The petitioners, residents of Preston County, represent that when Thomas Butler moved to Ohio he left behind a slave named Jack, whom he settled on a farm to live wit his free wife and children. A number of years have passed since that time, and Thomas Butler has died. By his last will and testament, Butler requested his executors to send Jack to Ohio "to receive his freedom." The petitioners intercede on Jack's behalf and ask the legislature to pass an act authorizing Jack, after he has become a free man, to return to Virginia to "the place where he now lives."
Result: Rejected.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
