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03/55/08/3
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT (Equity Papers) Negro Charity and others vs. Robb, Lansdale, Robb
ITEMS: bill 1818; statement of William Campbell 1818; answer of Adam Robb 19 May 1819; decree July 1820
COMMENTS: Charity, Mary and her infant child, and Kitty asserted that they were entitled to their freedom as indicated in the affidavit of William Campbell, but now they believed they had been sold and were "about to be carried out of this State"
SOURCE: MSA T415-3-35
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MSA SC 4239-25-2
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03/55/08/3
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT (Equity Papers) Martha Toogood et al. vs. Andrew Graff et al.
ITEMS: bill of Sally Toogood [1822]; bill of Sally Toogood by her next friend Martha Toogood 20 February 1822; answer of Walter Stewart 6 March 1822; bill 30 November 1822; bill bond 30 November 1822; copy of deed of emancipation 13 November 1821
COMMENTS: It was "agreed between the Counsel for the different parties"that the manumitted slaves should be sold to pay debts
SOURCE: MSA T415-3-52
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MSA SC 4239-25-3
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03/55/08/5
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT (Equity Papers) John Atwood vs. Benjamin Marshall
ITEMS: Petition of John Atwood ca. 1828
COMMENTS: Atwood seeks payment of $575 debt with interest beginning February 1, 1822, from slaveowner who put title to his blacks in the name of a brother
SOURCE: MSA T415-5
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MSA SC 4239-25-4
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03/55/08/6
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT (Equity Papers) Thomas Scott vs. Henry Roberts
ITEMS: bill 20 November 1830
COMMENTS: Scott charges that Roberts plans the "secret removal" of three male slaves belonging to the estate deceased Joseph Roberts
SOURCE: MSA T415-6-66
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MSA SC 4239-25-5
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03/55/08/10
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT (Equity Papers) Union Bank of Georgetown vs. John P. C. Peter et al.
ITEMS: bill 5 November 1835
COMMENTS: Slaveholder owed bank $15,489
SOURCE: MSA T415-10-112
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MSA SC 4239-25-6
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03/55/08/9
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT (Equity Papers) Thomas M. Offutt et al. vs. Ann M. Fisher
ITEMS: bill 5 November 1840
COMMENTS: Dispute over slaves in an estate
SOURCE: MSA T415-9-111
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MSA SC 4239-25-7
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03/55/08/12
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT (Equity Papers) William Willson vs. John Braddock
ITEMS: bill 2 July 1846; decree 8 March 1847; report 15 October 1847
COMMENTS: Slaves Elizabeth, Edward, Jane, et al. sold for debt
SOURCE: MSA T415-12-125
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MSA SC 4239-25-8
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03/55/08/14
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT (Equity Papers) Ann Magruder vs. Wesley Magruder
ITEMS: bill 18 June 1847; answer 26 January 1848; amended bill 14 December 1848; testimony ca. 1848; interlocutory decree 18 July 1849
COMMENTS: Farmer could not afford "to employ or purchase servants" except an old black woman who had been in his family; wife seeks divorce because, according to husband, she would not cook his meals and he responded violently
SOURCE: MSA T415-14-106
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MSA SC 4239-25-9
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03/55/08/22
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT (Equity Papers) John A. Carter vs. Charles Spates
ITEMS: bill 25 January 1848
COMMENTS: Plaintiff charges that slaves were sold by sheriff or others improperly
SOURCE: MSA T415-22-74
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MSA SC 4239-25-10
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03/55/08/15
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY COURT (Equity Papers) Stephen Anderson et al. vs. Joseph Anderson
ITEMS: bill of complaint 20 October 1850
COMMENTS: Legatee charges executor of his father's estate omitted Negro property from inventory
SOURCE: MSA T415-15-109
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MSA SC 4239-25-11
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03/55/08/19
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Equity Papers) John Jones et al. vs. Teresa Jones et al.
ITEMS: petition 29 September 1855; inventory of personal estate 29 September 1855; decree 3 March 1858
COMMENTS: Estate and slaves
SOURCE: MSA T415-19-124
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MSA SC 4239-25-12
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03/55/08/22
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Equity Papers) William Willson vs. Robert Magruder
ITEMS: bill 12 December 1855; exhibit A list of slaves 12 December 1855; exhibit B copy of will 12 December 1855; amended bill 18 January 1856; copy of second account 4 December 1857; auditors report 4 March 1858
COMMENTS: Slaveholder frees slaves in his will if they will emigrate to Liberia; if they do not leave they will remain in slavery; heirs seek to abide by the letter of the will; court declares slaves free
SOURCE: MSA T415-22-111
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03/55/08/22
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Equity Papers) Henry Warring vs. Anna Warring
ITEMS: petition of Henry B. Warring 12 November 1851; court order 4 February 1861; auditor's report 27 February 1861
COMMENTS: Slave owning woman declared insane; slaves hired out; one of the slaves, Sophia, ran away with her two children but was captured and sold
SOURCE: MSA T415-22-145
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MSA SC 4239-25-14
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03/55/08/25
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT (Equity Papers) Julia Patterson vs. George C. Patterson
ITEMS: bill for divorce 3 February 1865; answer 3 May 1865; commissioner's return 17 July 1865
COMMENTS: Husband sells wife's slave; slave trader testifies
SOURCE: MSA T415-25-167
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