<petition><petition_analysis_number>20682819</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20682819</petition_url><state>Georgia</state><county>Houston</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_date_circa>y</file_date_circa><file_year>1828</file_year><filing_court>Superior</filing_court><end_day>24</end_day><end_month>4</end_month><end_year>1829</end_year><ending_court>Superior</ending_court><result>denied</result><enslaved_count>12</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>17</total_people_count><repository>Georgia Department of Archives and History, Atlanta, Georgia</repository><abstract>Ralph and Mary Stafford Bozeman allege that Levin F. Chain and Arthur A. Morgan owe them $5,000.  They contend that the defendants endangered Mary when she was a widow, by stealing, "with force and arms," twelve slaves and several other items of property, valued at $4,000, collectively.  Charging that the defendants have converted the property to their own use, the Bozemans sue for $8,000 in damages.</abstract><subjects><subject>Theft of enslaved</subject></subjects></petition>