Petition #20681302

• Greene County, Georgia. September 1813. - February 15, 1820.
• Court: Superior
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Judge of the Superior Court for the State & County aforesaid

Abstract

Edward Watts, as administrator for estate of the late William Philips, possessed the slave Will, a blacksmith, deemed to have a $2,000 value. However, he "casually lost" the slave, who ended up in the possession of Collin Alford "by finding." Watts alleges that Alford knew that the slave belonged to him, but "converted said negro man to his own use to the damage of your petitioner administrator as aforesaid five thousand dollars."

Result: Partially granted; appealed; reversed; nonsuit.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Summons, Collin Alford, 22 June 1813; Sheriff's Return, 5 July 1813; Court Records, September Term 1813, March Term 19814; Jury Verdict, September Term 1814; Appeal, Collin Alford, 6 September 1814; Amended Answer, Collin Alford, March Term 1815; Court Records, September Term 1815 to March Term 1819; Summons, Collin Alford, 12 July 1819; Court Records, September Term 1819, February Term 1820; Court Ruling, 15 February 1820
• Pages of related documents: 2

4 people are documented within petition 20681302

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

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Citation information

Repository: Greene County Courthouse, Greensboro, Georgia

• Records of the Superior Court, Proceedings 1819-1820
• Page: 152-155

Subjects

• Skills (enslaved)
• Title dispute (enslaved)
• Assessed Value (enslaved)
• Casually lost