Petition #20978505
- Queen Anne's County, Maryland. April 12, 1785. - circa November 1793.
- Court: General
- Salutation: To the Honourable the Judges of the General Court
Abstract
The petitioners state they are "unjustly detained as Slaves by Susannah Elliott and Rachel Elliott," executrixes of the estate of the late John Elliott. They therefore pray "your Honours to Grant them a Subpoena against the said Susannah and Rachel to answer to their complaint aforesaid and to give them such Relief herein as to your Honours may seem meet."
Result: Denied; appealed; affirmed.
- Number of petition pages: 1
- Related documents: Court Records, September 1786, 12 April 1785, September 1785 and April 1786; Deed of Manumission, John Elliott, 28 October 1784; Depositions, Dr. Jacob Ringgold and Susannah Cockey, 17 April 1786; Testimony, Henry Carter Jr., September Term 1785; Testimony, Henry Carter, 17 April 1786; Testimony, William Errickson and Thomas Elliott, ca. 1786; Court Record, September 1786; Copy of Court Records and Petition; Court of Appeals Record and Costs, ca. 1793
- Pages of related documents: 31
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Citation information
Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland
- Schweninger Collection
- Page: 23
- Microfilm: M 11015
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