The Cumberland Methodist Episcopal Church contests the ownership of a slave and asks for an injunction preventing the sale or removal of said slave. Sarah Hurd died in 1847 bequeathing a female slave named Flora to Mary Ehney. When Mary died, she left Flora to Amanda Ehney. However, Sarah's will stipulated that, if Flora was ever made liable for the payment of debts, then she would be transferred to the Cumberland Methodist Episcopal Church. Amanda intermarried with Charles M. Hurst, who "has borrowed a large amount of money" and placed "Flora in his possession as a pledge or security for the repayment" of borrowed funds. Representatives from the Church now believe that Flora is in the possession of Michael McBride, a slaver broker in Charleston who plans to sell her. They assert that "this attempt to make the said Flora liable for Amanda Hurst's husband's debts entitles" the Church to the slave. Therefore, they request that Flora be delivered to them and an account be made of her wages and hires. The petitioners also ask for an injunction preventing the sale or removal of Flora until the issue is decided.
Result: Dismissed.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
