Petition #21382120
- Fairfield District, South Carolina. December 4, 1821. - January 1, 1823.
- Court: Equity
- Salutation: To the Honorable William H. Dessaussure, Theodore Gaillard, Thomas Waties, Waddy Thompson, and William D. James, Judges of the Court of Equity of the State aforesaid
Abstract
The heirs of the late David Shelton seek a partition of Shelton's estate according to the provisions of his will. When Shelton died, he left a detailed will in which he bequeathed twenty-one slaves to his wife, Lucy Shelton, and various land and other slaves to his other heirs. Thomas and William Shelton, the executors of Shelton's will, are reluctant to divide the estate without a court decree. The petitioners ask the court to compel the executors to divide and distribute said estate.
Result: Granted.
- Number of petition pages: 7
- Related documents: Inventory and Appraisement, Estate of David Shelton, 3 March 1820; Account for Hire of Slaves, Estate of David Shelton, 3 March 1820; Copies of Bills of Sale, David Shelton to William Shelton, 28 October 1819; Commissioners' Report, 1 January 1823
- Pages of related documents: 11
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Citation information
Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
- Records of the Equity Court, Bills
- Microfilm: Order #386, Reel D1270
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