{"petition":[{"petition_analysis_number":"11677804","petition_url":"https:\/\/dlas.uncg.edu\/petitions\/petition\/11677804","state":"Virginia","county":"","file_day":24,"file_month":11,"file_year":1778,"filing_court":"Legislative","result":"rejected","enslaved_count":1,"fpoc_count":0,"total_people_count":2,"repository":"Library of Virginia, Richmond, 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.","subjects":[{"subject":"Native Americans"},{"subject":"Assessed Value (enslaved)"}]}]}