<petition><petition_analysis_number>20681701</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/20681701</petition_url><state>Georgia</state><county>Richmond</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_year>1817</file_year><filing_court>Superior</filing_court><end_date_circa>y</end_date_circa><end_month>6</end_month><end_year>1818</end_year><ending_court>Superior</ending_court><result>granted</result><enslaved_count>1</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>5</total_people_count><repository>Richmond County Courthouse, Augusta, Georgia</repository><abstract>Walter Leigh sues on behalf of Sarah Bugg, the orphan child of Jacob Bugg.  George Adams and Holland McTyre are indebted to Bugg for $70, excluding interest "for the hire of a negro man named Stepney."  The defendants, Leigh claims, have refused to settle their debts, and Leigh asks for $154 in damages.</abstract><subjects><subject>Orphans</subject><subject>Hiring value (enslaved)</subject><subject>Enslaver (minors)</subject></subjects></petition>