Petition #11082202

• Jefferson County, Mississippi. filing started circa 1822.
• Court: Archives
• Salutation: To the Senate & House of Representatives of the State of Mississippi in General Assembly Convened

Abstract

Philip Harrison requests that the legislature fulfill the wishes of Adam Rum, who in his will gave his "servant woman named Betty, her freedom after his death."

Result: Granted.

• Number of petition pages: 1
• Related documents: Copy of Will of Adam Rum, 23 December 1822; Copy of An Act for the Emancipation of Negro Woman Betty, 13 January 1823
• Pages of related documents: 3

3 people are documented within petition 11082202

• 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 1822
• Record group: 47

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave