Lot 368
(Cleburne, Patrick Ronayne). Broadside titled "Notice of Application to Sell Real Estate," 1p, 8"x7", Arkansas, 1883. Signed in print by John D. Parrish, "Administrator of P.R. Cleburne." In part: "Notice is hereby given that I, John D. Parrish, as administrator of the estate of P.R. Cleburne, deceased, will apply at the October term of the Phillips County Probate Court, 1883, for an order to sell, to pay the debts of said estate…." Several parcels of land in Chicot County, Arkansas, totaling over 5,500 acres, are listed. Cleburne, an Irish immigrant who found the success in Arkansas that eluded him in Ireland, was killed at the Battle of Franklin on Nov. 30, 1864. He is considered by many scholars today to have been one of the South's finest field officers and deserving of the contemporary epitaph "Stonewall of the West." Cleburne was largely unheralded in the "Lost Cause" movement of the late 19th century because of his foreign birth and his incendiary war-time suggestion that slaves should be freed and used as soldiers. Cleburne never married and his estate was left open for nearly 20 years after his death. It is likely that by 1883 the time limitation under Arkansas stature required that the estate be closed.
Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000.
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