11082204https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11082204MississippiMonroeCounty7121822Petition106Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, MississippiDavid Burton, Thomas Wright, and John Trail ask the legislature not to emancipate certain slaves named in the will of Lawson Thompson, their brother-in-law. The slaves were children, and Thompson's goal was to "gratify his ill will" toward the petitioners rather than to reward meritorious service by the slaves.owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave