<petition><petition_analysis_number>20684006</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20684006</petition_url><state>Georgia</state><county>Laurens</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_date_circa>y</file_date_circa><file_year>1840</file_year><filing_court>Superior</filing_court><end_day>4</end_day><end_month>3</end_month><end_year>1841</end_year><ending_court>Superior</ending_court><result>partially granted</result><enslaved_count>1</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>4</total_people_count><repository>Laurens County Courthouse, Dublin, Georgia</repository><abstract>Charles Payne states that Charles B. Guyton and Thomas A. Guyton, traders, owe him $100, plus interest, for the hire of a "Negro man."  Payne avers that the defendants refuse to pay their debt and return the slave.  He seeks $200 in damages.</abstract><subjects><subject>Ships</subject><subject>Non-plantation/Non-household work (enslaved)</subject><subject>Hiring value (enslaved)</subject></subjects></petition>