John Gee joins his wife Mary in representing that the said Mary is an heir of the late Olivia Dunbar, a feme sole, who died testate in September 1859, "possessed of a large estate situate in said county of Jefferson consisting principally of lands money and negroes." The petitioners point out that "by the twelfth clause of said last will and testament the residuum of the estate real and personal (after the payment of debts and certain legacies) of the said Olivia Dunbar was bequeathed in trust for certain charitable uses and purposes." Charging said bequest "to be void by the law and declared policy of the state," the Gees pray that said clause "be declared null and void" and that said property "be declared subject to distribution by the proper tribunal among the legal heirs and representatives of the said Olivia." An advertisement for "Executor's Sale" of Dunbar's estate cites that "a lot of likely and valuable acclimated slaves, in families, about fifty-two (52) in number, including house servants, carriage driver, field hands, driver, blacksmith and carpenters, etc. etc." will be offered for sale on 18 December 1860.
Result: Partially granted.
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Repository: Jefferson County Courthouse, Fayette, Mississippi
