Middleton, Henry (1717-1784) [South Carolina court of chancery legal document]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02471.31 Author/Creator: Middleton, Henry (1717-1784) Place Written: South Carolina Type: Document signed Date: 07 December 1769 Pagination: 1 p. ; 39.9 x 42 cm Order a Copy
Describes a series of legal actions relating to a court case involving the sale of enslaved people. The defendant, George Saxby, was ordered to pay a sum to the complainant, William Waties, including two thirds of the cost of the lawsuit. George Saxby then petitioned the court for a rehearing, and the case was reheard on December 7, 1769, resulting in the same decision. Signed by members of the Court of Chancery in South Carolina, including William Bull, the Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina. Other signers include Othniel Beale, Henry Middleton, John Burn, and Thomas Skottone. Henry Middleton would later represent South Carolina as a delegate to the Continental Congress of 1774.
MIDDLETON, Henry, (1717-1784), Delegate from South Carolina; educated at home and in England; justice of the peace and quorum 1742-1780; member of the provincial house of commons 1742-1755 and served as speaker 1745-1747, 1754, and 1755; commissioned officer of horse of the provincial forces in 1743; commissioner of Indian affairs in 1755; member of the King's Provincial Council from 1755 until his resignation in September 1770; member of the provincial convention in 1774; Member of the Continental Congress 1774-1775; served as president of that body from October 22, 1774, to May 10, 1775; member of the council of safety in 1775 and 1776; member of the Provincial Congress of South Carolina in 1775 and 1776; member of the committee to prepare a form of government in 1776; member of the legislative council under the transition government 1776-1778; member of the State senate 1778-1780; large landowner and planter in Berkeley, Colleton, and Granville Counties, SC. (excerpted from bioguide.congress.gov)
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