Petition #20784206

• Jefferson County, Kentucky. March 29, 1842. - July 18, 1843.
• Court: Chancery
• Salutation: To the honble Chancellor of the Louisville Chancery Court

Abstract

Dennis, a man of color, states that in 1830, William Isom, his master, and perhaps his father, granted him his freedom, effective 1 January 1842, but allowed him to live virtually free up until that time. Spilman Hord, a relative of Isom, seized Dennis and denied him his freedom when 1 January 1842 arrived. He then sold Dennis to Evans Beard, where he has remained since. Dennis now petitions the court to secure his freedom.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 5
• Related documents: Answer, Evans Beard, 20 May 1842; Replication, Dennis, 20 September 1842; Deposition, Spilman Hord and Christopher Graham, 28 June 1843; Correspondence, James Taylor to Dennis Isom, 7 April 1841; Decree, 18 July 1843
• Pages of related documents: 20

5 people are documented within petition 20784206

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 3 Others

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Citation information

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

• Records of the Circuit Court, Case Files

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• Virtually free (enslaved)
• Jails/Workhouses
• Drunkenness
• Theft of enslaved
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)
• Fear of enslavement
• Term slavery