Joseph C. Guild asks the court to sell three slaves in the possession of E. Penn "for the Payment and Satisfaction" of a debt owed him by Penn's brother, George W. Penn. In the meantime, he asks the sheriff to attach said slaves and "Safely Keep" them while the suit is pending. Guild acted as Penn's security on a loan for $105.41 due on 2 July 1846. Penn later left the state and relocated to Missouri still owing Guild the money. Guild now represents that Penn left a thirty-three-year-old slave named Anne and her two infant children with his brother. He recently sent "said note to Missouri for collection; Penn responded by acknowledging the debt, but "stating his inability to Pay it." Guild asks the court to hold Penn's three slaves in Tennessee liable for the debt.
Result: Partially granted.
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Repository: Tennessee Department of Archives and History
