Petition #11381407

• Edgefield District/Parish, South Carolina. filing started circa 1814.
• Court: Petition
• Salutation: To the Honorable President and Members of the Senate of South Carolina

Abstract

Martin Witt states that "his negro man named Ned was in the month of July 1812 Executed for burglary." Declaring that "he is a very poor Man with a family of Children to support," the petitioner prays that his case be taken into consideration and that he be granted "such Compensation for the loss of said negro as in your Wisdom you may seem meet."

Result: Referred to claims committee.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Copy of Record of Court of Justices and Freeholders, [Edgefield District], State v. Negro Man Ned, 5 July 1813; Sponsor: Francis Burt Sr., Senate, Edgefield District (1814-1817)
• Pages of related documents: 3

2 people are documented within petition 11381407

• 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 559-60, 23-5 end of reel
• Microfilm: Reel #2; frames 23-5 end of Reel #2, frames 559-60, 23-5

Subjects

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