In 1849, Jonathan Bliss obtained a judgment against William H. Thompson for a substantial amount of money. He explains that before he filed his suit Thompson (either by himself or with John B. Thompson) had purchased from his father James Thompson, and then transferred to James H. Thompson and William W. Thompson, "certain lands & negro slaves & other property of great value to whit of the value of Ten Thousand Dollars." Bliss charges that this transfer was fraudulent, made to keep creditors from obtaining their judgments. Now the father has died and William H. Thompson is "entitled to share & distribution of his real & personal estate whatever it may be." Bliss requests that Thompson's portion of the father's estate be "subjected to the payment of your orators said judgment."
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Repository: Sumter County Courthouse, Livingston, Alabama
