Walter H. Hunt, guardian of Sallie C. Rudd, requests the court's permission to sell several slaves. Daniel Rudd died in 1856, leaving a last will and testament. By the "3rd clause of his will," Rudd bequeathed eight slaves "to his daughter Sallie C Rudd." These slaves have been "hired out for the present," because Sallie has "no land upon which to employ them." Hunt "has recently been appointed the guardian of the person and estate of ... Sallie C Rudd" and asks the court to allow for the sale of these slaves. He asserts that "negroes are now selling very high" and “that they will in all probability sell for a sum the interest in which would amount to more than their hire.” The petitioner therefore prays that the court order and approve the sale of the slaves.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
