Benjamin Langstaff, administrator of the estate of John Langstaff, seeks compensation for the slave John Louis. John Louis was convicted of treason and hanged in 1797. The petitioner, "by reason of the indisposition of the said John Langstaff the father of your Petitioner & the subsequent neglect of your Petitioner the Claim for said negro was never before submitted to the Legislature. He now "hopes the Certificate accompanying this Petition will fully substantiate his right of Indemnity in the Premises & relies on the Justice of the legislature for compensation."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
