11380019https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11380019South CarolinaYorkDistrict/Parish25111800Petitionreferred to committee103South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South CarolinaRobert Murphy, "a guard" under Constable William Moore, represents that he was called upon to apprehend "a certain negro man named Joe, the property of a Robert Ash." He states that said Joe had been charged with "an Assault & Battery with an Intent of Ravishment" on a white woman in the neighborhood. Murphy recounts that he pursued Joe and "found him at the Negro House of a Certain Mrs. Cally" and that Joe "did not surrender himself" and instead "fled & was killed." Murphy, having been sued by Ash and fined $124 in damages, prays the legislature to grant "such relief as to your wisdom shall seem meet."Militias/PatrolsHomicideRapeFreedom seekersAssault