Petition #20986312
- Baltimore City, Maryland. March 10, 1863. - March 11, 1863.
- Court: Superior
- Salutation: To the Honorable Robert N. Martin Judge of the Superior Court of Baltimore City
Abstract
Thomas Owings and Charles Ridgely, executors of the estate of Thomas Green, a free man of color, request the court's assistance in making payment and distribution of the residue of Green's estate. Green, who died on 24 December 1858, named by his will as residuary legatees his grandnephews, Archibald George Dodson and Charles Dodson. His executors are prevented from closing the estate because of the unclear whereabouts of Charles Dodson, a sailor who "engaged himself on board a vessel, some 17 years ago and went to sea from Demarara." The petitioners explain that they have contacted "the late and present United States Consuls at Demarara, in searching him out," yet their "efforts have been fruitless." They believe that Dodson has been dead for the last ten years. Owens and Ridgely attest that Charles's brother, Archibald, has already received the $3,027.37 due him in cash and $4614.25 in other property. They ask the court to grant an order of publication giving notice to the Dodson brothers and "warning them to appear in this Court by some day certain, to answer the premises." [The related documents contain a list of Thomas Green's tenants. The thirteen individuals are identified as being free persons of color so their names are not entered in the database. The devisees in Green's will were listed as free people of color.]
Result: Granted.
- Number of petition pages: 4
- Related documents: PAR #20986409; Third Administrative Account, Estate of Thomas Green, 13 March 1863; Copy of Last Will and Testament, Thomas Green, 19 December 1858; Submission, 26 May 1864; Answer, Archibald George Dodson, 26 May 1864; Certifications of Publication, 12 March 1863 and 1 April 1863; Trustees' Bond, 10 June 1864; Auditor's Report and Account, Estate of Thomas Green, 8 June 1864; Supplemental Report of Executors, Estate of Thomas Green, 8 June 1864; Agreement of Counsel, 8 June 1864; Assent to Immediate Ratification of Sale, 25 June 1864; Trustees' Report of Sales, Estate of Thomas Green, 25 June 1864; City and State Tax Bills, 22 July 1864; Expenses and Vouchers, Owings and Ridgely, ca. 1864; Receipt, William Frick and Charles Ridgely to Baltimore Daily Gazette, 22 July 1864; Receipt, Charles Ridgely to Republic Fire Insurance of New York, 8 June 1864; Receipt, William Frick and Charles Ridgely to Dobbin and Fulton, 31 May 1864; Receipt, William Frick and Charles Ridgely to The Sun, 1 June 1864; Eliza Milner to Estate of Thomas Green, 4 July 1864; Receipt, William Frick and Charles Ridgely to Jane Gover, 1 June 1864; Auditor's Report and Account, Estate of Thomas Green, 6 August 1864; Trustee's Release, 27 September 1864
- Pages of related documents: 55
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Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland
- Records of the Baltimore County Court, Chancery Papers
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