Petition #20185821

Abstract

Benjamin M. Woolsey, administrator of the estate of Calvin Norris of Mobile County, deceased, asks for permission to keep Norris's Marengo County plantation, known as the Hungerford Tract, in operation. Woolsey states that the estate consists of four hundred acres of land and one hundred and four slaves. "Many of the negroes are children, too young to be hired out," he asserts, and "Some of the said negroes are old & only serviceable as nurses of the younger negro children." Therefore, for the benefit of the minor heirs, Woolsey seeks authorization to keep the estate together and cultivate the land for a period of one year ending 1 January 1860.

Result: Granted.

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Repository: Dallas County Courthouse, Selma, Alabama

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