David Ingram presents that George Washington Chisolm agreed to mortgage and place in his possession a male slave named Cain as security against a debt of $300. The deal was sealed with "a certain instrument of writing" couched as a sale and dated the 1st of March 1804, whereby Chisolm would be required to pay the debt by the 1st of March 1805 and thus redeem his slave. Should he fail to pay the debt, the sale would stand and Ingram would keep the slave. However, the slave has now died and the debt is still to be paid. Ingram claims he has asked Chisolm to make good on his promise, but Chisolm has refused to do so. Ingram asks for the court's assistance and $450 damages.
Result: Partially granted.
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Repository: Jefferson County Courthouse, Louisville, Georgia
