Petition #20784126

• Barren County, Kentucky. March 25, 1841. - June 1841.
• Court: Circuit
• Salutation: To the Honorable Judge of the Barren Circuit Court in chancery sitting

Abstract

Stephen claims to be the great-grandson of an American Indian woman from Virginia and therefore asserts that he is free. While this case is being determined, he asks to be taken into the custody of the sheriff and held or hired out, because he fears that he will be removed from the court's jurisdiction.

Result: Partially granted.

• Number of petition pages: 6
• Related documents: PARs #20784116, #20784117, #20784120, #20784121, #20784122, #20784123, #20784124, #20784127, #21681109; Order, June 1841; Amended Bill, 28 June 1841
• Pages of related documents: 9

12 people are documented within petition 20784126

• 3 Enslaved
• 4 Defendants
• 2 Petitioners
• 5 Others

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Citation information

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

• Records of the Circuit Court, Equity Judgments

Subjects

• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• Westward migration
• Native Americans
• Interracial relationships
• Family separated (Black)