Dunklin Co. Missouri--John Lightfoot Admin of Estate of Milton Lightfoot(Nov 1906)

 Letter of Administration granted to John Lightfoot for estate of Milton A Lightfoot dec'd

Milton Lightfoot departed this life on the 1 day of November 1906, intestate, leaving the following children and heirs at laws, residing as follows, to-wit Rosa Taylor, William Lightfoot, John Lightfoot, Vera Crews, Rena Ridge, and Alice Lightfoot all who reside in the County of Dunklin and State of Missouri, and stating that he will make a perfect inventory and faith fully administer the estate, pay on debts as far as the assets will extend and law direct, and account for and pay all cost which shall come to his knowledge or possession. And it appearing to the court that said Milton Lightfoot, died possessed of Property of a probable value of One Thousand dollars($1000)

It is ordered that Letters of administration of the goods, chattel, credits and effect of said deceased be issued to the said John Lightfoot and that he enter into bond to the state of Missourrit in the sum of Two Thousand Dollars($2000) With two or more sufficient securities residents of this county conditions according to law.  

Now on this same day comes John Lightfoot and files his bond in the sum of Two Thousand Dollars($2000) as such administrator with G.W. Simpkins and J W. Burres? as security.
The court after examining said settlement doth approve the same.

Source
Dunklin Co Missouri Probate Records. Book 11 , p 539 & 540 November Term 1906, Letter of Admin by John Lightfoot for estate of Milton A. Lightfoot dec'd; image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89LS-N9WF-2 : accessed 12 July 2026) IGN 7632571(Item 1 of 4) Image 26 of 846. Continued from IGN 007632570(Item 3 of 3) Image 558-9 of 814.

Wilson Lightfoot Deeds--Dyer Co TN

There were 3 entries for Wilson Lightfoot in the survey books of Dyer Co. Tennessee. I'm interested in him because I have a cluster of DNA matches(and so do several of my Cook / Putman cousins) that are all descendants of him.  The connection has to be further back(in my Cook / Putman ancestry) because of the way the age groups fall in known relationships from that side.  You can check out the deeds at the links below. Several of the entries mention the Occupant law of 1840. I've not studied the land of West TN because most of my ancestors were concentrated in the Middle Tennessee area.  This was an attempt by TN to get it's western land settled. 

Wilson Lightfoot entry--Dyer Co TN Land Survey Book pg 77 
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS5W-BSF7-L?i=56&cat=277549

Wilson Lightfoot entry--Dyer Co TN Land Survey Book pg 109
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS5W-BSF2-C?i=72&cat=277549

Wilson Lightfoot entry--Dyer Co TN Survey Entry Book Vol 1  pg 140

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C39N-NNCC?i=103&cat=277549

I wonder if that law might have been part of the reason that Wm C Cook was in Dyer Co TN.

I didn't find him in the deed or survey book other than his mention in J B Harrison's Deed.    There is a Wm  C Coop in Dyer County at the same time but even with the poor writing in some parts it's still fairly easy to distinguish between my Wm C Cook and the Wm C Coop just by looking at the folks with which they associated.

Sources:

"Land surveys, 1827-1860; survey entries, 1820-1911," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS5W-BSF7-L?i=56&cat=277549 : accessed 10 February 2023), Entry of Wilson Lightfoot No 128; citing Dyer Co., Tennessee, USA, Land Surveys, Book A, p 77; county courthouse, Tennessee; FHL microfilm 833247.

"Land surveys, 1827-1860; survey entries, 1820-1911," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS5W-BSF2-C?i=72&cat=277549 : accessed 10 February 2023), Entry of Wilson Lightfoot No 232; citing Dyer Co., Tennessee, USA, Land Surveys, Book A, p 109; county courthouse, Tennessee; FHL microfilm 833247.

"Land surveys, 1827-1860; survey entries, 1820-1911," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C39N-NNCC?i=103&cat=277549 :  accessed 10 February 2023), Entry of Wilson Lightfoot No 51; citing Dyer Co., Tennessee, USA, Register of Deeds, Survey Book 1, p 140; county courthouse, Tennessee; FHL microfilm 833248.  

Lightfoot Family

In a blog post from 2017 I referenced several newspaper articles about accused counterfeiter Benjamin Woodward and several other of his associates.  Among those associates were several Cook(e) men.  These were men are likely connected to our YDNA line though our exact connection has not been identified. At the time I had not located my 2nd Great Grandfather in the 1840 US Federal census in Dyer Co TN nor had I discovered the cluster of DNA matches with connections to the Lightfoot family in Dyer County.

One of the newspapers from that Dec 2017 blog post was The Virginia Gazette(Williamsburg, VA)'s February 25th 1773 edition.  The article  on page 3 mentions that a Capt John Lightfoot is sent to apprehend the suspects.  While working the ancestry of the group of Dyer Co TN DNA matches of myself, my siblings and our Cook/Putman cousins I discovered that the Dyer Co TN cluster traces back to a Wilson C Lightfoot & his wife, Mary Deberry.  As it turns out, Wilson C Lightfoot's father is a  John Lightfoot who died in Stewart Co TN in 1823 and left a will.  An image of the will had been posted by another researcher but they did not include a link or anything other than that it could be found on FamilySearch. It took a bit of investigating but I found it.

It was grouped in Stewart Co TN--Bonds, Miscellaneous, Settlements, 1814-1824, Vol. 03

John Lightfoot's Will

Inventory--John Lightfoot

George Cathey's Bond as Executor of Nelly Lightfoot's Will

Given the shared matches from my side the connection is back thru the ancestry of my Cook or Putman lines somehow.  Something to investigate and hopefully will "kick up" other clues.  Also need to look into the Deberry ancestry since I don't know for sure that any connection is exclusively thru the Lightfoot family.