Pitt-Greene County NcArchives Court.....Jenkins, Cannon V. 1830 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Martha M. Marble http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00022.html#0005285 November 29, 2011, 2:36 pm Source: N C Archives Written: 1830 #1844 – CANNON vs JENKINS – 1830 Pitt Co, NC NC Supreme Court Case found at the NC Archives, Raleigh, NC and abstracted by Martha Mewborn Marble Isaac Cannon, Grizzy Cannon, Lewis Cannon an infant under 21 and Osborn Cannon an infant – the last two were represented by their guardian Joel Wingate Grizzy married John McGerman Wilie Cannon formerly of Pitt Co died Oct. 1815 with a Will probated in the Nov. Term – Palmer Cannon was named in the sd Will as the sole executor but declined – letters of Administration went to Charles Jenkins – sd Wilie Cannon made a satisfactory provision for the widow by bequeathing her all his property ie 4 Negroes Jacob, Phil, Tom and Lam – the Negroes were to be sold – the plf contends sd Jenkins with a fraudulent intent put up the Negroes for sale on 8 Dec. 1815 – he then bid on them himself for $1,025 a much too low a sum and he stated the purchaser should pay within 10 days – one William Rountree, a relation of the sd Charles Jenkins was present at the sale – both should bear responsibility of the fraud as they shared the profits – the said Rountree took the slaves into his possession and worked them until his death at a great profit – all of the Cannons were infants at the time and did not know what had happened – the persons entitled to the Negroes in consequences of the Will of Wilie Cannon were his children – Susan now married to Joel Wingate, Isaac, Lewis, Osborn, and Grizzy – Susan and Joel Wingate have received satisfaction from Charles Jenkins but the other plfs have received nothing – Charles Jenkins has lately departed this life intestate and his Adms were Charles Rountree and John Jenkins – William Rountree died shortly thereafter and Jesse Rountree was appt Adm and took possession of the slaves – the plfs have applied to both Adm for a just account but have been neglected Answer of Jesse Rountree Adm of William Rountree – said there was no fraud intended by Jenkins and the price was fair – the 4 Negroes were sold together because they were small, the 2 youngest being twins about 14 years of age, the 3rd one about 5 and the oldest 8 years – all belonged to the small family of Negroes – Jenkins was high bidder – he thinks they were sold on a credit of 6 months – William Rountree was a nephew of Charles Jenkins – he agrees that Rountree was at the sale but not for fraud – he thinks the Negroes were only worth $800 and Jenkins was doing a favor for the Cannon children – he did admit Jenkins sold the Negroes to Rountree the same day for the same price – they have not been profitable being so young Deposition of Zachariah Gardner – 48 years old – at the house of William Pugh on 5 Sept 1829 – states he was at the sale of the slaves of Wilie Cannon and there was no fraud. At the home of Joseph W. Worthington on 28 March 1829 – Depositions of Jonathan Frizzle, John Joiner and Joseph Turnage Deposition of Frizzle – at the sale in 1815 or 1816 Allen Blount also bid on the slaves – the sale was on a 6 months credit – he knows of no fraud Deposition of John Joiner (of Darkess) sic – he was at the sale as was Hardee Johnson – he heard Cannon say the night before he died he wanted his brother Parmer Cannon to take the Negroes and sell them to pay debts – Old Wm. Moye also bid on the slaves – the mother of the boys was sold 2 years before the boys were Deposition of Joseph Turnage – he was at the sale – also bid on them – knows of no fraud At the house of Stephen Smith on 9 Jan 1830 – Depositions of Sarah Cannon aged 50, Joab Herrington aged 48, Cannon Smith (of Henry) aged 44 Deposition of Sarah Cannon – Rountree had already bought the mother of the 4 boys about 8 or 9 months earlier – Isaac Cannon is about 32 or 33 years old – someone was 24 or 25 (does not say who) – Sarah offered to buy the Negroes – (this may suggest she was the widow) Deposition of Joab Herrington – was at the sale – he carried them away as far as the house of Redding Shipp Deposition of Cannon Smith – was at the sale – thinks they were sold near value At the house of Parmer Cannon known as Shade Allens’s old house on 10 July 1829, Shadrack Jackson 54, James Stocks 37, Parmer Cannon 45, and John Gardner 31 Deposition of Shadrack Jackson – was at the sale – Jenkins did bid them up – the sale was fair Deposition of James Stocks (of John) – were at the sale Deposition of Parmer Cannon – was at the sale – Willie Cannon had a Will and left me his Exec – he left the 4 boys to be sold – Parmer and Wilie were brothers – there was no fraud Deposition of John Gardner – was not at the sale At the house of Jonathan Frizzle on 30 May 1829 – William Moore about 70, Jesse Rountree Sr. about 64 and Thomas Griffin 48 Deposition of William Moore – was at the sale – sold for value Deposition of Jesse Rountree Sr. – was at the sale – felt satisfied at my son bidding so much Deposition of Thomas Griffin – was at the sale Answers of Charles I. Jenkins and John Jenkins Adm of Charles Jenkins – no fraud between their father and William Rountree – price was fair – the boys were not profitable NOTE: According to Trish Worthington Cobb and Richard Rountree, Jesse Rountree b 27 Jun 1764/1765, Bertie County, NC md Winifred Jenkins. They had a son William Rountree. Winifred is said to be the daughter of John or maybe Charles Jenkins and the sister of Charles Jenkins. It is assumed this is the relationship between Charles Jenkins and William Rountree. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/pitt/court/jenkins2081gwl.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ncfiles/ File size: 6.1 Kb