Benjamin B. Rodgers, guardian of the four minor children of William Parker, deceased, asks to sell a slave belonging to the estate. The children were granted undivided interest in thirteen slaves belonging to the estate of their late father at the time of his death in Mississippi. Rodgers informs the court that he has "incurred debts for the maintenance & Education of his said wards which exceed three hundred dollars," and requests authorization to sell the slave Harry, forty-five years of age, in order to satisfy debts of the estate. Harry's wife and children live in Noxubee County, Mississippi, and are under the control of one David Young, who has agreed to pay one thousand dollars so that Harry may remain with his family. Rodgers does not specify whether Young is the owner of Harry's family or merely administering on another person's property. Rodgers states that the sale price is "the full market value of said slave & in fact a very high price for him."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Huntsville Madison County Public Library Archives
