Petition #20679903

• Greene County, Georgia. May 8, 1799. - June 1801.
• Court: Inferior
• Salutation: To the honorable the Judges of the Inferior Court for said County

Abstract

In 1798, Richard Foster possessed a female slave named Kate. He now claims that in March 1799 he "casually lost the said negroe Girl Kate out of his possession" and that she soon "came into the hands of" Nathan Gouch, Joseph John Martin, and Augustin Williams. Since that time Foster has been unable to recover his property, and he now asks that the defendants be required to pay him five hundred dollars damages.

Result: Denied.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Sheriff's Returns, 7 May 1799, 16 May 1799; Court Records, June 1799, January 1800; Jury Verdict, June 1801; Copy of Petition
• Pages of related documents: 3

6 people are documented within petition 20679903

• 1 Enslaved
• 3 Defendants
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Greene County Courthouse, Greensboro, Georgia

• Records of the Superior Court, Record Book 1801-1803; MSS Boxes, Proceedings
• Page: 130, 136; 85-86

Subjects

• Title dispute (enslaved)
• Casually lost