Petition #20185413

• Perry County, Alabama. December 4, 1854. - January 1, 1855.
• Court: Chancery
• Salutation: To the Hon_ James B_ Clarke Chancellor of the Middle Division of the state of Alabama

Abstract

Samuel Perry, joint owner of eight slaves with his sister Martha Perry, a minor, asks that the slaves be divided so he can receive his share. He is now twenty-one and his sister is between the ages of fourteen and twenty-one.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 3
• Related documents: Exhibits A and B-Copies of Deed of Gift, Samuel Perry to Children, 21 July 1846; Commissioners' Report, 1 January 1855
• Pages of related documents: 4

26 people are documented within petition 20185413

• 21 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 3 Others

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Citation information

Repository: Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama

• Records of the Chancery Court, Case Papers

Subjects

• Assessed Value (enslaved)
• Warranty (enslaved)
• Enslaver (minors)
• Inventory (enslaved)
• Family separated (Black)
• Family kept together (Black)