<petition><petition_analysis_number>20979602</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20979602</petition_url><state>Maryland</state><county>Montgomery</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>30</file_day><file_month>8</file_month><file_year>1796</file_year><filing_court>Chancery</filing_court><end_day>2</end_day><end_month>9</end_month><end_year>1796</end_year><ending_court>Chancery</ending_court><result>partially granted</result><enslaved_count>35</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>50</total_people_count><repository>Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland</repository><abstract>Joseph Wilson died in November 1790 seized and possessed of a considerable real and personal estate.  George and Sarah Riley complain that they have not received a fair accounting from William Worthington, the estate's administrator.  The petitioners ask that Worthington be subpoenaed and be compelled to provide them with a full accounting of the estate and their portion of it.</abstract><subjects><subject>Hiring value (enslaved)</subject><subject>Crops (tobacco)</subject><subject>Title dispute (enslaved)</subject><subject>Heirs dispute</subject><subject>Inventory (enslaved)</subject></subjects></petition>