Petition #20681901

• Elbert County, Georgia. cicra 1819. - September 13, 1822.
• Court: Superior
• Salutation: To his honor the Judge of the Superior Court for the State and County aforesaid

Abstract

James and Patsy Jenkins Daniel and Franklin and Nancy Cunningham owned a slave, Hardy, worth $2,000. They claim that they "casually lost" Hardy, and that the latter "came into the hands and possession" of James Lockhart "by finding." Although Lockhart was aware of the petitioners' title to Hardy, he refused to deliver the slave to them. They accuse him of deceit and fraud, and claim that he "disposed of the said negro man to his own use," and ask for compensation.

Result: Granted; appealed; overturned.

• Number of petition pages: 1
• Related documents: PAR #20681903; Subpoena, James Lockhart, 26 March 1819; Answer, James Lockhart, ca. 1819; Jury Verdict and Appeal, March Term 1821; Decree, 13 September 1822
• Pages of related documents: 1

7 people are documented within petition 20681901

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 4 Petitioners
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Elbert County Courthouse, Elberton, Georgia

• Records of the Superior Court, Writs 1821-22
• Page: 200-1

Subjects

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