Petition #21184104
- St. Louis County, Missouri. cicra February 24, 1841. - circa February 24, 1841.
- Court: Circuit
- Salutation: To the Hon. the Circuit Court of the County of St Louis
Abstract
Twenty-three-year-old Charles, a man of color, asserts that he was born in Cahokia, St. Clair County, Illinois, where his mother was a "servant" to Joseph Troke. When Charles was eleven years old, the sheriff of St. Clair, by court order, took him as a levy against Troke and sold him to Alfred Cowles. Four years ago, Cowles sold Charles to Ebenezer Pickering, who, in turn, sold him to Samuel Christy. Samuel Christy died. His widow, Belina Christy, now holds Charles and "pretends to claim your petitioner as her property, and restrains him of his just rights, liberty & freedom." Of the belief that he is entitled to his freedom, the petitioner prays "this honorable Court to grant him leave to sue as a poor person, in order to establish his right to freedom."
Result: Petition granted; plea of trespass filed; change of venue granted.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: PARs #21184109, #21184115; Order, ca. 24 February 1841; Plea of Trespass, Charles vs. Belina Christy, 25 February 1841; Subpoena, Belina Christy, 25 February 1841; Copy of Order, ca. 24 February 1841; Sheriff's Return, 25 February 1841; Amended Plea of Trespass, Charles vs. Belina Christy, 26 February 1841; Pleas, Belina Christy, 20 March 1841; Replication, Charles, 19 July 1841; Subpoena, Dr. C. Tiffin, et al., 31 December 1841; Sheriff's Return, 3 January 1842; Subpoena, S. Wiggins, Dr. C. Tiffin, 3 January 1842; Sheriff's Returns, n.d.; Attachment, Dr. C. Tiffin, 6 January 1842
- Pages of related documents: 18
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Citation information
Repository: Civil Courts Building, St. Louis, Missouri
- Records of the Circuit Court
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