"The children and heirs at law ... of William W. Gee" claim ownership of a slave woman and her children. William W. Gee died in 1839. His will left everything to his children and appointed his brother, Joseph C. Gee, as executor. The petitioners complain that Joseph Gee sold one of the estate slaves, Harriet, to William Harris "without any authority whatever, and the same amounted to a conversion of said slave by him and Harris to their own use." Joseph Gee died in 1847, having left no proper records of their father's estate. William Harris died in 1848, leaving Harriet to his daughter Susan. The Graveses still hold Harriet and her children: Houston, Hagar, Lydia, and Laura. The petitioners seek to recover Harriet and her children, plus hire "from the time she came into the hands of the defendants, Graves and wife down to the trial of this case." They also ask for an injunction to prevent the Graveses from removing the slaves pending trial.
Result: Granted; appealed.
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Repository: Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County Archives
