Forty residents of Blount County ask that Charles Cobb and his wife, Hannah, who recently purchased their freedom from the estate of their late owner, M. H. Bogle, be allowed to remain in the state. They "state to your honorable body that the persons above named are old and have been living here for many years and do not wish to be compelled to leave the state and they wish to have the rights of Free persons of colour and remain in Blount County." The petitioners therefore “ask your honourable body to give the chairman of Blount County Court power to Emancipate them by their complying with the requisitions of the Law and that they be allowed to remain in the state."
Result: Referred to judiciary committee.
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