This day Micajah Pinkston suggested to the Court that Lydia
Pinkston a resident of said County is a lunatic, and moved
the Court that a jury be summoned to inquire, as to the
said lunacy. Whereupon it is ordered by the Court thst the
Sheriff summons twelve freeholders of said County who after
being duly sworn shall proceed to examine by inquisition,
whether the said Lydia Plnkston be a lunatic or not, and
also what money or ef fects either personal or real, the
said Lydia is possessed of & that report to the next term
of this Court. ( Lunatic)4
Sources:
- Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1727-2008
- Davidson County Marriage Record, pg 14
- Carroll County Marriage Record, pg 182
- County Court Minutes - Volume 4 1843-1850 Carroll County, Tennessee pg 377