Charles B. Hodges represents that the late Samuel Todd "in his last will and testament desired that an old negro man named Dave, of whom the said Samuel Todd died possessed, should be free at the death of the said Samuel." He attests that said Dave "is a respectable negro, and sustains a good character for honesty and probity, that he is now living with your petitioner." Hodges therefore prays "the passage of a law authorising the emancipation of the Said negro man Dave, who is now a slave, upon your petitioners giving bond with good and Sufficient security for the good behaviour and maintenance of the said negro man slave Dave during his natural life."
Result: Rejected.
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Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
