Petition #20784011

• Todd County, Kentucky. October 15, 1838. - August 16, 1840.
• Court: Circuit
• Salutation: To the Honourable Circuit Court of Todd County in Chancery Siting

Abstract

The heirs to the estate of Elizabeth Strother North ask that a commissioner be appointed to oversee the sale of the estate's slaves, "as an equal Division cannot be made in kind among the heirs or Lawful Claimants on account of the nature of the property."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 4
• Related documents: Commissioner's Report, 21 April 1840; Decree, 16 August 1840
• Pages of related documents: 4

31 people are documented within petition 20784011

• 5 Enslaved
• 22 Petitioners
• 4 Others

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Citation information

Repository: Kentucky Division of Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky

• Records of the Circuit Court, Equity Case Files

Subjects

• Widow's dower
• Auctions
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)