Dr. John Syme, a St. Thomas Parish resident, represents that he "obtained a Certificate in his favor for a Negro executed ... valued at six hundred Pounds Old Currency." He further states that he presented said certificate to the South Carolina House of Representatives; it was then referred to the Committee on Certificates. He asserts that on 3 March 1775, the report of the committee favoring Syme's claim was read and debated; two motions to defeat the question failed, and the House passed the report. The petitioner declares, however, that "he has never received Payment for the said executed Negro & therefore prays that such Relief be granted to him in the Premises."
Result: Rejected.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
