 Anna returned to Florida in 1846 to settle an inheritance dispute with some of her husband's white relatives; because the will had been made under Spanish law, when inheritance by free blacks was legal, the court ruled in her favor and control of the Kingsley's holdings in Florida remained with her and her children for several years.Kingsley Beatty Gibbs sold the Fort George Island plantation in 1852 and moved to St Augustine.Anna Jai moved with about 70 former slaves to the Arlington neighborhood of Jacksonville to live out her remaining years.