| Name | Age | Color or Race | Sex | Role in document | Enslavement Status | Enslaver? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide | circa 15 years in 1856 | black | female | slave | ||
| Ellen J. Cowan | white | female | defendant | |||
| H. McD. McElrath | white | male | yes | |||
| Isabella W. Cowan Bates | white | female | defendant | |||
| Jane | circa 3 years in 1856 | black | female | slave | ||
| John M. Bates | white | male | defendant | yes | ||
| John Knox | white | male | defendant | |||
| John M. Miller | white | male | petitioner | |||
| Kesie | circa 5 years in 1856 | black | female | slave | ||
| Maria | black | female | slave | |||
| Martha J. Cowan | white | female | defendant | |||
| Mary | circa 7 years in 1856 | black | female | slave | ||
| Mary Cowan Hammonds | white | female | defendant | yes | ||
| Nancy | circa 24 years in 1856 | black | female | slave | ||
| Nathan | circa 40 years in 1856 | black | male | slave | ||
| Porthena | circa 14 months in 1858 | black | female | slave | ||
| Sarah E. Cowan | white | female | defendant | |||
| Unnamed Infant | infant in 1858 | black | slave | |||
| William M. Cowan | white | male | yes | |||
| William M. Cowan | white | male | yes | |||
| William W. Cowan | white | male | defendant | |||
| William H. Hammonds | white | male | defendant | yes |