C. D. Melton, guardian of John D. Roden, requests the court's permission to purchase three slaves for the benefit of his nineteen-year-old ward. Melton represents that he desires to purchase Charity and her two children, Harry and Selena. He asserts that he has already contracted to purchase them for $1750. He therefore prays that the court will authorize said purchase. The affidavit of Dr. J. W. Moore refers to Charity as a "breeding woman."
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