Petition #20784203

• Scott County, Kentucky. May 5, 1842. - March 14, 1845.
• Court: Circuit
• Salutation: To the Honorable Judge of the Scott Circuit Court in Chancery sitting

Abstract

Jabez Risk is the administrator of the late Malinda R. Graves Wash Devers. Malinda Devers was at one time the owner of the slave Solomon. Upon her marriage to and subsequent divorce from William Devers, Solomon was put up for sale. Malinda's son, Bushrod Wash, purchased Solomon using her money and turned Solomon over to Malinda as prearranged. Malinda died in April 1839. Bushrod Wash now claims that Solomon belongs to him and refuses to surrender him to Risk. In turn, Risk charges that Wash intends to remove Solomon "a yellow boy, aged seventeen," out of the state and asks that the court prevent removal of the slave and assist Risk in retrieving him.

Result: Granted; dismissed.

• Number of petition pages: 5
• Related documents: PAR #20783709; Amended Bill, 11 August 1842; Order, 11 August 1842; Amended Bill, 18 March 1843; Depositions, Braxton Butler and Alfred Wash, 2 March 1843; Decree, 14 March 1845; Commissioner's Report, 4 September 1845
• Pages of related documents: 16

8 people are documented within petition 20784203

• 1 Enslaved
• 3 Defendants
• 1 Petitioner
• 3 Others

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Citation information

Repository: Kentucky Division of Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky

• Records of the Circuit Court, Case Files

Subjects

• Hiring value (enslaved)
• Concealing (enslaved)
• Title dispute (enslaved)
• Assessed Value (enslaved)
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)
• Insolvency