Petition #21682814

Abstract

The will of the late Richard Randolph manumitted his slave, John Brown, and devised to him a fifty-acre tract of land. Brown complains that Hampton Giles, another of Randolph's freed slaves, took possession of his land and refuses to surrender the property. He asserts that Giles is "determined to destroy as much of the said land as possible" and has been "committing great waste and destruction on the said land, by cutting down and carrying therefrom almost all of the valuable timber both for building and fencing." Brown asks the court to restrain Giles "from committing farther waste or injury to the said lands" until the determination of Brown's suit. The petition and Giles's answer both reveal that Randolph liberated a "large number" of slaves and divided a "considerable quantity of lands" among them.

Result: Dismissed.

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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

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