Peter Gowan, James Peters, and Peter Lalane, the executors of the estate of Rose Guenveur Roumillat, ask the court to decide how they should divide the estate among the widow's heirs. In her will, Rose Roumillat disposed of various property. She also directed her executors to permit slaves Nancy and Mary Jane "to have [their] own time" and to emancipate Mary Jane "as soon as the laws will permit." The executors point out, however, that Roumillat did not even list "the mulatto woman Mary Jane" as a slave when she administered her husband's estate years before. They disclose that "there are conflicting claims, which require the judgment of this Honorable Court," because the Roumillats married under French laws of community property, and the directions in Mr. Roumillat's 1821 will contradict those in his wife's will. The petitioners ask the court to determine the rights of the heirs and to protect the executors "in the execution of the will of the Testatrix."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
