Petition #21084718

• Lowndes County, Mississippi. filing started May 8, 1847.
• Court: Chancery
• Salutation: To the Hon. Henry Dickeson Vice chancellor &c

Abstract

Harriet Collins states that John Smiddy took into his "custody two negroe children that are free named William Bell & John Bell" and has held them "by virtue of Indentures by one of the Overseers [of the Poor] of Said County of Monroe." Collins charges that said indenture has been "cancelled" and that the said Smiddy now holds "said Children without authority of law & without the Consent of their mother." The petitioner, "as the friend of said children," prays "said children be taken from said Smiddy and the custody thereof awarded to your petitioner to be returned to said County of Monroe and again bound out."

• Number of petition pages: 3
• Related documents: Order, 8 May 1847; Answer, John Smiddy, 11 May 1847; Writ of Habeas Corpus, William and John Bell, 8 May 1847; Sheriff's Return, 10 May 1847; Plea, John Smiddy, 10 May 1847; Account of Clerk's Costs, ca. 1847
• Pages of related documents: 8

3 people are documented within petition 21084718

• 2 Free persons of color
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Noxubee County Courthouse, Macon, Mississippi

• Records of the Chancery Court

Subjects

• Apprenticeship/Indenture (FPOC)
• Charitable organizations