Petition #11085401

• Pike County, Mississippi. filing started circa 1854.
• Court: Petition
• Salutation: To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Mississippi

Abstract

Robert Bacot asks for reimbursement of $50 paid to slave catcher Isaac Brumfield for the apprehension of an escaped prisoner, a slave named Green who was charged with the attempted rape of a white woman. Bacot informs the court that the escape was not due to any failure of duty on his part.

Result: Denied.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Receipt, Isaac Brumfield, 15 September 1851
• Pages of related documents: 1

2 people are documented within petition 11085401

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi

• Legislative Papers, Petitions and Memorials
• Record group: 47

Subjects

• Jails/Workhouses
• Rape