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Billy (#
11082306
)
Black, male
Petition #
11082306
, filed in Mississippi (1823)
Status:
enslaved
Freedom: Presented for freedom in 1823. Origins of freedom: freed by will of late owner, Lawson Thompson.
Economic profile
PRIVATE SALE - From circa 1813 - deposition of Adonisah Patterson
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