Petition #20185412

• Montgomery County, Alabama. September 27, 1854. - circa 1854.
• Court: Probate
• Salutation: To the Hon the Judge of Probate for Montgomery County and State of Alabama

Abstract

In 1854, Joseph D. Hopper, the guardian of Caroline Elsberry, asks for permission to sell some of his ward's slaves "and put the money at interest."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PARs #20185323, #20185336, #20185337, #20185426, #20185533; Affidavits, Joseph Hopper, 27 September 1854, 31 January 1856, 19 December 1856; Account of Sale of Negroes, January 1855; Account of Negro Hires, 19 December 1856
• Pages of related documents: 4

7 people are documented within petition 20185412

• 4 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner
• 2 Others

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Citation information

Repository: Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama

• Records of the Probate Court, Estate Case Files

Subjects

• Hiring value (enslaved)
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)
• Enslaver (minors)