Petition #20981814
- Queen Anne's County, Maryland. May 4, 1818. - circa June 1820.
- Court: County
- Salutation: To the Honorable the judges of Queen anns County Court
Abstract
Alexander Walkup states that "he is descended lineally in the female line from a free woman and he is unjustly deprived of his freedom" by Edwin Pratt. He asks that process be issued against Pratt and he receive further "redress as to your Honours may seem right."
Result: Partially granted; denied; appealed; reversed.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: Transcript of Court Record, May 1818-- January 1819; Testimony, Mary Harrison, ca. May 1818; Interrogatory, Philip Feddeman, 9 October 1818; Interrogatory, Captain James R. Pratt, 31 October 1818; Will of Philip Feddeman, 5 January 1733; Inventory, Estate of Philip Feddeman, 10 July 1735; Inventory, Estate of Christopher Cross Routh [Ruth], 28 February 1776; Order, 13 January 1819; Opinion and Ruling, Court of Appeals, ca. June 1820
- Pages of related documents: 68
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Citation information
Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland
- Schweninger Collection
- Page: 8
- Microfilm: M 11014
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