Petition #11082306
- Monroe County, Mississippi. filing started circa 1823.
- Court: Archives
- Salutation: To the honorable the senate and house of Representatives of the State of Mississippi in General Assembly convened
Abstract
John Smith and George Meaders, executors of the estate of Lawson Thompson, seek an act of emancipation for slaves named in Thompson's will. They say that Thompson "removed to the western Country for the express purpose of securing to them [his slaves] their freedom."
- Number of petition pages: 4
- Related documents: See PARs #11082204, #11082404. Deposition of Sally Trail, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 6 October 1821; Depositions of John Trail, Andrew B. Moore, Charles Moore, Vincent Tapp, James Calvert, et al., Spartanburg, South Carolina, 13 October 1823; Deposition of Thomas White, Monroe County, 1 November 1823;
- Pages of related documents: 15
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Citation information
Repository: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi
- Legislative Papers, Petitions and Memorials 1823
- Record group: 47
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