Petition #20285708

• Pulaski County, Arkansas. April 5, 1857. - January 1858.
• Court: Probate
• Salutation: To the Honorable Wm G. Campbell Judge of the Probate Court of Pulaski County

Abstract

To pay the debts of his deceased father's estate, Administrator John William Newton asks to sell "the remainder (after the life estate of the widow of said deceased), in certain slaves, to wit; Henry, Pauline and Ellen."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PAR #20285707; Promissory Note, 29 January 1837; Claim of William Davis Against Estate of Thomas W. Newton, 29 June 1854; Hiring Contract, Negro Man Bob, 1838; Oath, Alfred Baskett, Shelby County, Kentucky, 14 November 1853; Report of Sale of Slaves, January 1858
• Pages of related documents: 9

16 people are documented within petition 20285708

• 9 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner
• 6 Others

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Citation information

Repository: Arkansas History Commission, Little Rock, Arkansas

• Records of the Probate Court

Subjects

• Purchase of freedom
• Widow's dower
• Assessed Value (enslaved)
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)