Billey Kelley (#21485225)

Black, male

Petition #21485225, filed in Tennessee (1852)

• Role in Petition: petitioner
• Status: enslaved

• Skills: baker; sold cakes and cider;
• Moral Attributes: Methodist preacher
• Punishments Received: jailed
• Freedom: Sued for freedom in 1852. Origins of freedom: purchase of freedom; manumitted by Abner Kelley.

Family roles(s)

• Head of Kelley family

Economic profile

• From 1840 to 1852 - Deposition, Henry D. McBroom
• From 1853 - Decree
• From 1838 - Bill of Sale