William L. Pickett and Abraham F. Lumpkin, administrators of the estate of Reuben Pickett, seek to retrieve property that they claim for Reuben Pickett's estate. The petitioners explain that Reuben Pickett, Robert Knox, and Susannah Pickett "owned and worked together" about 70 slaves and 1200 acres, valued near $30,000. Knox and the Picketts owed money to various people, including $4,628.80 to James Pickett and more than $7,000 to the estate of John Pickett, administered by James B. Pickett. The petitioners charge that James B. Pickett colluded with the three debtors to defraud their creditors, but later used the various transactions to obtain the debtors' property for himself. The petitioners allege that James B. Pickett kept three slaves out of Reuben Pickett's estate without ever accounting for their hire or purchase. All of the original parties involved have since died. The petitioners ask that James Gilmer, administrator of the estate of James B. Pickett, return or account for the property that Pickett fraudulently acquired from Reuben Pickett.
Result: Dismissed.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
