The Liberty County Superior Court, in chambers and sitting in equity, was petitioned by Caroline E. Allen, widow and administratrix of Benjamin W. Allen; Mary O. Sabal and her husband Adolphus M. Sabal; Margaret Allen, Clara M. Allen, Benjamin F. Allen and Sumner W. Allen, minors represented by their next friend and guardian John N. Fennell.
The petitioners stated that part of the estate of Benjamin W. Allen consisted of a tract of land in Cherokee County, Georgia, and “also a negro named Charles about thirty years of age and a negro girl named Sally, about eighteen years of age” and that the estate was considerably in debt. They wanted the court to allow administratrix Caroline E. Allen to sell the property to resolve the debts. It was added that Mary O. Sabal and her husband Adolphus M. Sabal had entered into a marriage settlement agreeing that her inheritance from her father Benjamin W. Allen was to be “secured to her.” Her trustees, John Girardeau and Charles ?C? Girardeau, had been asked to give their consent to the sale but had refused, saying they had no power to do so without the court decree. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on September 25, 1860.
Source: Superior Court proceedings, Vol. 6, 1855-1864, Liberty County, Georgia, pp 401-5; database with images, “Liberty County Superior Court Proceedings, Vols 6-7 1855-1885,” FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3H3-79C4 : accessed 13 Oct 2022), Family History Library Film 175262 (DGS 008628086), images 230-2 of 702.