Petition #20681811

• Emanuel County, Georgia. March 21, 1818. - April 1822.
• Court: Superior
• Salutation: To the honorable the Judge of the Superior Court for the County and state aforesaid

Abstract

Elias Neel charges that James Walea, Milner Holladay, William Holladay, Lark Abney, Dennis Lark, and William Norwood, "being evil and wicked disposed persons and disregarding the Laws and Good order of society," with force and arms entered his plantation "and one of the Negroe houses of your petitioner." They stole his slave, Tom, valued at $800. Neel sues for $1,500 damages.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: PAR #20682222; Subpoena, James Walea, Milner Holladay, William Holladay, Lark Abney, Dennis Lark and William Norwood, 21 March 1818; Answer, April 1818; Jury Verdict, 16 October 1820; Decree, April 1822
• Pages of related documents: 1

8 people are documented within petition 20681811

• 1 Enslaved
• 6 Defendants
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Emanuel County Courthouse, Swainsboro, Georgia

• Records of the Superior Court, Minutes of the Superior Court 1812-1851
• Page: 89-91

Subjects

• Assault
• Theft of enslaved
• Assessed Value (enslaved)