David Shropshire, the Madison County jailer, seeks reimbursement for keeping a runaway slave named Jacob. Shropshire represents that he is owed $148.12 for keeping the said Jacob 395 day at the daily rate of 37 1/2 cents. He further reports that said slave was sold at auction "bringing the sum of $82.51 which deducted from the amount before specified leaves a balance due your Petitioner of $65.62. The petitioner therefore prays that "the deficiency in the sale of said slave of $65.21 will be allowed him."
Result: Referred to committee on claims.
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Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
