In June 1811, George W. Todd signed a promissory note for $866 to Runnyon Harris. Todd also owed $355 to Josiah Green. In October 1812, Harris and Green sued for payment. The petitioners charge that George had sufficient real and personal property to satisfy his debts, but that he transferred his personal property, including slaves, to his brother William, but he "continued to exercise all acts of ownership in the same manner as if no such conveyance had ever been made." In 1813, William Todd died, leaving as heir his daughter, Sarah Todd. In an inventory of the estate, executor Thomas Parker included none of the property that George was alleged to have conveyed to William. But when property in George Todd's possession was seized, Parker claimed that the property being levied was part of William Todd's estate and thus not subject to seizure. The petitioners ask the court to subpoena George Todd, Thomas Parker, and the other defendants and order them to provide a complete account of the property in question.
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