Petition #20686602
- Richmond County, Georgia. September 6, 1866. - June 20, 1867.
- Court: Superior
- Salutation: To the Honl the Judge of the Superior Court in and for said County holding jurisdiction in equity
Abstract
When William D'Antignac died in 1861, his widow, Mary Ann C. D'Antignac, her son, Harris H. D'Antignac, and her son-in-law, John W. Walker, were made administrators of his estate. D'Antignac's will stipulated that "My plantation negroes, horses, cattle and every thing connected with my plantation I leave to my wife ... to be worked and managed to the best possible advantage under her exclusive direction." He directed that profits were to be used first to pay off a mortgage on the plantation to Louis Dugas, then reinvested in "negroes to be worked on and used for the benefit of said plantation." Mary Ann C. D'Antignac states that as a "result of the recent war, the emancipation of slaves in our state and the incidents thereof" it is now impossible to make money on the plantation to pay off the mortgage. Therefore, she seeks the court's permission to sell property belonging to the estate and to rent out the plantation in order to raise money to pay Dugas.
Result: Granted.
- Number of petition pages: 3
- Related documents: PARs #20680004, #20680302; Summons, Harris H. D'Antignac, et al., 8 September 1866; Sheriff's Returns, 10 September 1866; Acknowledgments, 19, 24, 25, 28 September 1866; Order, ca. 1866; Amended Bill, Mary Ann C. D'Antignac, January Term 1867; Answer, Auvergne D'Antignac, 7 May 1867; Joint Answer, Harris H. D'Antignac, John W. Walker and Mary Ann Walker, 28 May 1867; Answer, William M. D'Antignac, 22 May 1867; Joint Answer, Charles A. Withers and Clara Louisa Withers, 10 May 1867; Joint Answer, George A. Allen and Virginia T. Allen, 22 May 1867; Answer, Harris H. D'Antignac, 11 June 1867; Jury Verdict, 15 June 1867; Court Ruling, 20 June 1867
- Pages of related documents: 7
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Citation information
Repository: Richmond County Records Retention Center, Augusta, Georgia
- Records of the Superior Court, Writs 1860-1861
- Page: 491-500
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