Edmond Pickens, a resident of the Chickasaw Nation in Pickens County, Arkansas, requests that the court issue a writ of sequestration to prevent Ephraim Hart from removing three slaves from Nacogdoches County. The petitioner purports that said slaves were stolen from him in 1857 and that they are each worth between $1200 and $1500. Noting that Hart is a resident of Caddo County, Louisiana, who is "temporarily sojourning" in Nacogdoches, Pickens urges that the sheriff should seize the said slaves. He further requests that the slaves be returned to him, once his ownership is verified, along with sufficient funds to cover the potential annual earnings of the three slaves while they were detained. Pickens estimates Sarah's earnings at $120 per year, Matilda's at $100 per year, and Ellick's at $75.
Result: Partially granted.
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Repository: Nacogdoches County Courthouse, Nacogdoches, Texas
