11000009https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11000009MississippiWilkinsonCountyunknownreferred to committee204Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, MississippiW. Davis asks for the emancipation of two old slaves, Charles and Eve, formerly owned by the late Colonel Hugh Davis of Wilkinson County. Davis planned to free the slaves but died before he could carry out "his benevolent intention." Davis's heirs never claimed ownership of the two, but the slaves were nonetheless "levied on and sold as their property" and purchased for the petitioner. They have now repaid the price of their purchase and W. Davis is ready to implement the wishes of the late Colonel.owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slavePurchase of freedomVirtually free (enslaved)