Jemima McJunkin laments that her husband, Samuel McJunkin, was "murdered by his own Negro Man, who has been since (Justly) executed agreeably to the laws of the land." She further states that "the existing Law of the State does not allow of any compensation to owners, for Slaves executed for Murder." Left with five small children, the petitioner prays that "your Honours will take" her "peculiarly distressing" case into consideration and that "you will grant such compensation as to Justice and humanity doth belong." [A related petition identifies the said slave as Dick.]
Result: Referred to claims committee.
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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina
