Francis Tisdale recounts that, in 1812, he was "Summoned to Turn out (with all his Slaves liable to work on the Roads) and Assist in Repairing the Public High Way leading from Sumterville to Black River." According to Tisdale, while his slave Peter “was Laboring on the said Public High Way a Tree was unfortunately & accidentally Fallen on him which broke both of his Thighs ... also his Left Wrist, which rendered him forever unable to do much Labor and was entirely Useless and unserviceable to your Petitioner for a long time." He further reports that "it has Cost him a Considerable Sum of Money in getting the said Peter Cured of his Wounds." In that "this Loss and Misfortune took place while the said Peter was Laboring on the Public High Way," the petitioner “Prays your Honourable Body to Grant him a Relief Adequate to the injury he has sustained."
Result: Referred to claims committee.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
