David A. Calhoun petitions the court for his share in the estates left by his father and brother. When his father David Calhoun died, he left an estate "consisting of lands, negroes, ... amounting in the whole to twenty thousand Dollars or Some other large and Considerable Sum." His widow Martha [Matilda] and William King became administrators of the estate. Shortly thereafter, they married, moving to Alabama with her two sons, John, and the petitioner, David, taking the personal property from the estate with them. When King died, Martha transferred both Calhoun and King estates to her son John, who has since died. Solomon Spence, the sheriff of Talladega County, assumed the duties of administrator for all three estates: the John C. Calhoun estate, the William King estate, and the David Calhoun estate. The petitioner states that the twelve slaves belonging to his father David's estate are now being treated by Spence as part of the estates of John C. Calhoun and King. He asks that the defendants "be enjoined from Selling or otherwise disposing of the Said negroes or any of them and further that they be directed to pay over to this Complainant or his Said Guardian his distributive Share of Said estate."
Result: Dismissed; appealed; dismissed; appealed.
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Repository: Talladega County Judicial Building, Talladega, Alabama
