Petition #20882922

Abstract

Isabella Hawkins, a free woman of color, seeks to collect a debt from Sarah Moore, a free woman of color. Hawkins asserts that Moore owes her $136.50. In payment of the debt, Moore gave Hawkins a slave named Polly, who has now been seized by the sheriff. Hawkins prays "that the slave Polly may be attached & detained by the aforesaid Sheriff-- together with such other goods & chattels & rights & crops as may be found in the parish of Point Coupee, belonging to said Sarah Moore, or so much thereof as will be sufficient to satisfy petitioners demand and costs of suit."

Result: Granted.

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Repository: Pointe Coupee Parish Courthouse, New Roads, Louisiana

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