<petition><petition_analysis_number>20681612</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20681612</petition_url><state>Georgia</state><county>Wilkes</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_year>1816</file_year><filing_court>Superior</filing_court><end_day>29</end_day><end_month>7</end_month><end_year>1818</end_year><ending_court>Superior</ending_court><result>denied</result><enslaved_count>7</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>9</total_people_count><repository>Wilkes County Courthouse, Washington, Georgia</repository><abstract>Boling Anthony claims that Thomas W. Sims "hath injured your petitioner four thousand dollars."  Anthony gave Sims $1,600 for a slave named Tamer and her six children.  Sims gave Anthony a receipt for the transaction and promised to deliver the slaves.  However, Anthony insists that Sims has refused to honor his part of the bargain.  Anthony sues for $4,000 damages.</abstract><subjects><subject>Enslavers without land</subject><subject>Death of enslaved (disease)</subject><subject>Purchase/Sale (enslaved family)</subject><subject>Hiring value (enslaved)</subject><subject>Diseases (physical)</subject><subject>Warranty (enslaved)</subject><subject>Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)</subject><subject>Family kept together (Black)</subject></subjects></petition>