William Davis represents that "he was emancipated by the last will and testament of his master, the late Judge Lewis Summers of Kanawha County." Davis states that "during the whole period that his beloved master held the office of Judge, being upwards of twenty-four years, your Petitioner was his body servant." The petitioner further notes that Summers bestowed "the gift of freedom" because of his "long and faithful services." Davis "desires now, first and above all things, to be permitted to remain in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and to this end he prays the enactment of such statute as will confer on him that privilege."
Result: Bill drawn.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
