<petition><petition_analysis_number>11380102</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11380102</petition_url><state>South Carolina</state><county>Union</county><location_type>District/Parish</location_type><file_year>1801</file_year><filing_court>Petition</filing_court><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>1</total_people_count><repository>South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina</repository><abstract>John Jefferies represents that he "was Under A Necessity" in the summer of 1801 "to hire A Negro fellow in North Carolina for the purpose of getting A Quantity of Iron."  Noting that "said Negroes time is About to Expire according to Contract," Jefferies prays that he be permitted "to bring said Negro home Again to this state."</abstract><subjects><subject>Non-plantation/Non-household work (enslaved)</subject></subjects></petition>