Levi Hughes, the administrator of the late Josiah Hughes, seeks an accounting from Marcellus Jones of the said estate's assets. In his first petition, Hughes states that Josiah Hughes died in 1821, leaving four minor children as his only heirs. At Josiah's death, Jesse Hughes "took possession" of three estate slaves and "the other said personal estate." He then sold all of the personal estate, "the said negroes excepted," for about $300. He "retained in his possession" the three slaves until his death in 1838, hiring out Nelly and benefiting from the "labour and services" of her two children, Patience and Isaac. At Jesse's death, son-in-law Marcellus Jones became administrator of his estate and refused to relinquish Nelly, Patience, and Isaac to the petitioner, stating that "the said Jesse had had possession of them for so long a time, that this Complainant could not recover them at law." In 1839, the petitioner won a judgment reinstating the slaves in his possession. Levi Hughes now asks that Marcellus Jones "account for the said hire & for the value" of each of the slaves from 1821 until 1838, as well as the value of the "goods & chattels of the said Josiah so as appropriated by the said Jesse." His second petition, a "related bill," demands an accounting of the "the rents & profits, or annual value of the said farm."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland
