Mordecai was listed as a "Laborer" in the 1850 Census. He and wife Elizabeth had at least two children, Mary Elizabeth and Hiram. Elizabeth died in 1835; her burial place is unknown. He may have remarried to a Nancy ________ after Elizabeth's death.
He is buried in one of the adjoining quarter-plots he owned, near his daughter Mary, granddaughter Adeline, and other Carnells.
Mordecai was involved in state court litigation in Petersburg in 1842:
Abstract: Mordecai Carnell represents that "he purchased of a certain John H. Bailey, a free man of color, a Lot & Tenement in that part of Petersburg called Blandford ... That when he purchased said Lot, he had not the slightest suspicion that there was any defect in said Bailey's Title." Carnell admits that "he is a hard working man, uneducated man & can neither read or write," therefore he could not examine the title. Elizabeth Lenox, laying claim to the property, has filed suit and won a judgment against Bailey. Carnell avers that "he is informed his interests are most materially affected" by this suit. However, he protests that he should not be held accountable because he is not officially a part of the court record, which erroneously refers to him as "Kendall." He prays that Elizabeth Lenox, her husband, Richard Whitehead, her minor sons, Edward and William Derby, and two unnamed parties, who are the administrators of the late John Lenox and the late N. Derby, be made parties to this suit and "that your Honor would open & review the Decree & proceedings in the cause aforesaid & wholly reverse & set aside the same." [From the "Race & Slavery Petitions Project"].
He is buried in one of the adjoining quarter-plots he owned, near his daughter Mary, granddaughter Adeline, and other Carnells.
Mordecai was involved in state court litigation in Petersburg in 1842:
Abstract: Mordecai Carnell represents that "he purchased of a certain John H. Bailey, a free man of color, a Lot & Tenement in that part of Petersburg called Blandford ... That when he purchased said Lot, he had not the slightest suspicion that there was any defect in said Bailey's Title." Carnell admits that "he is a hard working man, uneducated man & can neither read or write," therefore he could not examine the title. Elizabeth Lenox, laying claim to the property, has filed suit and won a judgment against Bailey. Carnell avers that "he is informed his interests are most materially affected" by this suit. However, he protests that he should not be held accountable because he is not officially a part of the court record, which erroneously refers to him as "Kendall." He prays that Elizabeth Lenox, her husband, Richard Whitehead, her minor sons, Edward and William Derby, and two unnamed parties, who are the administrators of the late John Lenox and the late N. Derby, be made parties to this suit and "that your Honor would open & review the Decree & proceedings in the cause aforesaid & wholly reverse & set aside the same." [From the "Race & Slavery Petitions Project"].
Mordecai was listed as a "Laborer" in the 1850 Census. He and wife Elizabeth had at least two children, Mary Elizabeth and Hiram. Elizabeth died in 1835; her burial place is unknown. He may have remarried to a Nancy ________ after Elizabeth's death.
He is buried in one of the adjoining quarter-plots he owned, near his daughter Mary, granddaughter Adeline, and other Carnells.
Mordecai was involved in state court litigation in Petersburg in 1842:
Abstract: Mordecai Carnell represents that "he purchased of a certain John H. Bailey, a free man of color, a Lot & Tenement in that part of Petersburg called Blandford ... That when he purchased said Lot, he had not the slightest suspicion that there was any defect in said Bailey's Title." Carnell admits that "he is a hard working man, uneducated man & can neither read or write," therefore he could not examine the title. Elizabeth Lenox, laying claim to the property, has filed suit and won a judgment against Bailey. Carnell avers that "he is informed his interests are most materially affected" by this suit. However, he protests that he should not be held accountable because he is not officially a part of the court record, which erroneously refers to him as "Kendall." He prays that Elizabeth Lenox, her husband, Richard Whitehead, her minor sons, Edward and William Derby, and two unnamed parties, who are the administrators of the late John Lenox and the late N. Derby, be made parties to this suit and "that your Honor would open & review the Decree & proceedings in the cause aforesaid & wholly reverse & set aside the same." [From the "Race & Slavery Petitions Project"].
He is buried in one of the adjoining quarter-plots he owned, near his daughter Mary, granddaughter Adeline, and other Carnells.
Mordecai was involved in state court litigation in Petersburg in 1842:
Abstract: Mordecai Carnell represents that "he purchased of a certain John H. Bailey, a free man of color, a Lot & Tenement in that part of Petersburg called Blandford ... That when he purchased said Lot, he had not the slightest suspicion that there was any defect in said Bailey's Title." Carnell admits that "he is a hard working man, uneducated man & can neither read or write," therefore he could not examine the title. Elizabeth Lenox, laying claim to the property, has filed suit and won a judgment against Bailey. Carnell avers that "he is informed his interests are most materially affected" by this suit. However, he protests that he should not be held accountable because he is not officially a part of the court record, which erroneously refers to him as "Kendall." He prays that Elizabeth Lenox, her husband, Richard Whitehead, her minor sons, Edward and William Derby, and two unnamed parties, who are the administrators of the late John Lenox and the late N. Derby, be made parties to this suit and "that your Honor would open & review the Decree & proceedings in the cause aforesaid & wholly reverse & set aside the same." [From the "Race & Slavery Petitions Project"].
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