Twenty-one-year-old Robert McCrary seeks his "distributive share" from the estate of his father, the late Robert McCrary. The petitioner informs the court that "some time in the year 1794 his Father Robert McCrary was killed by the Indians" and that his uncle, Thomas McCrary, became the administrator of said estate. Robert charges that the said Thomas took possession of his father's "Negro boy Slave" and "without any Necessity or Authority therefor sold and disposed of" said slave and "Applied the Amount of the Sales ... to his own private use and has derived great benefit & Emolument therefor." Declaring that said administrator "Refuses to Account with your Petitioner," Robert prays that "by a Decree of this Worshipfull Court the said Thomas Admr aforesaid may be Compelled to pay your Petitioner his Distributive Share Aforesaid of said Estate with the Interest thereon."
Result: Granted; appealed.
Or you may view all people.
Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
