TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 24, 2020

The Tennessee Judiciary Museum and Court of Appeals Judge Andy Bennett were featured recently on a new NBC program that helps families uncover interesting stories about their past, the Administrative Office of the Courts reports. In a recent episode of Roots Less Traveled, St. Louis resident Sharee Burress and her son travel to Nashville where they learn that one of their relatives was a key player in a famous and consequential 19th century Tennessee Supreme Court decision. In Nashville, they meet Judge Bennett at the Tennessee Judiciary Museum where he shows them the exhibit dedicated to Larkin Ford, Burress’ great-great-great-grandfather. They later travel to Washington County to visit the area once bequeathed to their ancestor. The 1846 Supreme Court case resulted in Ford and his fellow slaves being freed and granted property.