Petition #11385001

• York District/Parish, South Carolina. filing started November 18, 1850.
• Court: Petition
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Members of the Senate & House of Representatives of South Carolina

Abstract

J. D. Goore seeks compensation for his slave Lewis, who was convicted and hanged for assaulting a white woman, Malinda Pollard, with intent to commit rape. Lewis was tried before a Court of Magistrates and Freeholders on 26 July 1850 and executed 22 August 1850. He was “appraised & valued ... at the sum of two hundred dollars.”

Result: Granted; allowed $200.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Sworn Oath, William M. Kerr, York District, 18 November 1850; Certificate, John G. Enloe, York District, 19 November 1850; Sponsor: George Washington Williams, House, York District (1838-1839, 1844-1855, 1862-1863)
• Pages of related documents: 1

2 people are documented within petition 11385001

• 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 667-69
• Microfilm: Reel #1, frames 667-69

Subjects

• Execution (enslaved)
• Trials (enslaved)
• Rape
• Assault
• Assessed Value (enslaved)