Petition #21285107

• Jones County, North Carolina. January 1851. - January 1851.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the Worshipful, the Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, of the County of Jones

Abstract

The petitioners are tenants in common to four slaves. They ask the court to appoint three commissioners to divide the slaves. If an equitable division cannot be made, they ask the court to authorize a sale.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Order, January Term 1851
• Pages of related documents: 1

21 people are documented within petition 21285107

• 4 Enslaved
• 16 Petitioners
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina

• Records of the County Court, Miscellaneous Records, Slave Records 1847-1860

Subjects

• Auctions
• Enslaver (minors)