Petition #20183912

Abstract

Garred Creagh states that in 1835, Harris and Tammy Burge sold him their share of the estate of James Knight. Creagh protests the administration of Knight's estate charging that John Knight, the first administrator and son of the deceased, failed to take possession of the estate, except for one slave, Tom, whom he claimed as his own. After John Knight resigned in 1836, James Godbold, a son-in-law of the deceased, became administrator. Creagh contends that Godbold did an inadequate inventory and sold off part of the estate, keeping slaves and other property for himself. Creagh asks the court to nullify the sale, to order an inventory of the estate, and to award him his share of the estate.

Result: Dismissed.

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Repository: University of South Alabama Archives, Mobile, Alabama

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