Petition #20785328

• Barren County, Kentucky. filing started August 25, 1853.
• Court: Circuit

Abstract

Richard Rose states that he purchased "a Negro woman slave named Sarah" from John Eatherly for $800 on 15 April 1853. Rose charges that Eatherly sold Sarah knowing she "had epileptic fits." Stating that Eatherly and James Young are joint owners of two hundred acres of land, the petitioner names Young as a defendant, seeks an attachment of the land, and $600 in damages.

• Number of petition pages: 7
• Related documents: Bill of Sale, John Eatherly to Richard B. Rose, 15 April 1853; Depositions, M. Maupin and Joseph W. Pace, 28 November 1853; Attachment Bond, 25 August 1853
• Pages of related documents: 10

6 people are documented within petition 20785328

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Free person of color
• 2 Defendants
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

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

• Records of the Circuit Court, Equity Judgments
• Microfilm: Reel #229759

Subjects

• Skills (enslaved)
• Diseases (physical)
• Assessed Value (enslaved)
• Warranty (enslaved)
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)