Petition #20685508

• Floyd County, Georgia. cicra 1855. - January 29, 1855.
• Court: Superior
• Salutation: To the Honorable Turner H. Trippe Judge of the Superior Courts of the Cherokee Circuit

Abstract

Caroline J. Pearce "sheweth that the sixth day of January Eighteen Hundred and fifty two, her Father Joseph G. Blance, Executed and delivered a deed of trust to Allen A. Williams." Williams has since "moved to parts unknown" and the trust "is now without any legal Trustee or Representative." The trust includes two slaves, Lucy and her child, Thomas. Pearce suggests that the court appoint Shepherd W. Blance as her new trustee.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 1
• Related documents: Order, 29 January 1855; Deed, Miles W. Johnson, 5 February 1855
• Pages of related documents: 1

8 people are documented within petition 20685508

• 4 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner
• 3 Others

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Citation information

Repository: Floyd County Courthouse, Rome, Georgia

• Records of the Superior Court, Minutes 1854-56
• Page: 212-213

Subjects

• Swapping (enslaved)
• Family kept together (Black)