In 1844, Randal Duckworth created a trust estate of slaves for his daughter Delphia Butler of Lowndes County, Mississippi, for her use and benefit during her lifetime, and he stipulated that at her death the slaves should go to her daughter, Jeffilony H. Butler. Jeremiah Duckworth was appointed trustee. The slaves included Henry, about fifty-five, Nelly, fifty, Elizabeth, twenty-six, Wilks, twenty-two, and Tom, ten. The slaves were immediately placed and have remained in the possession of Delphia who lives in Mississippi with her husband, James Butler. Jeremiah Duckworth now asks to be relieved of his duties as trustee. He explains that it "would be inequitable an unjust for him to be compelled to continue [to] act as trustee" when he lives in a different state and does not have "control or management of said Property."
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Repository: Dallas County Courthouse Annex, Selma, Alabama
