11082306https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11082306MississippiMonroeCounty1823Archives4011Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, MississippiJohn Smith and George Meaders, executors of the estate of Lawson Thompson, seek an act of emancipation for slaves named in Thompson's will. They say that Thompson "removed to the western Country for the express purpose of securing to them [his slaves] their freedom."owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slaveWestward migrationTitle dispute (enslaved)Purchase/Sale prices (enslaved)