Petition #21085910

• Lowndes County, Mississippi. cicra March 1859. - April 8, 1860.
• Court: Probate
• Salutation: To the Honl. S. A. Brown Judge of said Court

Abstract

Eliza Jane Cannon states that, since the death of her husband, she has managed the care of her children, Thomas Emmons, Susan A. and William R. Cannon. She therefore prays that she may be appointed as their guardian "to secure and protect all the rights of said minors ... in the distribution of the estate" of their late father, whose estate contains slaves.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 3
• Related documents: PARs #21086502, #21086601; Commissioners' Appointment, 8 April 1861; Commissioners' Report, 21 March 1863; Final Account, 7 January 1865
• Pages of related documents: 6

60 people are documented within petition 21085910

• 56 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner
• 3 Others

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Citation information

Repository: Billups-Garth Archives, Lowndes County Public Library, Columbus, Mississippi

• Records of the Probate Court
• Folder: 16

Subjects

• Hiring value (enslaved)
• Civil War, impact of
• Enslaver (minors)
• Inventory (enslaved)
• Veterans