Dr. Samuel Fairchild seeks compensation for two slaves, Solomon and Dorcas. He reports that Solomon was "convicted and executed for the atrocious crime of murder, which he wantonly and maliciously committed upon the body of his Wife Dorcas, a wench also belonging to your petitioner." Fairchild states that Solomon was appraised "by a Court of Justices and Freeholders on Edisto Island, Charleston District" before his execution at the value of £65 sterling; Dorcas was valued by "three honest and worthy Citizens" at £120 sterling. The petitioner, having not "received any part of the said appraisement," humbly "submits to your honourable Body his great loss, and prays that you will grant him such compensation as you may in your wisdom and justice deem proper."
Result: Referred to committee on accounts.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
