Petition #21484901
- Washington County, Tennessee. December 17, 1849. - circa May 1872.
- Court: Chancery
- Salutation: To the Hon Thomas L Williams Chancellor, sitting in Chancery for the District composed of the Counties of Johnson, Carter, Sullivan, & Washington in the Eastern Division of Tennessee
Abstract
In a supplemental petition, Gideon and twelve other persons of color seek the freedom promised to them by the late Charles Jones. They remind the court that they filed their original bill in 1844, arguing that the said Jones "made his last will & testament, whereby he directed that Yr. Orators & Oratrixes should be freed at certain ages & periods therein specified." Their original bill also noted that the said Jones died in 1835 and that his wife Susannah died in 1840, "at which time nearly all of Yr Orators & Oratrixes were by the terms of sd will entitled to their freedom." They "show that notwithstanding their right to freedom, they have been kept in servitude for from 9 to 10 Years ... beyond the terms which they were required to serve by the will of the sd Charles Jones" by the defendant, William Jones, who "is an intemperate & dangerous man." Citing that several petitioners "are considerably advanced in Years & their freedom is likely to be of little benefit to them," they renew their prayer "that their emancipation be declared by Yr Hon Court as prayed for in their original bill & that an account be taken of the hire due them respectively since the death of Mrs Susannah Jones." They also beseech the court "to place them in the Hands of a Receiver ... & to direct him to Hire them out to humane persons who will treat them kindly & protect them from injury." The related documents contain reports from the court-appointed receiver and clerk and master, which detail the hiring values of the petitioners from 1852 to 1867. In their 1872 bill, the petitioners represent that "by the result of the late civil war in the US, proclamation of President Lincoln acts of Congress &c, your Complainants were freed before the question presented by them to the Court was adjudicated;" however, funds that should compensate them for their hire while their suit was pending are "still undisposed of."
Result: Granted; appealed; reversed; freed by general emancipation and compensated for hire.
- Number of petition pages: 10
- Related documents: Order, 22 December 1849; [Documents that Precede the Supplemental Bill: Injunction, William Jones, 22 April 1844; Sheriff's Return, 23 April 1844; Pauper's Oath, Elias Arterburn, 22 April 1844; Replication, Elias Arterburn, 10 May 1844; Subpoena to Answer, William Jones, 22 April 1844; Sheriff's Return, 24 April 1844; Answer, William Jones, 10 May 1844; Demurrer, William Jones, n.d.; Affidavit, Elias Arterburn, 5 May 1847]; Order, 22 December 1849; Copy of Supplemental Bill, 17 December 1849; Copy of Order, 22 December 1849; Prosecution Bond, 27 December 1849; Injunction, William Jones, et al., 27 December 1849; Sheriff's Return, 31 December 1849; Subpoena to Answer, Joseph Gilman and James Gammon, 1 January 1850; Sheriff's Return, 1 January 1850; Affidavit, Shelby Shipley, 7 May 1851; Receiver's Report No. 1, 13 April 1852; Order, November Term 1853; Clerk and Master's Report No. 1, 15 November 1853; Clerk and Master's Report No. 2, 18 November 1854; Clerk and Master's Supplement to Report No. 2, 1 November 1855; Defendant's Exception to Report, ca. 1 November 1855; Decrees, 15 November 1855, ca. November 1855; Receiver's Report No. 7, 14 May 1856; Clerk and Master's Report No. 3, 16 October 1856; Amendment to Report No. 3, 9 May 1857; Deposition, A. G. Mason, 9 May 1857; Order, 13 May 1857; Clerk and Master's Amendment to Report No. 3, 19 August 1857; Decree, 13 November 1857; Receiver's Report No. 9, 8 May 1858; Clerk and Master's Report No. 4, 7 May 1859; Decree, 11 May 1859; Deposition, George Vincent, 21 January 1860; Clerk and Master's Report No. 5, 7 May 1860; Receiver's Report No. 11, 18 April 1860; Order, 16 May 1860; Deposition, John Blair, 20 April 1861; Receiver's Report No. 12, 18 April 1861; Clerk and Master's Report No. 6, 3 May 1861; Order, 16 May 1861; Receiver's Report No. 13, 29 April 1862; Depositions, Joseph G. Murray and Henry Maxwell, 7 May 1862; Order, November Term 1862; Decree, ca. 11 May 1863; Exhibit to Clerk and Master's Report No. 8, March 1863; Exhibit to Clerk and Master's Report No. 9, n.d.; Hiring Obligation, John Williams, et al., January 1864; Cancellation by Decree, 12 May 1865; Order, ca. May Term 1865; Decree and Appeal, 12 May 1865; Report on Attorneys' Fees, 26 October 1865; Clerk and Master's Report No. 11, 13 November 1865; Decree and Supplemental Decree, 16 November 1865; Writs of Vend Exponas, 28 September 1865, 23 October 1865, 10 November 1865, and Sheriff's Certification of Sale, 9 April 1866; Clerk and Master's Report No. 12, 15 May 1866; Writ of Fieri Facias, 18 February 1867, and Sheriff's Certification of Sale, 1 March 1867; Exhibits to Clerk and Master's Report No. 13, 29 October 1867; Decree, 30 May 1867; Clerk and Master's Report, 29 October 1867; Amendment to Clerk and Master's Report, December 1867; Decree, 7 December 1871; Supplemental Bill, 10 January 1872; Order, 8 January 1872; Prosecution, Attachment, and Injunction Bonds, 10 January 1872; Subpoena to Answer, A. G. Mason, et al., 10 January 1872; Sheriff's Return, 12 January 1872; Writ of Attachment, 10 January 1872; Sheriff's Return, 12 January 1872; Injunction, 10 January 1872; Sheriff's Return, 12 January 1872; Answers to Supplemental Bill, James Dasser, John Fain, et al., 30 May 1872; Pro Confesso Judgment, May Term 1872; Decree on Supplemental Bill, May Term 1872; Decree and Appeal, May Term 1872; Decrees with no dates
- Pages of related documents: 337
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Citation information
Repository: Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee
- Washington County Court Records, Chancery Court
- Folder: 17
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