Race and Slavery Petitions Project

Details for
Jerry in Petition 11681117

Name:Jerry
Petition:11681117 filed in Virginia, 1811
Role in Petition:petitioner
Color and Gender:black male
Status:FPOC
Identified Immediate Family:Susannah ([Susanna]) - wife
Economic Profile:
Age:approx 45 years of age in 1811
Birth:Westomreland County, Virginia
Death:
Owned slaves?:
Occupation:waggoner
Skills:
Diseases:
Physical Attributes:
Moral Attributes:honest and industrious
Plantations
Literate?:
Urban?:
Runaway?:
Punishments Received:
Term Slave:
Freedom:Free by 1811. Origins of freedom: freed by will of late owner, John B. Craighill.