Petition #20980504

• Anne Arundel County, Maryland. August 26, 1805. - October 11, 1805.
• Court: Chancery
• Salutation: To the honorable Alexander Contee Hanson Chancellor of Maryland

Abstract

Jerome Plummer, trustee of Robert Williams, a free person of color declared to be insane, asks permission to sell a portion of Williams's property. Plummer claims "that many of the articles are wasting from decay & that the wintering of the stock would be attended with very considerable expence."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PARs #20980503, #20980505, #20980604, #20980605, #20980606, #20980703, #20980704, #20980705, #20980706, #20980718; Order, 26 August 1805; Report of Sale, 9 September 1805; Trustee's Report, 1 October 1805; Order, 11 October 1805; List of Property, Robert Williams, 13 June 1805
• Pages of related documents: 6

9 people are documented within petition 20980504

• 1 Free person of color
• 7 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland

• Schweninger Collection
• Page: 56
• Microfilm: M 11081

Subjects

• Purchased own family (FPOC)
• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Property owners (Black)
• Enslaver (FPOC)
• Diseases (mental)
• Churches
• Assessed Value (enslaved)