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Keeping boarding house in the town of Tuscumbia, And it was
absolutely necessary that She Should have Some of the negroes to
Aid her in Keeping up her establishment, She admits that She
delivered over to her Son, Complaiant, the negroes, but owing
to her then occupation, And her necessity to Continue at it for
Some length of time, and being much attached to the Slaves
Sarah And her two Children Swift and Martha, having resided
then about her house She felt Anxious to Continue them, And
Keep them about her So long as She might live, And after her
death that they Should together with the other two Haywood And
Miranda belong Absolutely to Complainant, under these Circum-
=stances, And with these views, Complaiant And Respondents
executed the agreement under Seal Mentioned in Complaianants
bill, by which Complainant Conveyed to this Respondent a
life estate in the negroes Sarah, Swift, & Martha, reserving to
himself after the death of Respondent, Said Negroes, and
their increase, Respondent also States that herself And her
Son, had Some Six years previous to this Transaction a
respectable property, And Such which if they Could have
retained it, would have placed her at present in
affluent Circumstances, but through the fraud and failure
of her Son in law, Jeby Jones, who had married Respondents
daughter Nadie, She And Complainant were Cheated out
of all they owned, Respondent States that Complainant was at
this time of tender year, under twenty one years of age, And
through the infulence of Respondent Said Jones was appointed
his Guardian, And the mismanagement and failure of
Said Jones threw Respondents Son, Complainant, dependent
upon his own exertions for his living, this Circumstance
Caused Respondent to reflect upon herself, And Continbated
in a great measure to induce her to execute the deeds
above Mentioned, as a Settlement of Said property upon
Complainant, Respondents in further answering admits that
at the date of the execution of Said deeds for deceased