Petition #10182605

• Limestone County, Alabama. November 3, 1826. - circa 0 .
• Court: Petition
• Salutation: To the Hbl. Senate & House of Representatives of The State of Alabama in Genl. Assembly Convened

Abstract

Free person of color Francis Hamlin purchased his daughter, Susan Locklear, from James Sims of Limestone County. Hamlin seeks to emancipate his daughter, who is married to Thomas Locklear, a free man of color.

• Number of petition pages: 3
• Related documents: Testimonial, 3 November 1826
• Pages of related documents: 1

4 people are documented within petition 10182605

• 1 Enslaved
• 2 Free persons of color
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama

• Records of the Alabama Secretary of State, Legislative Bills and Resolutions

Subjects

• Purchased own family (FPOC)
• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Occupation (FPOC)
• Enslaver (FPOC)
• Purchased for emancipation
• Frees own family (FPOC)
• Family kept together (Black)