Petitions & Transcripts > Petition 11284402
Cumberland County, North Carolina,1844
To the Honourable the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina The memorial of Joshua Carmon of the Town of Fayetteville State of North Carolina Cumberland County respectfully Sheweth that he is the Owner of a Slave Known by the name of Able Payne aged about Fifty years together with his wife Patsey and Five children, which said Slaves he prays your Honourable Body to Emancipate and set free by an act of the General Assembly to be passed at your present Session the Said Slave Abel Payne together with his wife Patsey has by a long Course of Examplary fidelity and devotion to the interest of his Owner and a Succession of Faithful and meritorious services laid a Fair claim to the exercise of this act of Legislative Clemency on the Part of Your Honourable Body. Fayetteville 13th December 1844.
[signed] Jos. Carmon
Source: Records of the General Assembly, Sessions Records, Petition of Joshua Carmon to the North Carolina General Assembly, 13 December 1844, NCDAH. PAR #11284402.