Petition #20185917

• Perry County, Alabama. November 14, 1859. - November 1859.
• Court: Probate
• Salutation: To the Honl James F. Bailey, Judge of the Probate court in and for the County and state aforesaid

Abstract

Josiah Whitman, the administrator of John W. Whitman's estate, requests permission to sell three slaves "in order to make distribution among the heirs" and "in order that the debts of the Estate may be paid off and discharged." The slaves include twenty-three-year-old Bill, sixteen-year-old Virginia, and eight-month-old Franklin, Virginia's son.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 4
• Related documents: Report, Sale of Personal Property and Negroes, Estate of John W. Whitman, 6 March 1860
• Pages of related documents: 4

7 people are documented within petition 20185917

• 3 Enslaved
• 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

• Purchase/Sale (enslaved family)
• Auctions
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)
• Family kept together (Black)