Richard Scoggin asks that Thomas Martin and George W. Martin be restrained from selling a thirteen-year-old enslaved girl named Hannah. The petitioner purports that "he is the Owner" of said slave and that "he purchased said negro girl of his wife's father for a valuable consideration." He insists, however, that said Hannah "has become so far a favourite servant of him & his family that a reasonable price for her in money would not be a satisfactory or sufficient compensation for the loss of said Girl." Scoggin avers that the defendants obtained a judgment against his father-in-law, Thomas Harwood, and that the sheriff "has levied ... on the said negro Girl for the purpose of satisfying said execution." Stating that Hannah has been seized and is slated to be sold, the petitioner decries "that he is in no way liable for any part of the debt" and that "it is unjust ... for the property of your Orator to be sold to satisfy the debt of another person and to deprive your Orator of a favourite servant." He therefore prays that the defendants "be enjoyned from selling said negro Girl by virtue of said execution and that your honor decree to your Orator the possession of the said negro Girl."
Result: Dismissed.
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Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
