<petition><petition_analysis_number>20684403</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20684403</petition_url><state>Georgia</state><county>Meriwether</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>9</file_day><file_month>8</file_month><file_year>1844</file_year><filing_court>Superior</filing_court><end_date_circa>y</end_date_circa><end_year>1845</end_year><ending_court>Superior</ending_court><result>denied</result><enslaved_count>13</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>17</total_people_count><repository>Meriwether County Courthouse, Greenville, Georgia</repository><abstract>Cincinatus Smith states that he "casually lost" twenty-three slaves, of varying ages and values and that said slaves are now in the possession of Hiram Warner, who refuses to return them to Smith.  Smith seeks $10,000 in damages.  [The petitioner estimates the value of ten slave children, "names unknown," as being $2100.]</abstract><subjects><subject>Title dispute (enslaved)</subject><subject>Assessed Value (enslaved)</subject><subject>Casually lost</subject><subject>Family kept together (Black)</subject></subjects></petition>