James McCallum, executor of the will of his late father, Daniel McCallum, "desires your Honor to construe said will & settle the rights of the parties under the same." The petitioner points out that the slaves in said estate have been "given" to various family members at different times over the past thirty years. Noting that he "has no interest in said estate," McCallum "desires said estate fully & finally settled, up in this Court & he discharged, as such Executor." The petitioner also seeks "the direction of the Court as to the disposition of" two elderly slaves, sixty-six-year-old Jack and sixty-three-year-old Marinda.
Result: Dismissed.
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Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
