William Vaughn explains that he "removed with Twelve of his Negroes to the Alabama Territory, on the 2nd Decr 1818; his minor son remained in South Carolina where he served "as his agent." Vaughn states that his said son "neglected to make a return to the Tax Collector, in the time prescribed by Law, in consequence of which failure, he was double Taxed on his Negroes remaining in this state & on his Land & treble taxed on the Twelve Negroes removed to the Western Country." Citing that he paid taxes on said slaves in Alabama, the petitioner asks that he be credited $17.35, "the usual tax on said property."
Result: Referred to ways and means committee.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
