I have learned of a lawsuit that involved a family married into my ancestry line. This lawsuit was filed by a slave or several slaves against the estate of their "owner". All information I have concerning this has NO CITATIONS whatsoever. This apparently occured sometime between 1825 and the ending of the Civil War. I understand that the lawsuit lasted sixteen years. How would a "person of color" go about filing a lawsuit against their owner? Why would this be tried in several counties? Where do I start looking for this lawsuit?

Laura, It might be, particularly since several counties were involved, that the lawsuit is filed in Frankfort. You would actually have to go to Frankfort to search the archives there, as I don't believe any of that is available on the internet. I'm going to have to make a trip there sometime myself to look for a criminal case that was tried in Madison Co. I was told those papers are filed in Frankfort. Fay On Jan 25, 2008, at 4:58 PM, Laura L. Gibson wrote: > I have learned of a lawsuit that involved a family married into my > ancestry > line. This lawsuit was filed by a slave or several slaves against > the estate > of their "owner". All information I have concerning this has NO > CITATIONS > whatsoever. This apparently occured sometime between 1825 and the > ending of > the Civil War. I understand that the lawsuit lasted sixteen years. > > How would a "person of color" go about filing a lawsuit against > their owner? > Why would this be tried in several counties? > Where do I start looking for this lawsuit? > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KYWAYNE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Laura: Find a law library with the title, Decennial Digest, and start with the vols from 1820 and work forward. Most appealed cases will be listed. Look under Kentucky by the name of the owner or "Estate of" or slaves or emancipation. They may be suing for their freedom if emancipated in a will and the provision was not carried out, or they may be suing as not Africans. My friend's family had to sue in Maryland and North Carolina for their freedom as they were East Indians from Mozambique who kept being held as slaves. Each time they sued they won their freedom. This can be traced for 100 years in the court records. Regards, Steven C. Perkins On Jan 25, 2008 4:58 PM, Laura L. Gibson <vrbj0246@embarqmail.com> wrote: > I have learned of a lawsuit that involved a family married into my ancestry > line. This lawsuit was filed by a slave or several slaves against the estate > of their "owner". All information I have concerning this has NO CITATIONS > whatsoever. This apparently occured sometime between 1825 and the ending of > the Civil War. I understand that the lawsuit lasted sixteen years. > > How would a "person of color" go about filing a lawsuit against their owner? > Why would this be tried in several counties? > Where do I start looking for this lawsuit? > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KYWAYNE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Steven C. Perkins SCPerkins@gmail.com http://stevencperkins.com/ Online Journal of Genetics and Genealogy http://jgg-online.blogspot.com/ Steven C. Perkins' Genealogy Page http://stevencperkins.com/genealogy.html