<petition><petition_analysis_number>20683812</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20683812</petition_url><state>Georgia</state><county>Laurens</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_year>1838</file_year><filing_court>Superior</filing_court><end_day>16</end_day><end_month>12</end_month><end_year>1839</end_year><ending_court>Superior</ending_court><result>partially granted</result><enslaved_count>1</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>3</total_people_count><repository>Laurens County Courthouse, Dublin, Georgia</repository><abstract>Leonard Lock states that he "casually lost" his "negro man Dave," valued at $1,500.  Lock avers that Dave is now in the possession of Thomas Lock, who has refused to deliver the slave to the petitioner.   Lock sues for $1,500 in damages.</abstract><subjects><subject>Title dispute (enslaved)</subject><subject>Assessed Value (enslaved)</subject><subject>Casually lost</subject></subjects></petition>