Sharp v. Nesmith

Before Frost, J., at Kingstreé, Fall Term, 1852. The report of his Honor, the presiding Judge, is as follows: “This was an action of trover for one young woman and her child, and two other young women, and a girl. “ Thomas R. Greer, (the son of Elizabeth Gibson,) testified— That the negroes in dispute were in the possession of his mother, Elizabeth Gibson, and had been bequeathed to her for life by her deceased husband, George Gibson.