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Jesse Woodson (#
11684807
)
Black, male, 25 years in 1847
Petition #
11684807
, filed in Virginia (1848)
Role in Petition:
petitioner
Status:
free person of color
Occupation: cabinet maker
Term Slave: Yes. Until age 25.
Freedom: Free by 1847. Origins of freedom: freed by will of late owner, Polly Jackson.
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