Petition #10382405

• Kent County, Delaware. filing started January 20, 1824.
• Court: Petition
• Salutation: Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives

Abstract

Free man of color Martin Dehorty was convicted of a felony and sold by the sheriff of Kent County for a term of three years. The money from the sale went to the state treasury. Before his arrest and trial, Dehorty owed Thomas Simpson debts totaling $46. Simpson seeks repayment of the debt.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PAR #10382302; Copy of Accounts of Thomas Simpson, 1824
• Pages of related documents: 4

2 people are documented within petition 10382405

• 1 Free person of color
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Delaware State Archives, Dover, Delaware

• General Assembly, Legislative Papers
• Record group: 1111
• Page: 688-693
• Microfilm: 688-693

Subjects

• Jails/Workhouses
• Term slavery