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An Act for the benefit of Jinny Raney. 1849 291 (1849)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0644 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. CHAPTER 269. 1850. AN ACT for the benefit of John and Martha Fitzpatrick. Whereas, it is represented to this General Assembly, that Jefferson Gilmore and wife, David Lee and wife, John Fitzpatrick and wife, and Henry D. Gilmore and Keziah Gilmore, heirs at law and legal representatives of James Gilmore, deceased, have sold and conveyed to Cyrenius W. Gilmore, of' Pulaski county, Kenktucky, all their interests in a tract of land on Locust creek, in Carroll county, Kentucky, containing five hundred acres; which sale, so far a Henry D. and Keziah Gilmore are concerned, (they being infants,) is authorized by an act, approved February 12th, 1849, and it now being represented that Martha J. Fitzpatrick is also an infant under twenty one years of age, and is desirous, with the other parties to said deed of conveyance, that the same be confirmed. Therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That said sale and conveyance, as to the said Martha Fitzpatrick, be and is hereby confirmed and made binding on her, the same as if she had been of the full age of twenty one years when said sale and conveyance was made. Approved March 4, 1850. CHAPTER 270. AN ACT for the benefit of Jinny Raney. Whereas, Michael, alias Michael Raney, a free man of color, late of Simpson county, purchased his wife Jinny, alias Jinny Raney, for the purpose of setting her free, but died without doing so, and without issue, and she has for many years been hired out by the administrator of said Michael; and, whereas, it is represented that the amount for which she has hired and the proceeds of the sale of the goods and chattels of said Michael are more than sufficient to pay all his debts, and doubts exist whether said woman Jinny and the proceeds of her hire do or not vest in or es- cheat to the Commonwealth. Therefore, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That the said Jinny, alias Jinny Raney, be and she is hereby declared a free woman, so far as any claim to her exists in this Commonwealth by escheat or otherwise, and that she is hereby, so far as this Common- wealth is concerned, entitled to all moneys arising from her hire, except so much as may be necessary, after ex- hausting the goods and chattels of said Michael, for the payment of his debts, saving to the just creditors of said ichael all claims they may have upon said Jinny and her hire for the payment of their debts. Approved March 4,' 1850.

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