John Adriance, administrator of the estate of C. R. Patton, petitions the court for permission to sell "some property to pay the debts of said Estate." The land, situated in the town of Bryan, "will sell to better advantage now than at any other time," as the town of Bryan is "now growing." Adriance's voucher between the estates of C. R. Patton and Mary Hester Aldridge itemizes hire values for slaves from Aldridge's estate used to cultivate Patton's land. An attached newspaper article advertising the sale of the plantation notes that "the purchaser will be required to carry out the contract with the Freedmen, (twenty-six in number) who are engaged for wages, payable one-half monthly, and the balance at the end of the year."
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Repository: Brazoria County Courthouse, Angleton, Texas
