In an original bill, Mary Wheeler, the petitioner, sued the widow of her late nephew, William Patterson Jr., charging that she had married him, a weak-minded individual and a drunkard, for the sole purpose of getting her hands on his property. In the original petition, Mary Wheeler sued the widow and her new husband, seeking to recover the slaves which she claims were being divided among unscrupulous individuals in cahoots with the widow. She now amends her petition in order to correct the several errors contained in the original bill. She claims that she had the name of one of the defendants wrong in an earlier suit, and she asks to substitute John Clorvet for John Stuardi; moreover, she probably should not have called her nephew an "Idiot" but rather said he was "a man naturally possessed of a weak mind and easily frightened." Since the original bill, she asserts, John and Elizabeth Scypes Patterson Walton have sold two of the slaves--Leicester and Jane, and are trying to dispose of the lands "for a very low and inconsiderable price." The couple is also giving some of the property to John Barclay for his services as a trustee.
Result: Dismissed.
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Repository: University of South Alabama Archives, Mobile, Alabama
