Petition #11677804

• filing started November 24, 1778.
• Court: Legislative
• Salutation: To the Honorable the General Assembly of Virginia

Abstract

Nathaniel Henderson lost a "valuable negro" during a battle against American Indians at Fort Boon in Kentucky County on 11 September 1778. The slave was ordered to take a gun, post himself to guard the fort, and "fire on the Indians which he accordingly did and was kill'd." The owner seeks compensation for the value of the slave.

Result: Rejected.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Deposition, William Buchanan, Williamsburg, 28 November 1778
• Pages of related documents: 0

2 people are documented within petition 11677804

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

• Legislative Petitions

Subjects

• Native Americans
• Assessed Value (enslaved)