David Watts Jr. asks the court to compel Nathaniel Terry, executor of his late father's will, to account with him for his portion of the estate, including the value of a particular slave "together with his hires upon the same from the year 1807 to the death of the testator" in 1817 or 1818. David Watts Sr.'s will directed that "the part of my estate herein loaned to my son David remain in like manner, in trust, in the hands of my executors & that they in their discretion allow him and his children a competent annual support from the same." Watts complains that "the period of five years has elapsed since he recd. one cent" from the executor, and that he is now "in very needy circumstances." In particular, he seeks compensation for the value of a slave named William, whom he left in his father's possession when Watts Jr. moved to Kentucky in 1806. Watts Sr. sold the slave and agreed to "set apart" for David Jr.'s use "a choice negro man at this death." Watts Jr. sues the executor, his siblings, and the securities on the slave's purchase bond.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
