Petition #11380701

• Colleton District/Parish, South Carolina. filing started December 8, 1807.
• Court: Legislative
• Salutation: To the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of South Carolina in General Assembly

Abstract

William McCants seeks compensation for the slave Daniel, who was killed "by the falling of a tree" while working on a public road. Lamenting that he has sustained "heavy damage in the loss” of said slave," McCants trusts in "the liberality of your honorable body" and prays that he will be granted "such relief as in Your Wisdom Shall be thought proper."

Result: Referred to claims committee.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Deposition, William Brown, 17 November 1807; Deposition, William McCants, 17 November 1807
• Pages of related documents: 1

2 people are documented within petition 11380701

• 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 0145-147
• Microfilm: Reel #2, frames 0145-147

Subjects

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