Henry Alexander DeSaussure, "the duly constituted Guardian of Miss M. Alice Jones," is "desirous of selling and disposing of the said negroes" and other property that his ward "will shortly be in possession of." DeSaussure reports that the late William Jones died "seized and possessed of a considerable real and personal Estate consisting of lands and negro slaves" and that he "devised his estate to be equally divided among his four children share & share alike, of whom your Petitioner's Ward M. Alice Jones is one." Noting that Jones's real estate is slated to be sold, DeSaussure explains that his ward "will have no land whereon to employ her said slaves." He further reveals that "being a resident of Charleston Your Petitioner cannot pay such attention to them as would render them profitable to her." DeSaussure therefore asks that "he may be authorised and empowered to sell and dispose of the said negro slaves and other personal property" and that he be permitted to invest "the proceeds in Bank or other stock that a certain and adequate income may be obtained for the maintenance of the said M. Alice Jones."
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
