Petition #21381301

Abstract

William and Bright Williamson seek a division of property. The petitioners attest that they and the defendants possess a tract of land as "tenants in common" and "in like manner are possessed" of one slave, Ben. Of the belief that it is "very disadvantageous to your Orators to continue the enjoyment thereof in that manner," the Williamsons asked the defendants to divide the property and to give them the one-third share to which they are entitled. The defendants refused, so the Williamsons ask the court to order a partition of the land and slave, allotting them their one-third share to hold "in severalty."

Result: Granted pro confesso.

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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina

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