Petition #20881203

• East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. February 18, 1812. - April 15, 1812.
• Court: Parish
• Salutation: To the Honourable the Judge of the Parish of East Baton Rouge Territory of Orleans

Abstract

Benjamin Rhodes seeks to collect a debt from Francois Herault. Rhodes represents that he worked as Herault's overseer in 1811 at Herault's "special instance & request." Rhodes claims that, during that year, he raised a crop of corn and cotton, boarded and lodged a man for Herault, and made "sundry Clothes & garments for the negroes of the said Herault." Herault has yet to pay Rhodes for his services. Rhodes prays for $300 in compensation for "work & labour." A related deposition provides details about Rhodes’s year as Herault’s overseer and his economic management of the plantation and slaves.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 3
• Related documents: Order, ca. 18 February 1812; Sheriff's Return, 22 February 1812; Oath, Francis Herault, ca. February 1812; Order, ca. February 1812; Deposition, Joseph Papinster, 26 February 1812; Verdict, ca. 15 April 1812; Judgment, 15 April 1812
• Pages of related documents: 4

5 people are documented within petition 20881203

• 2 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: East Baton Rouge Parish, Clerk of Court Archives, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

• Records of the Early Parish Court

Subjects

• Crops (Cotton)
• Overseers
• Clandestine economy
• Management (enslaved)