William Ware states that, on 22 July 1814, his slave Jim was barbarously "stabed & Kiled in attempting to apprehend a Negro fellow who was run away for upwards of three months who had been plundering & Stealing through the neighbourhood for that time." He reports that he ordered Jim and several other slaves "to take him" and that Jim "was kiled in the Act of taking him." Avowing that Jim "was amongst the first class of Negroes," Ware hopes "your Honorable body will take it in consideration" and "Grant your petitioner such Relief as your petitioner thinks he is Intitled to." Ward considers that Jim "was doing a Laudable Act" and "he was obeying my lawful Orders." The appraisers valued Jim at $500.
Result: Claims committee; postponed to next session.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
