Petition #20185706

• Dallas County, Alabama. April 20, 1857. - May 25, 1857.
• Court: Probate
• Salutation: To the Honorable Thomas G. Rainer Judge of the Probate Court of said County

Abstract

James L. Evans, guardian of Margaret T. Gayle, seeks to sell three slaves and to divide the profits between Margaret and her brother Thomas K. Gayle, joint owners of the slaves. Without a sale, the guardian says, the "said property Cannot be equitably partitioned."

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PARs #20185330, #20185630; Commissioners' Report, ca. May 1857; Receipts Pertaining to Sale of 3 Slaves, ca. May 1857
• Pages of related documents: 4

7 people are documented within petition 20185706

• 3 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner
• 3 Others

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Citation information

Repository: Dallas County Courthouse, Selma, Alabama

• Records of the Probate Court, Estates

Subjects

• Seniors (enslaved)
• Purchase/Sale (enslaved family)
• Auctions
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)
• Enslaver (minors)
• Family kept together (Black)