Petition #20783802

• Jefferson County, Kentucky. February 17, 1838. - February 12, 1839.
• Court: Chancery
• Salutation: To the Honorable George M Bibb Chancellor of the Louisville Chancery Court

Abstract

Dicy states that she is "old not able to do hard labor" and that her master Michael McMann agreed to set her free if she paid him $120. She did so and in the summer of 1836 he executed a deed of manumission. The deed was never properly recorded, however, and on 17 February 1838, McMann had her taken into custody by an auctioneer and offered for sale. She asks that McMann be restrained from selling her and that her freedom be decreed.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 4
• Related documents: Affidavit, Sarah Christopher, 17 July 1838; Order, 17 February 1838; Answer, Michael McMann, 2 March 1838; Bill of Sale, John Edwards and Jacob Geiger to Michael McMann, 26 November 1832; Decree, 12 February 1839
• Pages of related documents: 9

4 people are documented within petition 20783802

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 2 Others

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Citation information

Repository: Kentucky Division of Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky

• Records of the Circuit Court, Case Files

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Freedom papers
• Sues for freedom (enslaved)
• Purchase of freedom
• Virtually free (enslaved)
• Seniors (enslaved)
• Assessed Value (enslaved)
• Auctions
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)