Petition #21484234
- Sumner County, Tennessee. April 23, 1842. - October 15, 1844.
- Court: Chancery
Abstract
The petitioners seek to recover property willed to them by their grandfather. They relate that their maternal grandfather, Elijah Humphries, bequeathed slaves and other property to them in his 1794 will. Jessee Haynie Sr., father of five of the petitioners, concealed the information from his children, telling them that Humphries willed the property to their mother Rhoda Humphries Haynie for her life and then to her children. The plaintiffs avow that they were "kept in ignorance of their rights" until 1842, when "a copy of the Clauses of Said will was found among the papers of Jessee Haynie at his death." They charge that Jessee Haynie Sr. sold twelve slaves illegally to various buyers and also bequeathed their rightful property to his third wife ("a young woman in her 19th year") and to two daughters by his second wife. Haynie's will has not entered probate yet and "it is probable that the same will be contested." In the meantime, the petitioners ask the court to issue an injunction and an attachment to confiscate the slaves held by the defendants, because they fear the defendants will remove them from the court's jurisdiction. They also ask the court to award them title to the slaves and compensation for the time others held the slaves.
Result: Partially granted; appealed.
- Number of petition pages: 5
- Related documents: Order, 22 April 1842; Bond, Lewis Haynie, et al., 23 April 1842; Writ of Attachment, 23 April 1842; Sheriff's Return, ca. 1842; Delivery Bonds, John Mills and Cyrus Hart, John Y. Roper Sr. and John Y. Roper Jr., ca. 1842; Answer, John Mills and John Y. Roper Sr., ca. 1842; Bill of Sale for Jinney [Jenny] [Ginne], Harriet, and Minerva, James and John Sanders [Saunders] to John Mills, 28 May 1827; Bill of Sale for Jinney and Minerva, Robert Robinson [Robison] to John Y. Roper, 4 November 1828; Copy of Will, Elijah Humphries [Humphris] [Humphreys], 25 July 1794; Copy of Probate, Estate of Elijah Humphries, November Term 1796; Clerk's Certification of Copy, 26 May 1842; List of Accounts, Estate of Elijah Humphries, November 1796--1797; Deposition, William Damron [Dameron], 7 December 1842; Docket Page and Acknowledgment of Service, 12 December 1842; Deposition, Margaret White, 20 December 1842; Amended Bill, Jessee Haynie Jr., Elijah Haynie, et al., 7 March 1843; Deposition, Alfred R. Wynne, 28 March 1843; Deposition, Margaret White, Madison County, 29 March 1843; Depositions [Incomplete], James Harrison, John Shaver, 7 April 1843; Receipt, William D. Damron, 30 December 1820; Copies of Receipts, William D. Damron, William Haynie, Elijah Haynie, 30 December 1820; Receipt, Joseph White, 15 March 1821; Copy of Receipt, Joseph White, 15 March 1821; Copy of Receipt, George Haynie, 30 December 1822; Copy of Receipt, Jessee Haynie Jr., 21 March 1829; Cross Bill, John Mills and John Y. Roper Sr. v. Jessee Haynie, et al., ca. 21 June 1843; Acknowledgment of Security, John J. White, 21 June 1843; Copy of Family Record, Jessee Haynie Sr., ca. 1843; Final Decree, 15 October 1844
- Pages of related documents: 49
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Citation information
Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
- Records of the Chancery Court, Loose Record Lawsuits
- Microfilm: Reel #320
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