Redford's Administrator v. Peggy
Supreme Court of Virginia
The Appellees, Peggy and other negroes, who had been slaves of George Redford deceased, appeared in forma pauperis, before the County Court of Powhatan, and applied to the Court to admit to probate a Testamentary Paper, purporting to be the last Will and Testament of the said Redford.
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The Appellees, Peggy and other negroes, who had been slaves of George Redford deceased, appeared in forma pauperis, before the County Court of Powhatan, and applied to the Court to admit to probate a Testamentary Paper, purporting to be the last Will and Testament of the said Redford. The application was resisted by Denjamin T. Davis, Administrator of the estate, and the Court on the 10th October, 1825, decided that it was not the Will of Redford, and refused to admit it to Probate. From that Judgment, the paupers appealed to the Superior Court of .Law for Powhatan, where the Judgment of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The Judges delivered their opinions.*
Judge Carr.
This is a case of Probate. George Redford died at a very advanced age, without wife or child, and possessed of a tract of land, and a number of slaves. A paper was produced to the County Court of Powhatan, purporting to be the Testament of Redford. There was no witness to it; but persons were produced to prove that the body of the writing, as well as the signature, were wholly written It is a Testament of no notice be-big taken of the Testator’s land, and the whole intent of the paper appearing to be, to give freedom to his slaves, and…
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