Petition #21386019

• Fairfield District, South Carolina. April 16, 1860. - April 21, 1860.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: [To the Clerk of Court]

Abstract

Forty-five-year-old Benjamin Turkey, a free person of color, seeks a guardian. He informs the court that "by the death of John McCrorey he is left without a guardian." The petitioner therefore prays "that Daniel B. Kirkland may be appointed his guardian."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Acceptance of Guardianship, Daniel B. Kirkland, 16 April 1860; Appointment of Guardian, 21 April 1860
• Pages of related documents: 0

1 people are documented within petition 21386019

• 1 Free person of color
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina

• Records of the Clerk of Court of Common Pleas, Petitions for Guardianship of Free Persons of Color

Subjects

• Guardianship (FPOC)