Petition #11678305

• Greenbrier County, Virginia. filing started December 6, 1783.
• Court: Legislative
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Speaker & Gent. of the House of Delegates

Abstract

Patrick Davies asks the assembly for compensation for a "Negro man slave" who was convicted and executed for an attempted rape of Mrs. Mary Gray. The slave was appraised at eighty pounds "Virginia currency."

Result: Favorable.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Copy of Court Record, Greenbrier County, Trial of Jame, a slave, for attempted rape of Mary Gray, 26 July 1783
• Pages of related documents: 2

2 people are documented within petition 11678305

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

Subjects

• Jails/Workhouses
• Execution (enslaved)
• Trials (enslaved)
• Rape
• Theft by enslaved
• Assessed Value (enslaved)