<petition><petition_analysis_number>20185338</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20185338</petition_url><state>Alabama</state><county>Sumter</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>23</file_day><file_month>2</file_month><file_year>1853</file_year><filing_court>Chancery</filing_court><end_day>5</end_day><end_month>1</end_month><end_year>1855</end_year><ending_court>Chancery</ending_court><result>dismissed</result><enslaved_count>4</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>17</total_people_count><repository>Sumter County Courthouse, Livingston, Alabama</repository><abstract>When, in 1851, a group of claimants argued that slaves purchased a decade before by William H. Jemison from Claiborne Griffin were actually part of the legacy of a Georgia widow, Jemison filed suit to protect his property.  In 1852, the claimants countersued.  Jemison, in turn, seeks to revive and supplement his original suit.</abstract><subjects><subject>Title dispute (enslaved)</subject><subject>Warranty (enslaved)</subject></subjects></petition>