In 1798 Paul Micon of Virginia died leaving three slaves--Dinah, her daughter Matilda, and Matilda's husband Frank--to his daughter Catharine Micon; if Catharine died without children and before her brother John Micon Sr., John and his heirs would inherit the slaves. Catharine Micon died without marrying or having children, and John Micon inherited the slaves from her. Later, John Micon Sr. sold Matilda, Frank, and some of their children to Elijah Anderson. Anderson now holds Matilda and Frank and their four children Rueben, Frank, Rose, and Fanny. The petitioners, daughters of John Micon Sr., now claim the slaves as their own and they accuse their brother John Micon Jr. with "combining & confederating with the said Anderson to defeat their claim." They ask that their claims to a distributive share in the slaves be held and that the slaves be sold and the proceeds divided.
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Repository: Noxubee County Courthouse, Macon, Mississippi
