11381906https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11381906South CarolinaSumterDistrict/Parish20111819Petitiongranted001South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South CarolinaWilliam Vaughn explains that he "removed with Twelve of his Negroes to the Alabama Territory, on the 2nd Decr 1818; his minor son remained in South Carolina where he served "as his agent." Vaughn states that his said son "neglected to make a return to the Tax Collector, in the time prescribed by Law, in consequence of which failure, he was double Taxed on his Negroes remaining in this state & on his Land & treble taxed on the Twelve Negroes removed to the Western Country." Citing that he paid taxes on said slaves in Alabama, the petitioner asks that he be credited $17.35, "the usual tax on said property."Taxation (enslaved)Westward migration