Nicholas Summer seeks compensation for his fifteen-year-old slave, Hannah, who "was charged with house Burning upon which Charge the said negro was tried, convicted and executed." He therefore prays that his case be taken into consideration and that he be granted "such relief in the premises as to you Shall Seem meet." The court "appraised and valued the said negro Woman Hannah at" $350 before "ordering the said sentence to be executed."
Result: Referred to claims committee; granted.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
