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“William and Harriot Barclay seek compensation for the value of a slave named Derry from the executors of the will of Harriot's late grandfather.
http://library.uncg.edu/slavery/petitions/details.aspx?pid=11106
http://library.uncg.edu/slavery/petitions/details.aspx?pid=11106
Richard Bradford's will directed that, after his death, John B. Miller should value and divide Bradford's estate among his children and grandchildren. In the division, Harriot Barclay received Derry, who was represented as a ‘sound able bodied young Fellow’ worth $450.
The Barclays now allege that Derry is ‘afflicted with Hernia, & that he had previously had an attack of a species of convulsive Fits, which subsequently returned upon him frequently, & with increased violence.’
They describe Derry as a ‘loss,’ complain that his value has been ‘intirely destroyed’ due to his unfortunate health, and assert that have not received their fair share of the estate.
The executors and other legatees refuse to submit the matter to Miller for a new determination of Harriot's just share. The petitioners ask the court to compel Bradford's executors to account with them.”
“William V. Richardson joins his sister and brother-in-law, Epsey and Manning D. Brunson, in seeking a division and partition of certain slaves once belonging to the siblings' father, Abraham Richardson.
http://library.uncg.edu/slavery/petitions/details.aspx?pid=11209
http://library.uncg.edu/slavery/petitions/details.aspx?pid=11209
The petitioners inform the court that their father formally separated from their mother, Mary Richardson, in 1810.
The couple executed a separation agreement whereby Abraham retained custody of three of their sons, Seaborn, Henry, and Milton, while Mary took charge of Epsey and the couple's other two sons, William and Alexander.
A further provision of the deed secured to Mary two slaves named Tom and Tener, plus any future offspring Tener might have. The petitioners now contend that the deed gave William and Epsey, and their brother, Alexander, sole claim to the slaves at their mother's death.
In fact, in 1836, their mother relinquished her life interest in the slaves to the children by a deed of trust.
The three brothers, and another son born since their parents' separation, however, assert that they have ‘a share and interest in said negroes equally with your said Orators and Oratrix.’
The petitioners ask the court to establish their claim to the slaves, including Tener's five children born since the deed, and to order a partition of the property among them.”
“Daniel Brunson, guardian of the four minor Brunson brothers, requests the court's permission to sell a female slave named Liley and her five-year-old-son Henry.
http://library.uncg.edu/slavery/petitions/details.aspx?pid=11905
http://library.uncg.edu/slavery/petitions/details.aspx?pid=11905
Brunson recounts that he purchased Liley for $555 in 1851 and that she has served as a nurse to the petitioner's youngest wards; in the past eight years, Liley has had two children: Henry and an unidentified child, who has since died.
The petitioner insists that his wards have outgrown their need for a nurse and that Liley ‘has become very stubborn and disobedient and is entirely valueless to the wards of your petitioner.’
Moreover, the petitioner claims that Liley has ‘stopped breeding.’ Daniel Brunson asks the court for authorization to sell Liley and Henry.”
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