On 8 July 1837, Ryel Black wrote a promissory note for $56.50, agreeing to pay that amount to John Calhoun or the bearer of the note. John Calhoun's son Jesse became the bearer and presented it for repayment, but Black "hitherto refused and still does refuse" to pay. Calhoun seeks payment of the amount owed, plus interest and court costs. He asks the court to subpoena Black. In his plea and answer, Ryel Black alleges that John Calhoun, acting as agent for a Mr. Homes of South Carolina, fraudulently sold to Black a "coloured free person" for $700, claiming that the boy was a slave. A South Carolina court found Calhoun and Homes guilty of stealing and kidnapping a free person of color. Black returned the boy. John Calhoun offered to return Black's original promissory note in exchange for fifty dollars. Black wrote the second note, but later told the Calhouns he would not pay the debt.
Result: Granted.
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Repository: Troup County Archives, LaGrange, Georgia
