Thomas Waters states that his reputation as a "just and honest Citizen" has been damaged by the slander of Thomas Ligon. Waters avers that Ligon, on several occasions and in the presence of others, accused him of larceny and of being an "abolitionist [meaning that your petitioner entertained and had expressed sentiments calculated to excite the slave population of said state or some part thereof to insurrection and revolt)." The petitioner asserts that as a result of these accusations, he "hath been and is greatly injured in his fame, credit, and character, and brought into public scandal infamy and disgrace." Waters also states that his neighbors and other citizens have "refused and still do refuse to have any transactions, acquaintence, or discourse with your petitioner as they were before accostomed to have and otherwise would have had." The petitioner sues for $5,000 in damages.
Result: Partially granted.
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Repository: Meriwether County Courthouse, Greenville, Georgia
