1839-1869 Platte County, Missouri, Circuit Court Docket
Archive Items Details
Description
Parties come to trial and the Court dismisses the case. Slave not identified in the Court's docket entry. "Accused of swapping a mule with a slave named Chess."
Missouri Archives Judicial Records Historical Database has a record but no on-line images of the case file.
Date(s) of Creation
11/27/1857
Other Names and Numbers
Other Names
Name Type
Enslaved
Other Name
Chess
Name Type
Enslaver
Other Name
State of Missouri vs. Irvin Timberlake - Buying Commodity of Slave
