Benjamin and Isabella Grumbles ask that a writ of sequestration be issued to prohibit John Grumbles from taking their female slave George out of the state of Texas. They claim that John and Benjamin Perry Grumbles seized the girl "after inducing her to run away from the possession of your petitioners and now has her secreted & denies having her." They fear the defendants will run her "beyond the limits of the State" and dispose of her and convert her "to their own use." They also charge that John Grumbles is "tampering with" other slaves belonging to them and is now "trying to sell his land near Austin." The petitioners claim that "the whole estate" of John Grumbles would "not more than half compensate your petitioners for the negro property so threatened." In an amended petition, they also seek compensation in the amount of $150 for George's services during the ten-month span that John and Benjamin Perry Grumbles have detained her.
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Repository: Travis County Courthouse, Austin, Texas
