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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1815
Page
4
Provisions detailing penalties for breaches of internal duties, collection procedures, court for penalties, seizure notice, appraisers, bonds, and distribution of recovered funds. Sets rules for forfeiture of goods and process for sale by marshal, with notices in newspapers. Includes penalties for false entries, bonds, and incentives for informers, and extends to licenses for stills and distillation beyond boundaries.
The document details that no person may remove from one collection district to another to obtain a new license during an existing one. It imposes duties on collectors to prosecute breaches and clarifies that sale at auction of goods does not apply to selling chattels other than merchandize. March 3, 1815.
On the first Tuesday in August in Augusta the sheriff sells multiple enslaved people including Nan Chance Cesar Jenny Solomon Joan August Sady Marriar Ralph Amy Charlotte Toby Juno Cumbo and others plus a sorrel stud horse Alonzo and several other enslaved individuals and real estate to satisfy various executions and mortgaged debt. Also listed are two Negro men Joe and eight enslaved people Joe Tom Ned Cherry Sue Peter and Dick with property of James Murren deceased and additional items including Mary a girl of Mary and bales of cotton and a house and lot in Augusta. A second sale on the first Tuesday in September in Warren County includes Jerry Dick Peggy Essex Young Pleasant Betty Dilly Sam Charlote Demps and Creasey a girl and other items including two cows and yearlings and a mortgage foreclosure case. finally a sale in Waynesborough Burke County lists Ben and Billy as part of an execution for Samuel Dowse against Samuel Lewis.
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