Petition #21284016
- Chowan County, North Carolina. February 29, 1840. - December 1845.
- Court: County
- Salutation: To the Honorable the Judge of said Court
Abstract
John Cox, executor of the will of Mary Bissell, deceased, seeks to send seven slaves to West Africa through the auspices of the American Colonization Society as instructed by Bissell's will. He is unable to do so because a number of relatives in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee have "claims set up to said slaves." He therefore asks the court for relief and seeks to comply with the wishes of the deceased.
Result: Granted.
- Number of petition pages: 4
- Related documents: Copy of Petition of John Cox, 4 March 1840; Answer, Henry Edward Rascoe, et al., 1840; Samuel Wilkes to James Iredell, 17 Mary 1840; Answer, William J. H. B. Williams, Joseph A. Williams, Ann C. J. Ingalls, Mary E. Williams, 20 June 1840; Opinion, Thomas Ruffin, ca. 1842; Decree, Supreme Court, December Term 1842; Answer, American Colonization Society, October Term 1840; Answer, Henry E. Rascoe, et al., February Term 1844; Opinion, Supreme Court, December Term 1845
- Pages of related documents: 20
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Citation information
Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina
- Records of the North Carolina Supreme Court
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