Petition #11082304

• Adams County, Mississippi. filing started December 30, 1824.
• Court: Petition
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Senate & House of Representatives of the State of Mississippi in General Assembly Convened

Abstract

As executor of Rebecca Franklin's estate, White Turpin asks to emancipate Sylvia, "an old & Very harmless woman." The late Franklin stipulated in her will that Sylvia should be freed.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Extract of Last Will and Testament of Rebecca Franklin, 28 December 1824
• Pages of related documents: 1

3 people are documented within petition 11082304

• 1 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi

• Legislative Papers, Petitions and Memorials 1823
• Record group: 47

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Seniors (enslaved)