Daniel Brunson, guardian of the four minor Brunson brothers, requests the court's permission to sell a female slave named Liley and her five-year-old-son Henry. Brunson recounts that he purchased Liley for $555 in 1851 and that she has served as a nurse to the petitioner's youngest wards; in the past eight years, Liley has had two children: Henry and an unidentified child, who has since died. The petitioner insists that his wards have outgrown their need for a nurse and that Liley "has become very stubborn and disobedient and is entirely valueless to the wards of your petitioner." Moreover, the petitioner claims that Liley has "stopped breeding." Daniel Brunson asks the court for authorization to sell Liley and Henry.
Result: Referred.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
