James Robinson, administrator of George Eason's estate, represents that the widow, Mary Eason, "is insane and otherwise afficted with rheumatic" disorders. Robinson further recounts that, "in her present condition on account of her diseased state of mind," the widow "is of great trouble and expense to your petitioner." He therefore requests that he be permitted to send Mary "to the Lunatic Asylum at Nashville Tenn. there to be kept and to receive the attention and care necessary." The attached administrator's report reveals that an estate slave named Hannah was sold for $500 on 17 January 1861, a week after the filing of the petition.
Result: Rejected.
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Repository: Arkansas History Commission, Little Rock, Arkansas
