<petition><petition_analysis_number>20982911</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20982911</petition_url><state>Maryland</state><county>Anne Arundel</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>12</file_day><file_month>10</file_month><file_year>1829</file_year><filing_court>Chancery</filing_court><end_day>12</end_day><end_month>10</end_month><end_year>1829</end_year><ending_court>Chancery</ending_court><result>partially granted</result><enslaved_count>2</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>5</total_people_count><repository>Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland</repository><abstract>John Thomas and James Cheston, executors of the late James Dooley's estate, claim that George McNeir mortgaged two slaves to Dooley in order to cover a debt of $538.24, but that because of Dooley's ill health, the transaction has not yet been recorded.  They ask the court to foreclose on the equity of redemption by a sale of the two slaves, Bill and Margaret, and to subpoena McNeir to answer their claims.</abstract><subjects><subject>Mortgage value (enslaved)</subject></subjects></petition>