Marguerite C. D. Truchelut is the executrix of Joseph Truchelut's estate and guardian of his children. The estate included two slaves, Jim and Jesse. Jim is an elderly slave "and is desirous of being Sold." Jesse was bequeathed to the petitioner's son, but Truchelut explains that "the said Jesse from drunkenness and dishonesty is not only unproductive," but has also become a liability. The petitioner represents "that she is desirous to sell the said slaves and invest the proceeds of such sale in young female or other young slaves." She therefore prays that "she may be ... permitted and ordered to sell said slaves Jim & Jesse and invest their proceeds in Other slaves."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Chatham County Courthouse, Savannah, Georgia
