Dr. John Syme, a St. Thomas Parish resident, represents that he "obtained a certificate for a negro man his property who was executed and valued at six hundred pounds." 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 never received payment for the said executed negro. He therefore prays such relief in the premises."
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
