Joseph H. Alston, having "attained to years of discretion," requests that the court appoint commissioners "to make a just and equitable division" of slaves in the estate of Mary H. Alston Butler, his late mother. He states that his mother executed a trust estate for herself and her children and conveyed the property in question to Sampson H. Butler to manage for the use and benefit of her family. Following her marriage to Butler, he gained possession of the estate and fulfilled his duties as trustee. Since the death of Mary and Sampson Butler, the property has been in the possession of Governor James E. Broome.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Florida State Archives, Tallahassee, Florida
