Petition #20785234

• Warren County, Kentucky. November 8, 1852. - December 6, 1854.
• Court: Circuit

Abstract

William Skiles states that Angeline Reese sold to him "a female slave by the name of Statia and her two children one by the name of Sally & the other by the name of Henry" for $815. Skiles charges that Reese made the transaction knowing that the slaves were not sound and healthy. Noting that Sally died in November 1852 and Henry is very ill, the petitioner asks that he be compensated and that the sales contract be set aside and rescinded.

Result: Partially granted.

• Number of petition pages: 4
• Related documents: Depositions, William D. Helm, Martha J. Brown, Mary M. Skiles, Phoebe C. Burgess, Thomas J. Jones, Catherine Payne, and Timothy Burgess, 18 November 1852; Decree, 6 December 1854; Decree, 23 December 1853
• Pages of related documents: 10

10 people are documented within petition 20785234

• 4 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 4 Others

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Citation information

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

• Records of the Circuit Court, Equity/Chancery Cases

Subjects

• Death of enslaved (disease)
• Purchase/Sale (enslaved family)
• Diseases (physical)
• Medical treatment
• Death of enslaved (other)
• Warranty (enslaved)
• Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)
• Family separated (Black)