia Haynes was the first child of Amos W. Haynes and his first wife, Mary A. Hayes Haynes, who died during or not long after Mary Julia’s birth. Mary Hayes had inherited a league of land (4,428 acres or so) in Bee County, and one-half of that land had passed on to Mary Julia. Amos then served as administrator of Mary Julia’s inheritance. When Mary Julia was thirteen (in 1880), Amos received permission from the court to sell Mary Julia’s land to provide funds to send her to be educated (in Bee County, we think). The land was sold for $1,200, of which $175 was used to pay for education expenses, according to Amos’s estate papers. Amos held on to the remainder of the money until Mary Julia became “of age.” In the interim, she went away to school and then married Michael C. Whalen.
Amos Haynes Sells 700 Acres to His Daughter, Mary Julia Haynes Whalen
The remainder of what Amos Haynes still owed his daughter, Mary Julia Haynes Whalen, for her inheritance from her mother’s estate was included in the sale to her of 700 acres of the 1,400 acres that Amos owned in the Haynes place. On August 13, 1886, as recorded in Book N, page 103, Mary Julia paid Amos $4,000 for the lower 700 acres of his land and one-half of his cattle. She also forgave him from any debt related to her inheritance.
This 700 acre area is not shown on the map, but is roughly equivalent to the 625 acre area (J) plus some of the land above. The 1,400 acres owned by Amos had never been surveyed, and the deed said that Mary Julia was to get one-half, whatever that turned out to be. This deed was strictly in her name, with her money, and with no involvement of her husband, Michael C. Whalen. (Strictly speaking, there was no need to show this area on the map, for as we will soon discover, she traded the land back to him a few years later!)
In reference to the cattle, the deed again used the familiar terminology of “cattle ranging in Jackson and surrounding counties,” so apparently the fences around the rest of the Haynes place were not as good as those Celia and Amos owned with George Menefee, Jr.
At this stage in the history of the Haynes place, Amos owned the upper 700 acres, Mary Julia Whalen owned 700 acres below that, Celia owned 960 acres below that, and Christopher owned the lower 640 acres. Celia (or perhaps Amos) also owned the 750 acres of so in area (P) out in the prairie to the southwest.