<petition><petition_analysis_number>11384807</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11384807</petition_url><state>South Carolina</state><county>Claremont</county><location_type>District/Parish</location_type><file_month>12</file_month><file_year>1848</file_year><filing_court>Petition</filing_court><result>referred to Claims Committee</result><enslaved_count>3</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>5</total_people_count><repository>South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina</repository><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.  </abstract><subjects><subject>Execution (enslaved)</subject><subject>Trials (enslaved)</subject><subject>Overseers</subject><subject>Homicide</subject></subjects></petition>