Petition #20985719
- Calvert County, Maryland. May 7, 1857. - July 15, 1859.
- Court: Circuit
- Salutation: To the Honorable Nicholas Brewer, Judge of the Circuit Court for Calvert County
Abstract
Lewis and David claim that "by the last will and testament of Betty Reynolds ... she did liberate and manumit and set free your petitioners at the age of twenty seven years." The petitioners "have respectively attained the age aforesaid and are now entitled to their freedom; but are still held and kept in slavery by a certain Edward Reynolds." They ask for "such relief in the premises as may be in accordance with the Law" and for the court to subpoena Edward Reynolds.
Result: Granted; appealed; dismissed.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: PAR #20985623; Court Record, 12 July 1858; Copy of Last Will and Testament, Betty Reynolds, 23 March 1840; Certification of Copy, 10 October 1856; Subpoena, Edward Reynolds, 16 May 1857; Sheriff's Return, 12 October 1857; Continuance, 14 May 1858; Order and Appeal, 12 July 1858; Certification of Transcript, 2 December 1858; Copy of Docket Entries, 4 December 1858
- Pages of related documents: 12
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Citation information
Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland
- Schweninger Collection
- Page: 27
- Microfilm: M 11015
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