Lloyd Ford’s Will

EPISODE · Jan 5, 2016 · 13 MIN

Lloyd Ford’s Will

from Stories of Appalachia · host Steve Gilly, Rod Mullins

On this episode, we tell the story of a will left by Lloyd Ford, of Washington County, Tennessee. This will was the subject of a pre-Civil War court battle in Jonesborough between Mr. Ford’s children and his slaves, and it went all the way up to the Tennessee Supreme Court, leading to a landmark decision. […]

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