James and Jane Rosborough, the eldest son and widow of the late John Rosborough, petition the court to keep his estate together. By his 1839 will, Rosborough directed that his estate, which included a plantation and six slaves, remain together until his eldest son attained the age of twenty-one, at which time it should be sold and the proceeds divided equally among his widow and four children. James Rosborough has recently attained majority, and he and his mother explain that "the slaves, most of whom have been born and reared in the family, have also become attached to them, and the attachment is reciprocated; that the family have lived in harmony and have enjoyed much of peace and comfort with their moderate means, and they are desirous of avoiding a rupture of all these ties if it can possibly be effected." They pray that, rather than selling the property, partition be made such that the family may remain on the plantation together.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
