Petition #21185101

Abstract

The heirs of Isaac B. Gibbons maintain that he owned eighteen slaves in 1829. They further attest that these slaves were to be divided equally among his said heirs upon his death. The petitioners charge that Moses Gentry came into possession of Nancy and Patrick, two of Gibbons's said slaves, in 1831. They allege that this sale was illegal because of a trust executed by Gibbons in 1829. Noting that Gibbons died in 1848, the heirs complain that Gentry now refuses to relinquish Nancy or her children to then. The heirs ask the court to order Gentry to return the slaves to them. In addition, they seek compensation for the value of the slaves' hires over the past three years.

Result: Nonsuit declared; appealed; affirmed.

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Repository: Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, Missouri

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