Petition #20885683

• East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. November 14, 1856. - March 17, 1858.
• Court: District
• Salutation: To the Hon. Judge of the Sixth Judicial District Court of the state of Louisiana, in & for the parish of East Baton Rouge

Abstract

Robert T. Davis seeks compensation for the murder of his slave named Sandy. Davis charges that, in July 1856, James C. Knox pursued his slave with arms and dogs, “without any legal authority, cause or provocation,” and killed him. Davis therefore seeks compensation for the value of his slave, which he assesses at $2,500. Davis estimates Sandy to be forty years of age at the time of his death; related documents however reveal that Sandy may have been fifty or sixty years of age.

Result: Denied.

• Number of petition pages: 3
• Related documents: Verdict, 17 March 1858; Judgment, 17 March 1858; Depositions [Incomplete], William McCrocklin [McCrochlan], 28 May 1857; Testimonies, Joseph McHugh, et al., 17 March 1858; Record of 22 July 1856 Voluntary Declaration by J. C. Knox, 17 March 1858; Record of Statement by William McCrocklin, 17 March 1858; Voluntary Declaration, J. C. Knox, 22 July 1856
• Pages of related documents: 12

3 people are documented within petition 20885683

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Defendant
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: East Baton Rouge Parish, Clerk of Court Archives, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

• Records of the Sixth Judicial District Court

Subjects

• Right to carry (enslaved)
• Freedom seekers
• Assault
• Insubordination
• Death of enslaved (other)
• Whipping
• Assessed Value (enslaved)