Petition #11381204
- Williamsburgh District/Parish, South Carolina. filing started November 16, 1812.
- Court: Petition
- Salutation: To the Honorable the President and Members of the Senate, of the State of South Carolina, at Columbia assembled
Abstract
John Mathews and William Lester, executors of the estate of Isaac Mathews, seek compensation for "a valuable young negro man drowned in Black River, on the day the said negro attended to do public work on the said river." The petitioners "Pray that your Honorable body would take this their humble Petition into consideration, and grant to the heirs of the said Isaac Mathews such compensation, for said negro, as in your wisdom and justice shall seem equitable."
Result: Referred to claims committee.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: Affidavit, William Wilson, 17 November 1812; Affidavit, John Fulton, William Wilson, John Scott, 17 November 1812; Certificate, R. Witherspoon, 16 November 1812; Certificate, William M. Barns, 9 October 1813; see PARs #11379902, #11379904, #113781103, #11381104, #11382003, #11382004; Sponsor: James Campbell, Senate, Prince George Winyah and Williamsburg (1808-1809), Williamsburg (1810-1812, 1818-1824)
- Pages of related documents: 4
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Citation information
Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
- Records of the General Assembly
- Page: frames 0165-70
- Microfilm: Reel #2, frames 0165-170
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