Petition #20583401

• Leon County, Florida. March 8, 1834. - April 1834.
• Court: Superior
• Salutation: To the Hon. Thomas Randall Judge of the Superiour Court of the Middle District of Florida for the County of Leon

Abstract

Sarah Whitehurst, widow of Peletiah Whitehurst, asks that commissioners be appointed "to ascertain & set off the dower to which petitioner may ... be entitled." Peletiah Whitehurst died "seized and possessed of" land and "sundry personal property, negroes cattle household & kitchen furniture &c."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Commissioners' Report, 4 October 1834
• Pages of related documents: 1

4 people are documented within petition 20583401

• 2 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Florida State Archives, Tallahassee, Florida

• County Court, Law Case Files
• Record group: Series L61
• Folder: 980

Subjects

• Widow's dower