Petition #21485411

Abstract

John J. Wilson and David F. Wilson, son and son-in-law of the late Robert Wilson, and the executors of his will, are joined by Wilson's widow, Charlotte, and his daughter, Rachael, in seeking permission to sell a slave named Sam, "a likely boy about forty five years of age." The petitioners inform the court that Sam is "a prolific source of trouble" to them, especially to Charlotte who exercises "immediate control" over him. In addition to being "wild, ungovernable and of vicious habits," he "has already run away once or twice and came very near making it to a Free state." When home, he is "about at night, gambles and loses much time from his business." The petitioners fear that Charlotte will lose her life interest in Sam by his running away. They also suspect that he "is likely to be of little service" to them in the future. Perhaps even more threatening, they fear that he will compromise their other slaves by the "pernicious example he is constantly setting" before them. They ask the court to authorize his sale and to order that the proceeds "be invested ... in some other better and more tractable slave."

Result: Granted.

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Repository: Maury County Courthouse, Columbia, Tennessee

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