Dr. Edmund Park seeks compensation for "professional services" rendered "to the negroes of the Estate of" John McCullough. Park reminds the court that an earlier bill filed 19 February 1828 sought a partition of the slaves in said estate. He further notes that "large amounts of Debts were presented" to Elizabeth McCullough, the administratrix of said estate, and that she and the heirs agreed that "no part would be taken by her or them." Admitting that he "was satisfied with the conduct of the Said Elizabeth McCullough in furtherance of her design of paying off all the debts of the Said John," the petitioner reports that "he had not made any formal charges" for his services as "Physician to the negroes of the Estate." Park charges, however, that it appears that said agreement "will not be complied with." He therefore prays "that he may be allowed reasonable compensation therefore." Park also affirms that, "since his marriage" to a member of the McCullough family, "the little negroes belonging" to the said estate "have been kept at their house & reared by their care & attention & at their expense." He therefore requests that he "be allowed compensation for the same."
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
