Augustine Weedon, the sole heir of the late George Weedon, seeks to recover slave property from the estates of his late brothers, George T. and John Weedon. The petitioner informs the court that George T. "was an idiot" and that he received six slaves as his distributive share of his father's estate. Weedon charges that John, during his lifetime, failed to take care of George T. and that Mrs. Woods, the woman with whom John lived "in a state of adultery," claimed John's property at his death and "took possession of sd. Geo T.'s property as well." He submits that he hired his son-in-law, Harrison Shackleford, to go to Kentucky and retrieve the slaves from Mrs. Woods, whereupon Shackleford "surrendered them up to Richard H Wallace." The petitioner charges that the defendants "entered into a fraudulent combination to get hold of the property of the sd idiot & they were to divide it among them." Averring that "sd Geo. T. was the owner of all the negroes" and that he is "the only distributee of the sd George T Weedon," the petitioner prays that the defendants be summoned to answer his charges; that they be required to have the slaves "forthcoming;" and that "upon the hearing thereof the court will decree that sd negroes be delivered up to your orator."
Result: Granted; appealed; reversed.
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Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
