Petition 20784506 Details
| State: | Kentucky |
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| Location: | Woodford |
| Location Type: | County |
| Salutation: | To his Honor the Judge of the Woodford Circuit Court in Chancery sitting |
| Filing Date: | 1845-September-1 |
General Petition Information
| Abstract: | Emily and Betsy, along with the latter's two children, Spicy and Edmund, are suing for their freedom. Emily and Betsy are the children of Levi Jones, a free black man, and Sally Ann, a slave of John Bennet. They assert that said Jones purchased Emily and Betsy "upon the express consideration that said Emily and Betsy were to be free whenever they should attain the age of twenty one years as likewise all their children born before that time." They inform the court that they have been levied upon for the debts of said Jones and that "they are about to be sold to satisfy said judgments." They therefore pray that the defendants be restrained "from proceeding further towards the sale of your orators ... and upon a final hearing may said injunction be perpetuated and your orators declared to be free." |
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| Result: | No recorded result |
| # of Petition Pages: | 4 |
| Related Documents: | Order, ca. 1848; Amended Bill, 30 March 1848; Answer, David Adams, 7 September 1850; Answer of Robert Adams, 3 March 1846; Answer of Waller Chenault, 27 December 1848; Abstract, March 1848 |
| Pages of Related Documents: | 13 |
People Associated with Petition 20784506
| Slaves: | 5 |
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| Free Persons of Color: | 1 |
| Defendants: | 3 |
| Petitioners: | 5 |
| Other People: | 1 |
Citation Information
Repository: Kentucky Division of Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky
- Records of the Circuit Court, Case Files
- Box: 134
Processing Information
| Record Created: | 8/31/1997 |
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| Record Final Edited: | 10/6/2000 |
| Record Last Updated on: | 6/15/2006 10:16:00 AM |