Petition #11378703

• filing started February 20, 1787.
• Court: Petition
• Salutation: To the Honorable John Lloyd Esq. President and the Honorable the Members of the House & Senate for the State of South Carolina

Abstract

John Dorsius and William Bellamy seek compensation for their slave, Anthony, who was convicted and executed for highway robbery in February 1784. The Court of Justices and Freeholders appraised Anthony's value at fifty pounds sterling.

Result: Referred to committee.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Pages of related documents: 0

4 people are documented within petition 11378703

• 1 Enslaved
• 2 Petitioners
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina

• Records of the General Assembly
• Page: frames 445-46
• Microfilm: Reel #2, frames 445-46

Subjects

• Execution (enslaved)
• Theft by enslaved
• Assessed Value (enslaved)