Title: Andrew Roberts Petition

Date/Date Range :   1852 October

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

In this document Andrew Roberts, administrator of Adam Clapp's estate, petitions the Knox County Court to allow the sale of a slave named Roy so that the proceeds may be divided among Clapp's eight heirs.

Call number: MS-1929

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

The Special Collections Library purchased this document in 1992.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

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Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Andrew Roberts Petition, MS-1929. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

Adam Clapp was born on March 16, 1800 to David and Elizabeth Graves Clapp. He married Rebecca Roberts on September 17, 1822 in Knox County, Tennessee. The couple had seven children: Amanda (born December 15, 1824), Nancy (born February 4, 1827), Henry Roberts (born September 8, 1829), Julia Ann (born May 1, 1834), Adeline (born November 22, 1836), William (born June 2, 1839), and James Byron (born December 14, 1841). One of Clapp's brothers, Henry A. Clapp (born about 1806) and his family also lived in Knoxville. Adam Clapp died on March 18, 1843.

In this document Andrew Roberts, administrator of Adam Clapp's estate, petitions the Knox County Court to allow the sale of a slave named Roy so that the proceeds may be divided among Clapp's eight heirs.

• Clapp, Adam.
• Roberts, Andrew.
• Slavery -- Tennessee -- Sources.
• Tennessee -- Politics and government -- 1841-1845.
• Slavery -- Tennessee -- Knox County.