Samuel T. Page charges that Penelope Coward has confiscated the slaves and property of her late brother, Joel Coward. In his role as administrator of Coward's estate, Page went to the home formerly shared by Penelope and Joel and tried to recover Damon, Daniel, and Ned. However, Penelope refused to surrender the male slaves, insisting that her brother had deeded them to her before he died. The petitioner asserts that the deed of gift is a fraud, "manufactured since the death of your Orators intestate for the purpose of defeating a just and equitable administration of his estate." Page asks that Penelope be ordered to deliver the slaves to him and to account for their hires. He also asks that Penelope be prevented from removing the slaves from the state.
Result: Partially granted.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
