The "only children and descendants" of slaveholder Benjamin Thompson seek permission to sell a "tract of land and town lot" in Thompson's estate with "the proceeds to be equally divided amongst your orators." Thompson died in 1848, leaving his property to his children and grandchildren. They represent that they are "the only persons interested in the distribution of his estate," and it is "manifestly to the interest of all of them" that the land be sold. Thompson's will directs the manumission of his three slaves, Jerry, Bruce, and Maria, and instructs his executors to "take out of the money arising from the Sale of my property the Sum of One hundred Dollars to be by them expended in removing Said Negroes to a free State the Negroes to be allowed to take choice of the State to Which they will be moved." [The petition is missing a page.]
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
