Samuel W. Penn declares that he is the court-appointed guardian of Oliver Payne, "an idiot." Penn avows that "his said ward is the owner of a negro man named William and that this [is] all the property he has." Fearing "that in case of death or any accident befalling said negro that his [Payne's] chance of support ... would be entirely cut off and be thrown a burden upon his relatives," Penn asks the court for permission to sell William, who is "quite valuable," for a sum "the interest of which will be sufficient to support his said ward and will besides give a guarantee for his regular support."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
