Petition #11680401

• Lancaster County, Virginia. filing started December 4, 1804.
• Court: Legislative
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Speaker and members of the house of delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia

Abstract

Catharine Bond seeks compensation for her slave Daniel, executed for murdering William Mitchell, a white man. The court allowed only $78 for Daniel, a "very strong healthy young man.," an amount she deemed "very inadequate." She claims that she had been offered between 90 and 95 pounds for Daniel.

• Number of petition pages: 4
• Related documents: Certificate, Griffin Garland, 9 November 1804; Certificate, Thomas Carter, 29 November 1804
• Pages of related documents: 3

2 people are documented within petition 11680401

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

• Legislative Petitions

Subjects

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