Nelson J. Moorer, guardian of John L. F. Crum, a minor, asks permission to sell his ward's two slaves: Levi about fourteen and Mary about eight or nine. He seeks to "put the proceeds out at interest, or invest the same in bonds, notes, or bill of Exchange with Mortgage security, or other property." Slaves were bringing high prices, Moorer argues, and the slaves would realize "in money a more productive Capital, than the slaves are now, and that the accumulated interest added to the original Capital" would greatly exceed "the amount of hire." A related petition reveals that John Crum inherited the two slave children from Civility R. L. Crum.
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Repository: Lowndes County Courthouse, Hayneville, Alabama
