Clara Woolsey v Administrator, Maricopa County Superior Court, Case No. 146, 1880
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Title
Clara Woolsey v Administrator, Maricopa County Superior Court, Case No. 146, 1880
Description
With her mother's support, Clara Woolsey sued for a portion of her father King Woolsey's estate. Although Arizona's miscegenation law made Clara and her siblings illegitimate heirs to Woolsey's estate, Clara did make a successful claim for $1000 based on the indenture her father had signed in 1871. Attorneys fees took up most of that amount.
Rights
Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records; History & Archives Division; Phoenix, Arizona.
Citation
“Clara Woolsey v Administrator, Maricopa County Superior Court, Case No. 146, 1880,” Legal Codes & Talking Trees: Indigenous Women's Sovereignty in the Sonoran and Puget Sound Borderlands, 1854-1946, accessed July 3, 2025, https://legalcodesandtalkingtrees.com/items/show/35.