Petition #21384647

Abstract

John C. Singleton represents that, in 1836, he purchased a plantation on the Congaree River and slaves from William Myers for $75,000. He executed a ten-year credit bond for $150,000 and mortgaged the slaves to secure the debt. After the transaction was consummated, Singleton found out that a fifty-acre piece of land on his property had been and continued to be claimed by one James O’Hanlon. The dispute ended up in court, and O’Hanlon won the case. Myers then purchased the land from O’Hanlon for $7,500 and transferred title to Singleton. The petitioner charges that O’Hanlon diminished the property's value by cutting down most of the valuable timber, thereby entitling him to a discount on his purchase. Acting on this premise, he calculated what he considered an appropriate deduction and made the final payment on the bond. By that time, however, Myers had transferred the bond to one Joseph Duncan Allen. The latter claimed that there was a balance due of over $1,000 and refused to cancel the bond, causing the mortgaged slaves to be seized and advertised for sale by the sheriff. John Singleton therefore prays that Joseph Duncan be enjoined from selling his slaves and be compelled to deliver them to him and that the bond and mortgage be cancelled.

Result: Partially granted.

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Repository: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South Carolina

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