Mahala Sheffield, widow of the late Thomas Humble, tutrix of her three children by Humble, and now wife of James P. Sheffield, seeks permission to make an exchange of slaves with Gilbert Buie. Mrs. Sheffield represents that she is desirous to swap four slaves for three plus $250 with Buie. However, the slaves that she plans to trade away, a mother and her three young children, belong to the undivided property that she owns in community with her children. In order to make a “valid and legal” exchange, she must first obtain the “sanction Advice and consent” of a family meeting. Therefore, Mahala, authorized and assisted by James Sheffield, prays for an order to convene a family meeting to be held in the “Town of Harrisonburg” on the 9th of November 1850.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Catahoula Parish Courthouse, Harrisonburg, Louisiana
