Jameson v. McCoy

About the year 1842 John Ward, being then a citizen of North Carolina, determined to remove to Tennessee. He was the owner of a woman slave named Kissee, who had for her husband a man slave named Csesar, who belonged to an uncle of Ward, living in the neighborhood. To avoid separating Kissee and her children from Csesar, Ward purchased him, and at the time agreed with Csesar, that, “ after they reached Tennessee, he should have his time by repaying the amount paid for him.”

In 1843 Ward removed to Dyer County, Tennessee, bringing with him Csesar and his wife and their children. About a year…