Tom McCabe's Genealogy 2025

There was a long history to the probate of Shadrack Pinkston that did not end until the 1820s. There was a conflict between Althalia (and her husband ) and her children over the division of the estate.

The Early Records of Georgia, Volume II, Wilkes County - Start of Page 270

PINKSTON, SHADRACK dec'd. Warrant of apprmt Jul. 18, 1795, Athalia Pinkston app admx same day. Inv. Slave Liddy and child Rose, slave Patience. Acct of sale Oct. 25, 1799, Fanny, Salley and Charlotte Pinkston purchasers. Returns of Athalia Pinkston for 1795 paid John Ridley tuition. By cash in 1796 from Va. for pay for a slave. Fadda Jarretts bill to John C. Pinkston, no date. A note at the bottom says that Mr. Jarrett is to have all the cotton and flax in his possession because "the old gentleman" says he will not charge the girls for board." Return Jan. 1801 by Fadda Jarrett and wife, admrs, tuition paid for Charlotte 1799 to Thos. D. McLaughlin. Returns of Thos. Talbot gdn of Charlotte and Sally Pinkston, orphs 1801-02, cash received of Wm. Triplett. Returns for 1818. Returns as gdn of Charlotte, now Charlotte Starr and receipt of Benj Starr 1806 for her legacy. As gdn of Sally Pinkston now Hurley and receipt of Jas. Hurley, Jr. 1803 for her legacy. Receipt of Thos. Talbot gdn as above Jan. 1, 1802 to Fadda Jarrett and wife Alathia late Alathia Pinkston for their legacies. Receipt of Peter Bennett for his legacy Feb. 1804. Receipt of Wm. M. Kain, admr of John C. Pinkston Oct. 1806, of Greenberry Pinkston Feb. 1804, all to Fadda Jarrett and wife Alathia, admrs. Petition for division of that part of his estate assigned to his wid Athaliza or Atha, who married Fadda Jarrett 1797, and he became admr in her right, and since his death in 1813 she has not turned over their part of this property to the petitioners, viz, Peter Bennett and wife Frances formerly Frances Pinkston dau of said dec's: Greenberry Pinkston son of said dec'd; Jas. Hurley and wife Sally formerly Sally Pinkston dau of said dec'd; Benj. Starr and wife Charlotte formerly Charlotte Pinkston; Silas Starr and wife Elizabeth wid of John C. Pinkston, dec'd son of said Shadrick, dec'd; and Greenberry Pinkston, Jr., son of said John C. Pinkston, dec'd by his next friend Silas Starr. (Silas Starr and wife Elizabeth and Greenberry Pinkston, Jr. the only legal heirs of John C. Pinkston, dec'd.) Atha Jarrett, Thos. Talbot and Richard Sappington, admrs of Fadda Jarrett, dec'd ordered to appear in court Sep. 6, 1816.

This was her second will. She had a will in Wilkes County Georgia but changed her will when she left Wilkes Co to move in with another daughter in Fayette County.

After Fadda Jarrott died, Althalia lived with her daughter Frances and her husband Peter Bennett in Wilkes. They were to inherit much of her estate according to this will. When she left Wilkes County she cut them from the will and made out a new one..