Caroline Demoss seeks to sell a tract of land willed to her and her children by her late father, William W. Mays. Mays left his daughter and grandchildren "five named slaves" and a tract of land, which Demoss reports to be "poor and nearly all timbered land and will not rent for any thing." Demoss, her husband, and their three children have no other land and, therefore, no other source of income. Demoss believes that it is "manifestly to her and her said children['s] interest to have said land sold" and to invest the proceeds in slaves. Demoss prays that the court authorize such a sale.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County Archives
