Petition #11683806

Abstract

William Fontaine represents that his thirty-nine-year-old slave named Davy "absconded and concealed himself" in the fall of 1836, during which time "a most outrageous and murderous attack was made at the late hour of night in and upon the body of one Joseph Wood"; Wood was so "beaten that his life was for a long time despaired of." Fontaine states that said Davy "was suspected of being an accomplice in the attack on said Wood" and that the acting governor offered a $100-reward for his capture. Relating that a young man in a group of pursuers accidentally shot and killed Davy, the petitioner "humbly asks that he may be compensated" for his loss. Fontaine figures that Davy's worth "at the time of his death was between $900 & $1500 -- [he] being a first rate sawyer ... and exceedingly athletic and able."

Result: Rejected; reported.

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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia

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