Petition #20983909

• Anne Arundel County, Maryland. July 30, 1839. - July 30, 1839.
• Court: Orphans
• Salutation: To the Honorable The Judges of the orphans Court of Anne Arundel County

Abstract

James B. Smith, guardian of Eliza Key Smith, petitions for permission to sell his daughter's fifteen-year-old slave, Rachel, as she is "of such an unmanagable and bad temper and so useless that he is compelled to part with her by sale or otherwise." He asks the court's instructions for undertaking the sale and investing the proceeds.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Order, 30 July 1839
• Pages of related documents: 0

3 people are documented within petition 20983909

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland

• Register of Wills, 1820-1851 (Petitions and Orders)
• Page: 604-605
• Microfilm: CR 63,127

Subjects

• Insubordination
• Enslaver (minors)