Petition #20679802

• Wilkes County, Georgia. filing started July 13, 1798.
• Court: Inferior
• Salutation: To their Honor the Justices of the Inferior Court of said County

Abstract

Samuel Holliman inherited a male slave named Orange from his father, David Holliman. He claims, however, that Peter Strozer "wickedly and fraudulently forceably took the Negroe Boy into his Possession" and converted him for his own use. Holliman asks that Strozer return the slave to him and pay damages of $1,000 or compensate him for the slave's value plus damages.

Result: Appealed.

• Number of petition pages: 1
• Related documents: Statement, Nehemiah Dunn, 13 July 1798; Summons, Peter Strozer [Strozier], 17 August 1798; Sheriff's Return, 15 September 1798; Bond, Peter Strozer [Strozier], Richard Sappington, Christopher Irwin, 15 September 1798; Appeal, ca. 1798
• Pages of related documents: 2

4 people are documented within petition 20679802

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Wilkes County Courthouse, Washington, Georgia

• Records of the Inferior Court, Inferior Court Minutes 1799-1803
• Page: 91-93

Subjects

• Theft of enslaved
• Title dispute (enslaved)
• Assessed Value (enslaved)