I am looking for information on how the court would distribute funds of a person who died with no wife, no children, and no will. I hope that information will help me identify how the following persons were related to Samuel J Tatem.
Jerry Radke
Harrisburg, PA

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Samuel J. Tatem died on Nov 29, 1944 in Lincoln County, Ky. His wife, Jennie, had died earlier, and they had no children. Looks like funds were distributed to the living descendants of the siblings of his mother (Amanda M. Holman) and father (William P. Tatum).

Lincoln County Estate Boxe, Box #507, Tatem, S.J.
Supplemental Settlement for redistribution of funds from the deceased heirs of S.J. Tatem
(Settlement Book 11, page 337)
Filed August 27, 1952
Administrator: F.G. Hurt
Cabell D Francis, Attorney at Law, Stanford, Ky

The settlement mentions that the following persons did not cash checks in the original distribution:
Russell Holman
Katherine Raden
Elizabeth Howard
Emma Hammond Young

Deceased Heirs as of August 27, 1952:
Lillie McGill – heirs unknown - $124.93
Joseph Tatem – heirs unknown - $249.28
Sallie Tatem Wilder – heirs unknown - $249.28
Joseph Holman – heirs unknown - $41.64
Ollie Holman – heirs unknown - $41.64
Mayme Holman – heirs unknown - $41.64
James T. Hammonds – heirs unknown - $0.56


Living Heirs of SJ Tatum on Aug 26, 1952

Daniel Holman line
$23.55 T.J. Holman [son of Daniel Holman]
$23.55 Dave Holman [son of Daniel Holman]
$23.55 Joe Holman [son of Daniel Holman]
$12.03 James Holman, Jr (chig) [son of James Holman, the son of Daniel Holman]
$12.03 D.S. Holman [son of James Holman, the son of Daniel Holman]

Samuel David Holman line
$11.54 Claudia Holman [wife of Samuel David Holman]
$42.33 Mamie Skiles [Daughter of Samuel David Holman]
$21.54 C.J. Holman [son of C.J. Holman]
$21.54 Helen Holman Donald [daughter of C.J. Holman]

Madison (Matt) Holman line
$47.09 Robert Holman [son of Matt Holman]
$7.21 Alice Holman [widow of William Holman, a son of Matt Holman]
$20.20 Ethel Holman [daughter of William Holman, a son of Matt Holman]
$20.20 S.T. Holman [???]

James Alexander Holman Line
$12.02 Charles Holman [son of James Alexander Holman]
$12.02 Russell Holman [son of James Alexander Holman]
$12.02 James P Holman [son of James Alexander Holman]
$12.02 Lizzie Holman Vires [daughter of James Alexander Holman]
$12.02 Bell Holman Roberts [daughter of James Alexander Holman]
$2.05 Ira Hawley [son of Clara Myrtle Holman, a daughter of James Alexander Holman]


Unknown relationship:
$3.33 each Bessie Schnelton, Allene Carrol, & Lettie Hillis.
$1.20 each Doris Kilker Melomet & Helen Kilker Walker
$2.40 each Emma Kilker Speck, Raymond Kilker, & Mollie Leone Kilker Schroses
$0.42 Kate Kilker
$1.98 Mrs. Joe Day
$3.00 each Eddie Parker Riddell, Grace Parker Johnson, George Dewey Parker, & Joe Ed Parker
$6.41 each Clell Tatem, John Tatem, Myrtle Coldiron, Grace Bell, & Eliza King
$3.20 each Isabelle Metcalf & Leola Ledford
$9.63 each Golden Yater, Jessie Gabbard, Hume Tatem, & Edith Tatem Todd
$6.41 each Mandy Kindred Gaffney, Ellen Kindred Gaines, Charley Kindred, Joe Kindred, Lizzie Kindred Earhart, & Ethel Stone Singleton
$4.84 each Kate Hammond Hatter, Jennie Hammond Resler, & Mary Dickinson
$0.58 Augusta Hammonds
$0.43 each Katherine Raden, Virgil Hammonds, Iva Taylor, Elizabeth Howard, Samuel Hammonds, Walter Lewis Hammonds, John Hammonds, Juanita Casey, & Joyce Hammonds
$0.61 each William Hammonds, James E Hammonds, Elbert Hammonds, Lettie Hammonds, Louise Hammonds, Emma Hammonds Young, Virginia Hammonds, & Elsie Hammonds
$4.84 each Daisy Lamb Dykes & Eva Lamb Mansfield
$1.61 each Raymond White, Daisy Bell White, & Gibson White
$37.48 Alice Coens

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Update from Jerry Radke

Descendants of Samuel Harrison and Amanda (Moberly) Tatum (brother of William P. Tatum?)

John Wesley Tatum line
$6.41 Clell Tatem (William McCellen Tatum)
$6.41 John Tatem (John Harrison Tatum)
$6.41 Myrtle Caldiron (Myrtle M. Tatum)
$6.41 Grace Bell (Grace Tatum)
$6.41 Eliza King (Eliza Ann Tatum)

Mary Jane Tatum line
$4.84 Kate Hammond Hatter (Mary Katherine Hammons)
$4.84 Jennie Hammond Resler (Amanda Virginia Hammons)
$4.84 Mary Dickinson (?)
$4.84 Daisy Lamb Dykes (Daisy Lamb)
$4.84 Eva Lamb Mansfield (Eva Lamb)
$0.43 Katherine Raden (Anna Katherine Hammons)
$0.43 Virgil Hammonds (William Virgil Hammonds)
$0.43 Iva Taylor (Iva Lucinda Hammonds)
$0.43 Elizabeth Howard (Mary Elizabeth Hammonds)
$0.43 Samuel Hammonds (Samuel Biggerstaff Hammonds)
$0.43 Walter Lewis Hammonds (Walter Louis Hammonds)
$0.43 John Hammonds (John Kenneth Hammonds)
$0.43 Juanita Casey (Juanita Gale Hammonds)
$0.43 Joyce Hammonds (Joyce E. Hammonds)
$0.61 William Hammonds (William Thomas Hammonds)
$0.61 James E Hammonds (James Earl Hammons)
$0.61 Elbert Hammonds (Elbert Lee Hammons)
$0.61 Lettie Hammonds (Lettie Mae Hammonds)
$0.61 Louise Hammonds (Mary Louise Hammonds)
$0.61 Emma Hammonds Young (Emma Bell Hammonds)
$0.61 Virginia Hammonds (Eva Virginia Hammonds)
$0.61 Elsie Hammonds

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391.010 Descent of real estate.
When a person having right or title to any real estate of inheritance dies intestate as to such estate, it shall descend in common to his kindred, male and female, in the following order, except as otherwise provided in this chapter:

(1) To his children and their descendants; if there are none, then

(2) To his father and mother, if both are living, one (1) moiety each; but if the father is dead, the mother, if living, shall take the whole estate; if the mother is dead, the whole estate shall pass to the father; if there is no father or mother, then

(3) To his brothers and sisters and their descendants; if there are none, then

(4) To the husband or wife of the intestate; if there are none surviving, then

(5) One (1) moiety of the estate shall pass to the paternal and the other to the maternal kindred, in the following order: (a) The grandfather and grandmother equally, if both are living; but if one is dead, the entire moiety shall go to the survivor; if there is no grandfather or grandmother, then (b) To the uncles and aunts and their descendants; if there are none, then (c) To the great-grandfathers and great-grandmothers, in the same manner prescribed for grandfather and grandmother by subsection (a); if there are none, then (d) To the brothers and sisters of the grandfathers and grandmothers and their descendants; and so on in other cases without end, passing to the nearest lineal ancestors and their descendants.

(6) If there is no such kindred to one of the parents as is described in subsection (5), the whole to go to the kindred of the other. If there is neither paternal nor maternal kindred, the whole shall go to the kindred of the husband or wife, as if he or she had survived the intestate and died entitled to the estate.

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