Petition #21283009

• Chowan County, North Carolina. filing started March 15, 1830.
• Court: Common Pleas
• Salutation: To the Worshipful County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, for the County of Chowan

Abstract

William Wright seeks permission to allow his slave Davy to carry a gun on his farm in Green Hall. Davy, Wright explains, is a foreman working under the direction of John Blount, and he needs a gun to keep crows from destroying the crops.

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Pages of related documents: 0

2 people are documented within petition 21283009

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina

• Records of the County Court, Miscellaneous Slave Records 1730-1866

Subjects

• Right to carry (enslaved)