Petition #20184223

Abstract

The Lewis children appear in court with their father and next friend to amend their original petition filed in November 1840. Since then, the petitioners note, judgments amounting to several thousand dollars have been obtained against Jonathan Hudson, husband of their aunt Martha Abercrombie Hudson. The heirs report that Hudson moved to protect his assets by conveying a large portion of his property to Granberry Hudson, who in turn conveyed a portion to Daniel McDougald. The petitioners assert that the sale to Granberry Hudson was fraudulent and no money passed hands. They also assert that six of the slaves transferred were willed to them by their aunt; therefore such conveyances "are without consideration and fraudulent and void and made for the purpose of hindering and delaying creditors." In addition, they point out the Hudson is currently under arrest in Muscogee County, Georgia and in order to be released, he must surrender his personal property and titles to his real property to a court-appointed trustee. The Lewis children ask that the defendants be subpoenaed and provide bond securing the slaves in question. A related document reveals that several of the slaves supposedly sold to Granberry Hudson were mortgaged, a few months later, to one Alfred Iverson.

Result: Dismissed; appealed; reversed; remanded.

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Repository: Russell County Courthouse, Phenix City, Alabama

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