Petition #20978908
- Anne Arundel County, Maryland. May 12, 1789. - October 9, 1792.
- Court: General
- Salutation: To the Honourable the General Court of Maryland
Abstract
Richard Booth claims that he "is descended from a free Woman and is unjustly deprived of his Liberty by David Weems," who holds him as a slave. Booth requests that Weems be summoned to answer his complaint.
Result: Denied; appealed.
- Number of petition pages: 1
- Related documents: PARs #20979902, #20981109, #20981825; Court Record, 9 October 1789; Order, 29 July 1789; Deposition, John Batson, 26 September 1789; Court Record, ca. 1789; Depositions, Eleanor King, Joseph Mumford, and Edward Booth [alias Brown], 3 June 1791; Court Record, ca. 1791; Deposition, Alice Taylor, 14 October 1791; Court Record, ca. 1792; Deposition, John Wood, 3 May 1792; Deposition, Mary McKinsey, 20 May 1792; Deposition, Elaskington Gardner, 9 May 1792; Deposition, Mary McKinsey, 20 May 1792; Deposition, Henry Wilson, 27 May 1790; Deposition, John Welch, 25 May 1792; Interrogatories, ca. 1792; Depositions, John Carr, John King, James Gibson Sr., William Armager, Mary Brown, Philemon Lloyd Chew, Thomas Lane, Joseph Crandele, 3 May 1792; Deposition, William Wood, ca. May 1792; Depositions, Nehemiah Birckhead, Morgan Wood, Robert Ward, 18 May 1792; Deposition, Elizabeth Batson, 24 May 1792; Copy of Last Will and Testament, Richard Harrison, 10 July 1713; Inventory, Estate of Richard Harrison, 9 April 1717; Deposition, Mary McKenzie, 31 May 1792; Deposition, Richard Harrison, 2 June 1792; Court Record, Order, and Appeal, 9 October 1792; Request for Records, 12 November 1793; Certification of Copy, 10 May 1794; Plaintiff's Costs, ca. June 1794; Copy of Petition, Depositions, Orders, Court Records
- Pages of related documents: 70
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Citation information
Repository: Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland
- Schweninger Collection
- Page: 4
- Microfilm: M 11015
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