Shelton Demoss requests to be relieved of his duties as trustee for the trust estate established by Lemuel McConnico "for the use and benefit of his daughter Angelina B. Cloud and her husband Edwin T. Cloud." At the Clouds' behest, Demoss sold and/or exchanged the five slaves in the estate several times during the years 1855 and 1856 and "that after all of these purchases and sales there remains for the trust estate but the woman Malinda and the $2500 due." In addition, Demoss reports that a judgment was recovered against Edwin for a debt "created for necessaries for the family." He also notes that he personally "gave his note as trustee" for the purchase of two mules "at the price of $200 for the benefit of the family." Noting that Edwin "died insolvent and intestate in the fall of 1858," Demoss asks that his note "be paid out of the trust funds" and that "he be discharged from his trusteeship" and another trustee "be appointed in his stead."
Result: Granted pro confesso.
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Repository: Metropolitan Nashville-Davidson County Archives
