Petition #11381102

• Edgefield District/Parish, South Carolina. filing started November 27, 1811.
• Court: Legislative
• Salutation: To the Honorable the President and Members of the Senate of the State of South Carolina

Abstract

Thomas Key seeks compensation for his slave Dave, who was tried on the charge "of suspicious caracter and of being concerned and knowing to an insurrection"; Dave was "found guilty and executed pursuant to the sentence of said Court." Arguing that "said negroe man was not taken in actual rebellion," Key prays that "he may be allowed compensation for said negroe."

Result: Referred to claims committee.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Sponsor, Samuel Mays, Senate, Edgefield District (1806-1813)
• Pages of related documents: 0

2 people are documented within petition 11381102

• 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 709-10
• Microfilm: Reel #1, frames 709-10

Subjects

• Execution (enslaved)
• Trials (enslaved)
• Conspiracy
• Insurrections/Revolts (enslaved)