COFFEE COUNTY, TN - COURT - Jeremiah Jacobs Slave Petition, 4 Dec 1855 ----¤¤¤---- December Term 1855 Volume 4, Pages 243-244 County Court Minutes, Coffee County, Tennessee Catharine Jacobs, J. J. Jacobs & other heirs ¦ Exparte Petition at Law of Jeremiah Jacobs decd ¦ to Partition slaves Be it remembered that this cause came on to be heard this 4th day of December 1855 before the County Court of Coffee County upon the Report of the commissioners heretofore appointed to partition the slaves in this case which Report is in the words and figures following, to wit: We the undersigned Commissioners appointed by the Court to value and divide the slaves belonging to the Estate of Jeremiah Jacobs deceased between the widow and heirs have this day met at Mess Jacobs and after being duly Sworn proceeded to do so and Report as follows: To Mrs. Jacobs, Peter & Betty $1600 To Cathe Jacobs, Dave & Mary 1350 J. J. Jacobs, Andy & Lawrence 1550 Stokeley Jacobs, Henry & Emily 1350 Wm F. Pearsons, Polly & Rufus 1050 Alfred Jacobs, Tilda & Andy 1150 M. L. Hancock, George & Pink 1500 W. Jacobs, Anna Sam & Harriet 1150 C. C. Jacobs, John & Jia 1600 Martin Sharp, Jim & Jane 1550 $14150 amounting in all to fourteen thousand one hundred and fifty dollars being fourteen hundred and fifty dollars to each share which is respectfully submitted this 1st day of December 1855. B. F. Moore James Lawrence J. H. Lawrence James Gibson Which report being unexcepted to is in all things confirmed. It is therefore now decreed by the Court that the title to the slaves in said Report mentioned be divested and vested in said parties respectively according to said Report. It is further decreed that those of the heirs to whom the slaves so assigned shall exceed their proportion thereof shall account for the excess in the settlement of the estate. It is further decreed that the administrators pay the costs of this proceedings out of the funds of said Estate for which let execution issue. Transcribed by Dan S. Sharp from copies of the original independently provided by Roberta Sharp and Joan Pruett. August 20, 2003. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Dan Sharp ___________________________________________________________________