20682408https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20682408GeorgiaScrivenCounty15111824Superior25101825Superiorsettled002Screven County Courthouse, Sylvania, GeorgiaJames Boyet writes that he has always enjoyed a solid reputation in his community and among his peers and neighbors until William Cooper falsely accused him of hiring Cooper's Negroes to steal Cooper's bacon. Boyet claims that he "hath been greatly injured & damnified." He sues Cooper for $2,000 in damages.SlanderTheft by enslaved