<petition><petition_analysis_number>20783117</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20783117</petition_url><state>Kentucky</state><county>Fayette</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>17</file_day><file_month>10</file_month><file_year>1831</file_year><filing_court>Circuit</filing_court><end_day>0</end_day><end_month>2</end_month><end_year>1833</end_year><ending_court>Circuit</ending_court><result>dismissed</result><enslaved_count>2</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>6</total_people_count><repository>Kentucky Division of Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky</repository><abstract>David Harp claims that he is the security on two loans executed by John Roy.  In exchange,  Roy mortgaged a slave woman named Esther for Harp's security.  But Harp charges that "Roy with a view of practicing a fraud on him and other of his creditors" has left the county and is about to remove his property, including Esther.  To complicate matters, Roy has executed a deed of gift to Thompson Roy for all his property, and James Davy also claims ownership of Esther.  Harp charges that the three have conspired to keep Esther from him; he asks the court to take her into custody until further order of the court.</abstract><subjects><subject>Concealing (enslaved)</subject><subject>Title dispute (enslaved)</subject><subject>Mortgage value (enslaved)</subject><subject>Assessed Value (enslaved)</subject><subject>Insolvency</subject></subjects></petition>