Petition #20183507

Abstract

In 1822, Turner Christian of Charles County, Virginia, gave the following slaves to his grandchildren, the petitioners: Henry, Suggy, William, and Hannah and her children--Charles, Suckey, Fanny and Marsha. Shortly thereafter, the petitioners moved with their father, Tyler Hardyman, and his wife, Catherine, to Jefferson County, Alabama. In 1827, Tyler Hardyman sold Hannah, and two of her children, Joe and Betsy, born after the deed of gift to the petitioners, to William R. Saddler. Saddler died, and Hannah passed into the possession of his son, William Saddler of Franklin County. Joe, age ten, and Betsy, age twelve, passed into the possession of another son, Isaac Saddler. Hannah has since had three more children, also now held by William Saddler. The petitioners assert that Hardyman has disposed of all of their property in order to pay his debts, leaving them in "depressed circumstances." The petitioners ask the court to validate their original claim to ownership of the slaves and nullify subsequent sales. In addition, the petitioners argue that since these slaves are "family negroes," they "have all that personal regard for them that is commonly felt and entertained for property of this kind by all families possessing it and it is now from motives of the highest humanity & benevolence to the negroes themselves" that the petitioners seek the recovery of them. The petitioners also request compensation for the slaves' hire and an injunction preventing Saddler from selling the slaves beyond the jurisdiction of the court.

Result: Dismissed.

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Repository: Shelby County Archives, Columbiana, Alabama

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