Dr. John Syme, a St. Thomas Parish resident, represents that he "obtained A Certificate for a negro man of his property which was executed ... and Valued at Six hundred Pounds." He further states that he presented said certificate to the South Carolina House of Representatives; it was then referred to the Committee on Certificates. He asserts that on 3 March 1775, the report of the committee favoring Syme's claim was read and debated; two motions to defeat the question failed, and the House passed the report. The petitioner declares, however, that "he has never received Payment for the said Executed Negro, and therefore Prays, that such relief be Granted to him in the Premises."
Result: Referred to committee on accounts.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
