Gustavus Hendrick states that in 1830 he "contracted with a certain William B. Hendrick to manage & superintend your orators plantation as overseer." He avers that he "works on said plantation about Twenty hands which required the constant & strict attention of a person who might act as there overseer." Gustavus charges that William absented himself from the plantation in the fall of 1830 by going to Alabama, necessitating the hiring of another overseer "for three or four months of the busiest season of the year with planters." In addition, the petitioner claims that William, before his leaving, "devoted much of his time to the making of vessels & other articles of wood which he would trade on with Negroes & others to his own profit." In 1831, William sued for back wages and won his said suit. Gustavus asks that further proceedings on said judgment be enjoined and that he be granted a new trial.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Billups-Garth Archives, Lowndes County Public Library, Columbus, Mississippi
