Petition #20185301

• Lowndes County, Alabama. January 4, 1853. - May 1853.
• Court: Circuit
• Salutation: To the Hon. Joseph W. Lesesne, Chancellor of the Southern Division of Alabama

Abstract

In 1850, Catharine Ferguson, owner of "a very likely negro girl slave" named Emaline or Puss, and five other slaves, married William Whittle Sr. On Christmas Day 1852, William "secretly abandoned his house" and "carried off the said negro slave Emaline or Puss-- and has fled to parts unknown." The wife sues for the return of her slave, or payment, and asks that William be removed as her trustee and that she be declared a free dealer with the authority to possess, control, and manage her separate estate. The court grants her petition; Catharine is allowed to manage her property, together with "the rents, issues, proceeds, and profits thereof." She also regains possession of Emaline.

Result: Granted pro confesso.

• Number of petition pages: 4
• Related documents: Copies of Order, 17 March 1853; Affidavit, R. M. Williamson, 17 March 1853; Order, 4 January 1853; Subpoena, 6 January 1853; Bond, Elizabeth Wilson, 4 January 1853; Injunction, 5 January 1853; Attachment, 6 January 1853; Bond, William Whittle, 10 January 1853; Agreement, 28 January 1853; Orders, 10 January 1853, May 1853; Decree, May 1853
• Pages of related documents: 8

14 people are documented within petition 20185301

• 7 Enslaved
• 4 Defendants
• 2 Petitioners
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Lowndes County Courthouse, Hayneville, Alabama

• Records of the Circuit Court, Final Record
• Page: 596-607

Subjects

• Crops (Cotton)
• Theft of enslaved
• Assessed Value (enslaved)
• Abandonment
• Property owners (women)