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North Carolina, Supreme Court, Raleigh : Blackledge, executor of the last will of Blackledge, deceased v Singleton et al, November 1819

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Raleigh, North Carolina : North Carolina Supreme Court, 1819.
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Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) and North Carolina. Division of Archives and History
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An application for direction as to how to distribute a certain portion of the estate. The testator had bequeathed various slaves to his wife and one third of the remaining slaves to Benjamin Blackledge Hanks, with the other two thirds of the slaves going to Richard B and Thomas Singleton, except for the slave Jenny, who was specifically excluded. To his nieces Polly Blackledge, Ann B Hatch and Martha Singleton, he left his property otherwise not disposed of, again excluding Jenny. Jenny was left to his brother William Blackledge (executor of the will) with a request that he should take special care of her, not to remove her from the plantation against her wishes, and, if necessary, to use hire monies from other slaves for her welfare and support in old age. In a codicil to the will the testator directed that the same conditions should apply to a slave called Milly. After the testator had died, Milly had a child called Squire and this case was brought to determine ownership of him. The Supreme Court ruled that Squire belonged to the next of kin.
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Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2007. Digitized from a copy held by the North Carolina State Archives.
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North Carolina State Archives
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Material sourced from the North Carolina State Archives
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