<petition><petition_analysis_number>20682406</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20682406</petition_url><state>Georgia</state><county>Scriven</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>24</file_day><file_month>3</file_month><file_year>1824</file_year><filing_court>Superior</filing_court><end_day>2</end_day><end_month>5</end_month><end_year>1829</end_year><ending_court>Superior</ending_court><result>discontinued by plaintiff</result><enslaved_count>1</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>3</total_people_count><repository>Screven County Courthouse, Sylvania, Georgia</repository><abstract>William Sowell alleges that Thomas H. Gibbons is indebted to him for $420, plus interest.  Gibbons signed several promissory notes payable to Sowell.  Part of the debt was incurred for a "Negro" boy named Arthur.  Sowell alleges that Gibbons, with intent to defraud him, has not honored these financial obligations.  He sues for $840 in damages.</abstract><subjects><subject>Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)</subject><subject>Gambling</subject></subjects></petition>