Petition #11081401

• filing started November 22, 1814.
• Court: Legislative
• Salutation: To the Honourable the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Mississippi Territory

Abstract

Walter Irvin, executor of the estate of James McCarey, requests permission to emancipate the slaves Robert and Kitty. Irvin states that McCarey provided in his will for the freedom of the two "mulatto" children and bequeathed them the bulk of his property.

Result: Bill reported.

• Number of petition pages: 3
• Pages of related documents: 0

4 people are documented within petition 11081401

• 2 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner
• 1 Other

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Citation information

Repository: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi

• Territorial Legislature, Series 524

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Bequest (enslaved)