Felix K. Zollicoffer, administrator of the estate of the late Leaner Williams, joins Williams's two daughters and their husbands in seeking a division of the three slaves in Leaner's estate. Sophronia C. Curren and her sister, Martha A. Kidd, are the sole distributees of the estate. In an amended petition, the petitioners seek a sale of the slaves, having decided that "said negroes cannot be conveniently divided." They also represent that said negroes "are not suitable family slaves & have no such habits as would suit them in that respect." They would like to reinvest the proceeds of the sale in "family servants." Zollicoffer's guardian's report further stipulates that the newly purchased slaves be held "for the sole and separate interest of the said heirs ... and their children after their deaths." The same report records details about the slaves' hire, medical histories, and temperament. The packet also contains a petition filed in 1855 by Elizabeth Glascock to confirm the sale of a slave named Sarah to Martha A. Kidd.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County Archives
