Petition #21285414

• Caswell County, North Carolina. October 1854. - October 1854.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the Worshipfull the Justices of the Court aforesaid

Abstract

The joint owners of four slaves, noting the "great difference in their values," ask that the slaves be sold and the proceeds divided among heirs.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Order, October Term 1854; Report of Sale, January Term 1855
• Pages of related documents: 3

9 people are documented within petition 21285414

• 4 Enslaved
• 4 Petitioners
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina

• Records of the County Court, Miscellaneous Records, Slave Records, 1836-1864

Subjects

• Auctions
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)
• Enslaver (minors)