Petition #11379904

• Williamsburgh District/Parish, South Carolina. filing started December 2, 1799.
• Court: Legislative
• Salutation: To the Honorable, the President, & Members of the Senate, of the State of South Carolina at Columbia assembled

Abstract

Isaac Matthews, being "a good Citizen," represents that he obeyed the call of the "Commissioners of the Navigation of Black River, to furnish hands, as required by law to clear out the said River in the Month of Sepr. 1798" and that he sent "his legal Quota of Slaves, to assist in clearing the said river." Matthews reports, however, that "one Prime young negro man Slave named Sam, about 23 years of age, of unblemished character, drowned, in Said River, in the execution of his duty." The petitioner therefore "hopes you will grant him such relief as to you, in your Wisdom, Shall Seem meet."

• Number of petition pages: 1
• Related documents: Certificate, J. Graham, et al., 19 November 1799, including eight Commissioners of Navigation of the Black River; see PARs #11379902, #113781103, #11381104, #11381204, #11382003, #11382004
• Pages of related documents: 1

2 people are documented within petition 11379904

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

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

• Records of the General Assembly
• Page: frames 0112-13
• Microfilm: Reel #2, frames 0112-113

Subjects

• Non-plantation/Non-household work (enslaved)
• Death of enslaved (other)