William Cole claims that he has never been a slave of any person, but that recently threats have been made against him and he is apprehensive that "his liberty may be called in question." Cole, whose mother Fanny was once a slave of John Clarke, asserts that his father, Charles Cole, purchased Fanny from Clarke for "a good and valuable consideration" prior to William's birth. Fanny Cole was then emancipated. William Cole asks the court to take the deposition of Elizabeth Busey, an elderly woman and the only person who can supply testimony of his freedom, so that evidence of that freedom may be preserved.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Kentucky Division of Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky
