Petition #20784019
- Jefferson County, Kentucky. December 7, 1840. - July 18, 1843.
- Court: Chancery
- Salutation: To the Honorable the chancellor of the Louisville Chancery Court
Abstract
Elizabeth Drummond, a free woman of color, states that Jeremiah Drummond, her late husband, desired that she “be free from the claims ... of all the world” and thereby emancipated her in his will. She further represents that said will stipulated that she be given several hundred dollars during her widowhood. Elizabeth claims that James Overstreet, the executor of her husband's will, has taken money from her and refuses to pay her the said legacy. She asks that the terms of the will be enforced.
Result: Granted.
- Number of petition pages: 4
- Related documents: PARs #20782511, #20784411; Answer, James H. Overstreet, 18 December 1840; Deposition, Fred Turner, 9 Februrary 1841; Deposition, Sally Oglesby, 16 July 1841; Deposition, Ben Hooks, 29 March 1841; Deposition, Samuel Page, 10 June 1841; Copy of Will, Jeremiah Drummond, 2 December 1839; Decree, 29 July 1842; Decree, 18 July 1843
- Pages of related documents: 27
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Citation information
Repository: Kentucky Division of Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky
- Records of the Circuit Court, Case Files
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