When her husband died in 1829, Martha Powell was left with six small children under the age of thirteen, and a short time later she gave birth to twin daughters. With little means of support except a worn out farm, eleven slaves, and a small interest in her deceased husband's firm, she seeks permission to sell the land and move her family and slaves to Alabama to be near two brothers who would assist her in buying farm land. She is "unskilled in the management of Land and Negroes," she admits, and needs her brothers' assistance.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
