James Clayton, committee of Willis Eley, asks permission to sell one of Eley's slaves. Clayton informs the court that Eley is a "lunatic" currently confined in the asylum in Williamsburg. The petitioner reports that the said Demos "without any ostensible cause ranaway and remained secreted in the Dismal Swamp until a few weeks since when he was apprehended" and jailed. Asserting "that the said negro is of very bad character," the petitioner "therefore asks that this Court may direct the said negro to be sold."
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
