Petition #11382115

• Pendleton District/Parish, South Carolina. filing started October 1821.
• Court: Petition
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Senate of the Legislature of South Carolina

Abstract

Wyat Smith seeks compensation for his female slave Cela, who was executed on 22 April 1820 for killing one of his children.

Result: Referred to claims committee.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: See PAR #11382115; Sponsor: Samuel Henry Dickson, Senate, Pendleton District (1818-1821)
• Pages of related documents: 0

2 people are documented within petition 11382115

• 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 587-88
• Microfilm: Reel #2, frames 587-88

Subjects

• Execution (enslaved)
• Trials (enslaved)
• Homicide