Petition #20184619

Abstract

In 1823, James M. Pearson of South Carolina gave his wife Elizabeth Gill a trust estate of ten head of cattle, two horses, household furniture, and four slaves, including Hannah and her children: Isabella, Peter, and Jackson. Later the couple moved to Alabama, and Hannah bore the following children: Sam, Anthony, Eprhaim, Isby, Mariah, and Margaret, while Mariah gave birth to three children, including Hannah and two others whose names are not provided. When Pearson died in around 1836, his father, James A. Pearson, "got said negroes into his possession and sold & disposed" of them. Although the trust deed has been lost, the slaves dispersed, and Hannah has died, Elizabeth Gill seeks the return of her trust slaves, or "the value of said negroes in money" together with "the value of their hire." The related court decree reveals that it is probably that James M. Pearson probably did not have title to the slave family he gave to his wife; the slaves were either loaned to him by his father or the descendants of a slave loaned to him by his father.

Result: Dismissed.

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Repository: Lowndes County Courthouse, Hayneville, Alabama

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