Petitions & Transcripts

The following legislative petitions offer examples in various sections of the South over nearly a century of time. Those interested in examining additional original documents and texts should consult the microfilm and/or book editions.

Legislative Petitions

• Petition of T.W. West, E. Pickens, et al., to the Alabama Legislature, 1851. [PAR #10185102]
• Petition Thomas D. Bailey to the Senate and House of Representatives of Delaware, 1823. [PAR #10382305]
• Petition of the Wilmington Union Colonization Society to the Senate and House of Representatives of Delaware, ca. 1827. [PAR #10382701]
• Petition of Moses America, et al., to the Senate and House of Representatives of Delaware, ca. 1853. [PAR #10385301]
• Petition of William Johnson to the Senate and House of Representatives of Mississippi, 1820. [PAR #11082002]
• Petition of Andrew Barland to the Mississippi General Assembly, ca. 1824. [PAR #11082401]
• Petition of the Citizens of Wilkinson County to the Mississippi Senate and House of Representatives, ca. 1852. [PAR #11085201]
• Petition of Samuel Jasper to the North Carolina General Assembly, 1792. [PAR# 11279202]
• Petition of John Carruthers Stanly to the North Carolina General Assembly, 1802. [PAR #11280205]
• Petition of Joshua Carmon to the North Carolina General Assembly, 1844. [PAR #11284402]
• Petition of Citizens and Mechanics of Smithville to the North Carolina General Assembly, 1856. [PAR #11285609]
• Petition of John Holman to the South Carolina House of Representatives, 1791. [PAR# 11379102]
• Petition of Richard Furman, Joseph B. Cook, John M. Roberts, et al., to the South Carolina House of Representatives, 1801. [PAR #11380108]
• Petition of the South Carolina Association to the Senate, ca. 1823. [PAR #11382224]
• Petition of Jehu Jones, Jr., to the South Carolina Senate, 1840. [PAR #11384007]
• Petition of Lucy Andrews to the Senate and House of Representatives of South Carolina, 1858. [PAR #11385806]
• Petition of Joseph F. McDonald, et al., to the Texas Senate and House of Representatives, 1853. [PAR #11585306]
• Petition of Jonathan Bacon, et al., to the Tennessee General Assembly, ca. 1817. [PAR #11481706]
• Petition of Sarah Greene to the House of Delegates of Virginia, 1784. [PAR# 11678403]
• Petition of Thomas Reekes to the Virginia House of Representatives, 1805. [PAR #11680508]
• Memorial of Free Persons of Color of Fredericksburg to the Virginia General Assembly, 1838. [PAR #11683834]

County Petitions

• Petition of Margaret Garner to Anderson Crenshaw, Chancellor of the Southern District of the State of Alabama, 1841. [PAR #20184113]
• Petition of Joseph Armstrong, Peter Butler, Emanuel Price, and Maria Coase [Coarse] to the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, 1840. [PAR #20484002]
• Petition of Peyton Hines to the Judges of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, 1843. [PAR #20484303]
• Petition of Wyatt W. Starke to John Shly Judge of the Scriven County Superior Court, Georgia, 1844. [PAR #20684401]
• Petition of Elizabeth Wright to the Judge of the Todd Circuit Court in Chancery, Kentucky,1822. [PAR #20782203]
• Petition of Phillis Thomas, Mary Thomas, Sarah Thomas, et al., to John P. Oldham Judge of the Jefferson Circuit Court in Chancery, Kentucky, 1822. [PAR #20782204]
• Petition of Celeste and Her Children and Grandchildren to the Circuit Court of St. Louis County, Missouri, 1825. [PAR #21182503]