Petition #20682920
- Chatham County, Georgia. filing started circa 1828.
- Court: Superior
- Salutation: To the Honorable the Judge of the Superior Court of Chatham County having Equity Jurisdiction
Abstract
The petitioners are heirs of James B. Maxwell, who died in 1805. He left a large real and personal estate that included a number of slaves. The heirs contend that the estate was mismanaged by John Pray, an executor, now also deceased. They also claim that Pray sold some of the estate's slaves for less than their "intrinsic value," diminishing the value of the estate. Since Pray's death, the petitioners have frequently requested that current executors, John J. Maxwell and George M. Waters, provide an accounting of the estate, but they have been unsuccessful. Moreover, they have not received the distributions to which they feel entitled. They ask the court to order the Maxwell executors to answer outstanding questions and work out a fair settlement and distribution of the estate. They also request that the slave sales be declared "null and void."
- Number of petition pages: 15
- Related documents: PARs #20682820, #20682821; Last Will and Testament, James B. Maxwell, 15 May 1805; Inventory and Appraisement, Estate of James B. Maxwell, 26 September 1805; Records of Slave Sales, 1807-1808; Summons, John J. Maxwell and George M. Waters, 3 June 1829; Acknowledgment, 15 June 1829; Answers, ca. 1829 and 14 May 1831; Account of the Estate, ca. 1831; Statements, George M. Waters, 1807; Valuation, December 1813; Statement, William Maxwell and John Pray, 10 June 1813; Receipts, William Maxwell, John Maxwell and Joseph Pelot, 1813; Inventory of Slave Purchase, ca. 1813; Statement, John Maxwell, 15 June 1814; Extract from Last Will and Testament, Col. Pray, n.d.; Inventories and Appraisement, John Pray, 1829-1831; Subpoena, Thomas Mann and Luke Mann, 6 July 1831; Subpoena, Edward Footman, Luke Mann and Lewis Hines, 5 January 1833
- Pages of related documents: 43
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Citation information
Repository: Bryan County Courthouse, Pembroke, Georgia
- Records of the Superior Court, Writs 1828-1837
- Page: 134-259
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