Thomas was appointed to assume the duties of settling the estate ofhis b rother-in-law:
From The Stewart Family:
"Judging from old court records of Knox County, the Court was notsatis fied with the management of the estate of Charles Stewart byMartin Mil ler, Susannah’s new husband. On "May 5, 1811, [a]napplication of Ambro se Arthur, one of the administrators of CharlesStewart decd., the Cour t has thought proper to release him from theburden of administration, a nd have ordered Joseph Eve and RichardBallinger to settle with the sai d Arthur any money on hand oraccounts that in his possession, and repo rt the same especially tonext court as well as to return all monies on h and or account asshall be delivered to them and ordered that a subpoen a do be issuedagainst Martin Miller and Susannah Miller, late Susannah S tewart toshow cause, if any, why the estate of Charles Stewart, decd., s hallnot be taken out of their hands and she removed from being administratrix.” On the following day, the Court (May 6, 1811) “[o]rderedthat T homas Arthur, Jr., be appointed administrator of CharlesStewart, decd. , and he together with James Bailey and Arthur Nailacknowledge their b ond in the penalty of $1000."
8/7/1820 State Road, Knox Co, KY. was his address at census time,nex t door to his parents. Thos Arthur Jnr was 26-44 years old with afami ly of 15 including 4 slaves, three people were in agriculture andone i n manufacturing. In the family were 2 males under 10, 1 age16-18, 1 w as 16-25, 2 females under 10, 3 at 10-15, and his wife also26-44.
