Petition #20982102

• Baltimore County, Maryland. filing started April 23, 1821.
• Court: Orphans
• Salutation: To the Honourable the Judges of the Orphans Court for Baltimore County

Abstract

Sarah McAllistor asks the court for permission to sell her deceased husband's slave, Vachel Scott. Scott ran away a year ago, and Sarah believes that he is "on board of some privateer." Someone has offered to pay her the appraised value of $550 for the slave; she asks the court's permission to accept the offer.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Pages of related documents: 0

3 people are documented within petition 20982102

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland

• Schweninger Collection
• Page: 82
• Microfilm: M 11025

Subjects

• Ships
• Freedom seekers
• Assessed Value (enslaved)