John Thompson petitions for a settlement of his trusteeship for minor Isora Lowe "under the orders of this Court." Thompson became Lowe's trustee in 1846 when Isora's grandfather, Michael C. Dunn, conveyed four slaves, a mother and her three children, to him "for the sole and separate use of Isora during her natural life." When Dunn died in August 1853, he bequeathed another slave, named Ben, to Isora and directed Thompson to "hold the same in trust" as Isora's guardian. Thompson assures the court that he has acted on Isora's behalf as "he would have done had the property been his own," but he is now "ready and anxious to have a settlement of his trusteeship." Isora Lowe's uncle, William D. Dunn, of Mobile, Alabama, is currently in Tennessee and acting as his father's executor. Dunn proposes to "take charge of the person and property of his niece, and carry them to Mobile." Thompson approves of this plan, citing Dunn as Isora's "nearest living relative" and "a man of wealth and character." He asks the court to decree "an account of your Orator's trusteeship, and [to] accept your Orator's resignation."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County Archives
