Elisha Reynolds, executor of the last will and testament of the late George W. Reynolds presents to the court that, since the death of the late Reynolds, the plantation has been kept together, the crops have been cultivated, and the slaves have continued working on the land. Now, however, the widow and children of George W. Reynolds are claiming that some of the property does not belong to the estate, but to them for their sole and separate use. Elisha Reynolds therefore explains that it would be "imprudent and improper" to maintain the estate as a plantation. He therefore seeks to sell the livestock and perishable goods, including horses, mules, cows, hogs, sheep, goats, and plantation utensils, along with the "crop of corn & fodder on hand made by all the slaves aforesaid working together in common on said plantation." Reynolds also asks to rent out the land and hire out the slaves.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama
