Petition #20681508

• Greene County, Georgia. cicra 1815. - circa March 1818.
• Court: Superior
• Salutation: To their honors the Judges of the Superior Court of said State

Abstract

William Wagnon, an "infant," petitions by his next friend, Nathaniel Howell. Wagnon claims that he owned a slave named Tillah, valued at $500, when on 6 August 1815 he "casually lost." Tillah ended up in the possession of George Slaughter, "by finding." Wagnon contends that Slaughter knew that the slave belonged to him, but "intending to injure & defraud" him "Converted and disposed of the said Negro wench Tillah to his own proper use." Wagnon claims damages of $1,000 and asks that Slaughter appear at the next Superior Court session to answer his "action of Trover & Conversion."

Result: Denied; appealed; settled.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PAR #20682409; Summons, George Slaughter, 10 August 1815; Sheriff's Return, 10 August 1815; Court Records, September Term 1815, March Term 1816; Jury Verdict, September Term 1816; Appeal, George Slaughter, 13 March 1816; Court Records, September Term 1817, March Term 1818
• Pages of related documents: 1

4 people are documented within petition 20681508

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 2 Petitioners

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Citation information

Repository: Greene County Courthouse, Greensboro, Georgia

• Records of the Superior Court, Proceedings, Book N, 1817-1819
• Page: 223-225

Subjects

• Title dispute (enslaved)
• Assessed Value (enslaved)
• Casually lost
• Enslaver (minors)