Elizabeth Pringle asks the court to transfer property to her trust estate. At her 1806 marriage, three trustees were assigned to care for the property that Elizabeth inherited from her late father, Gen. John McPherson. The property was to be held jointly for the use of Elizabeth and her husband James during their joint lives and "then to the survivor for life." From her father's estate "and other family sources your Oratrix finally became possessed of real estate to the value of near seventy thousand dollars, and upwards of one hundred and thirty negro slaves." Citing that two of the trustees died in the 1830s and the remaining trustee is of "advanced years and infirmity,” James Pringle took over management of the trust estate, making multiple purchases, including land, slaves, and bank shares. However, James never officially transferred this property into the trust. In addition, Elizabeth acquired slaves from the estates of her late mother and brother that James collected on behalf of, but never transferred to, the trust. James died in 1840, "preventing him from making the transfer of the property into the name of the Trustee." The petitioner prays that the executor of the estate, who is her son, be ordered to relinquish the property held by the estate to the surviving trustee.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
