Mary "Polly" Minor McLemore

Notes:

Marriages from "Early Tennessee Newspapers 1794-1851," edited by The Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., page 375: "Perkins, Mr. William O. married on Wednesday last to Miss Mary McLemore both of Williamson County. The Western Weekly Review - Franklin, Tenn. (Fri., Nov 4, 1831)

Perkins, Mr. William O. in Williamson County married to Miss Mary M'Lemore. National Banner & Nashville Whig (Mon., Nov 7, 1831)

(Courtesy of Jane A. "Xan" Alexander)



(Research):Description: Digital Library on American Slavery Petition 21483303
(Courtesy of Melba Gene McLemore)




Details
State: Tennessee
Location: Williamson
Location Type: County
Salutation: To the Worshipful the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for Williamson County (, )
Filing Date: circa 1833
Ending Date: 1834-April-16

General Petition Information
Abstract:Eighteen-year-old Polly McLemore Perkins and her husband, William O. Perkins, seek a partition of the slaves remaining in the estate of her late father, Robert McLemore. They inform the court that McLemore's will directed that his slaves be divided among his widow and his children, three of whom are still minors. The Perkinses cite that the slaves were "to be divided when your petitioner Polly M should arrive at the age of eighteen years and should marry." They also note that the widow's "interest in all of said slaves" has been set aside and that Polly is of age and married. Of the belief that they "are entitled under said will to five seventeenths of the value of said slaves," the petitioners pray the court to "order a division of said slaves ... to be made & appoint commissioners to divide the same & set apart to your petitioners five seventeenths of the value thereof."
Result: granted
# of Petition Pages: 4
Related Documents:PARs #21483510, #21484516; Decree, 16 April 1834; Commissioners' Report, 15 April 1834; Decretal Order, ca. 15 April 1834
Pages of Related Documents: 6
People Associated with Petition 21483303
Slaves: 25
Free Persons of Color: 0
Defendants: 5
Petitioners: 2
Other People: 3

Citation Information

Repository: Williamson County Preservation of Records and Archives, Franklin, Tennessee

Records of the County Court


Processing Information
Record Created: 7/17/1998
Record Final Edited: 8/3/2002
Record Last Updated on: 6/9/2008 5:47:00 PM



List of Defendants in Petition 21483303

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Name..Role in Petition..Enslavement Status..Color Gender Age Birth Death Owned slaves? Occupation


MALLORY, Peggy McLemore..defendant..white..female..Yes.


MCLEMORE, Atkins J. defendant white male


MCLEMORE, John D. defendant..white male


MCLEMORE, Peggy S. defendant white female


MCLEMORE, Robert W. defendant white male
...........

List of Petitioners in Petition 21483303


Name Role in Petition Enslavement Status Color Gender Age Birth Death Owned slaves? Occupation

PERKINS, Polly M. McLemore petitioner white female 18 years of age in 1833


PERKINS, William O., Jr. petitioner white male
........

List of Other People in Petition 21483303

Name Role in Petition Enslavement Status Color Gender Age Birth Death Owned slaves? Occupation


MCLEMORE, Robert...white..male ..Yes.

Estate of MCLEMORE, Robert...white..male..Yes.

PERKINS, William O. and Polly M. McLemore ([the same people])white Yes.

Mary married William O. Perkins, Jr. on 2 Nov 1831 in Williamson County, Tennessee. William was born before 1810; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]