Fifty-five-year-old Patty Daniel, "a woman of color and ... formerly a slave, the property of Philip E. Vass," represents that she "is desirous to remain where she has lived so long and where she enjoys the society of her husband and her children." Daniel recounts that the court "pronounced the will [of said Vass] valid & the slaves free" a year ago and "that all the slaves included in such decree have since obtained their free-papers & removed out of the state, except your petitioner," who "is a married woman, her husband being a free man of color, named Terry Daniel, by occupation a shoemaker." She therefore prays “that a special act may be passed, granting her permission as a free woman, to reside in this state."
Result: Rejected.
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Repository: Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
