Petition #11380905

• Orangeburgh District/Parish, South Carolina. filing started circa 1809.
• Court: Petition
• Salutation: To the Honorable the President and Members of the Senate of the State of South Carolina

Abstract

Timothy Barton seeks compensation for his slave named Jack, who "was arrested for wounding and maiming a white man by the name of William Fairey, and by a Court of Justices and freeholders was tried for his life and was sentenced to be executed for the Same." Citing that Jack was valued at $400 before his death, the petitioner "prays your Honorable body to make such provision for his Indemnity as you may think him entitled to."

Result: Referred to claims committee.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Sponsor: Benjamin Hart, Senate, St. Mathew and Orange districts (1804-1809), Orange District (1810-1813), Lexington District (1828-1833); see PAR #11380903
• Pages of related documents: 0

2 people are documented within petition 11380905

• 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 1125-26
• Microfilm: Reel #1, frames 1125-26

Subjects

• Execution (enslaved)
• Trials (enslaved)
• Assault
• Assessed Value (enslaved)