Petition #20582205
- Escambia County, Florida. August 6, 1822. - circa 1823.
- Court: Superior
- Salutation: To the Hon H. M. Brackenridge Judge of the Superior Territorial Court for the County of Escambia Florida
Abstract
On 26 March 1820, Henry Potts purchased a slave named Lewis from Charles and Thomas Baler for three hundred and sixty dollars. The bill of sale stipulated that the Balers would deliver Lewis on 25 September 1820. Charging that the said Balers “refuse to deliver to your petitioner” the said slave, Potts prays that the defendants be compelled to appear at the next Superior Court session to answer his allegations; that they "deny or acknowledge their signatures to the said Bill of Sale;" that they “give Security for the wages due and unpaid and also damages for the detention of the said Negro Lewis;" and that Lewis be "sequestered" until the suit is settled.
Result: Granted.
- Number of petition pages: 2
- Related documents: PARs #20582203, #20582204, #20582304; Order, 6 August 1822; Copy of Petition and Court Order, 6 August 1822; Answer, Charles and Thomas Baler [Beeler], January 1823; Depositions, Isaac Kraker, Elizabeth Kraker, 18 March 1823; Jury Verdict, Charles Laster, ca. 1823; Sworn Statement, Thomas Beeler, n.d.; Deposition, Henry Potts, 31 July 1822; Copy of Bill of Sale, Charles and Thomas Beeler, 26 March 1820; Copy of Petition and Order, 6 August 1822
- Pages of related documents: 15
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Repository: Escambia County Courthouse, Pensacola, Florida
- Circuit Court Civil Cases
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