Petition #20285606

• Pulaski County, Arkansas. April 15, 1856. - circa 1856.
• Court: Probate
• Salutation: To Hon. W. G. Campbell, Judge of the Hon. Probate Court of Pulaski County, State of Arkansas

Abstract

William Drake, guardian of Richard C. Byrd, a minor, seeks permission to sell a "small Negro Girl named Matilda" to pay for Byrd's education.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PARs #20285607, #20285704; Report of Sale of Negro Slave Matilda, 13 April 1857
• Pages of related documents: 2

4 people are documented within petition 20285606

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner
• 2 Others

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Citation information

Repository: Arkansas History Commission, Little Rock, Arkansas

• Records of the Probate Court

Subjects

• Purchase/Sale (enslaved children)
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)
• Enslaver (minors)