Petition #20186225

• Pike County, Alabama. March 19, 1862. - circa 1862.
• Court: Probate
• Salutation: To the Honorable Bird Fitzpatrick, Judge of the Court of Probate for said County

Abstract

Declared mentally unfit by the court in January 1862, as a result of a suit filed by his two sons, James Thomas Sr. argues that if he were ever of unsound mind--and he doubts it--he is perfectly fit now; he asks the court to restore "his ancient rights, in respect of both his person & property." He sues his son, Wade H. Thomas, who had been appointed his guardian when he was declared "non compos mentis" by the court. A related inventory reveals that James Thomas Sr. owned thirty-two slaves in 1862, including sixteen unnamed children.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PAR #20186224; Certificate, William Gilmore, Asa A. Brown, et al., ca. 1862; Instructions to Jury, ca. 1862; Deposition, Dr. G. C. Reynolds, ca. 1862; Inventory, Personal Property of James Thomas, 29 January 1862
• Pages of related documents: 10

18 people are documented within petition 20186225

• 16 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Pike County Courthouse, Troy, Alabama

• Records of the Probate Court, Estates

Subjects

• Diseases (mental)
• Theft by enslaved
• Medical treatment
• Assessed Value (enslaved)
• Inventory (enslaved)