Petition #11380402

• Edgefield District/Parish, South Carolina. filing started November 19, 1804.
• Court: Petition
• Salutation: To the Honble House of Senate of The State of South Carolina

Abstract

Cradock Burnell seeks compensation for his slave Adam, "who was convicted of Robbery from the Dwelling House in the day time and hath since been executed in pursuance of his sentence." Reporting that Adam’s appraised value was $250, the petitioner "prays your Honorable House to grant him such compensation as your Honble House shall seem meet."

Result: Referred to committee on accounts.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Copy of Record of Court of Justices and Freeholders, Barnwell District, Appraisal of Negro fellow Adam, 2 August 1804; see PAR #11380401
• Pages of related documents: 1

2 people are documented within petition 11380402

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina

• Records of the General Assembly
• Page: Frames 548-50
• Microfilm: Reel #2, Frames 548-50

Subjects

• Execution (enslaved)
• Trials (enslaved)
• Theft by enslaved
• Assessed Value (enslaved)