Petition #11384807

• Claremont District/Parish, South Carolina. filing started December 1848.
• Court: Petition
• Salutation: [To the Senate of South Carolina]

Abstract

Richard Singleton, executor of the estate of John Singleton, seeks compensation for a slave, Dick, who was convicted and executed in 1826 in Sumter District. He also seeks compensation for Paul and Bacchus, who were convicted and executed in 1843 in Richland District for murdering their overseer.

Result: Referred to claims committee.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Affidavit, Jeptha Dyson, Richland District, 6 December 1848; Affidavit, J. D. Tradewell, Richland District, 7 December 1848; Sponsor: Franklin Israel Moses, Senate, Claremont District (1841-1864), Sumter District (1865)
• Pages of related documents: 4

5 people are documented within petition 11384807

• 3 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina

• Records of the General Assembly
• Page: frames 661-66
• Microfilm: Reel #2, frames 801-03

Subjects

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