Petition #11082801
- Claiborne County, Mississippi. filing started January 18, 1828.
- Court: Petition
- Salutation: To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Mississippi in General Assembly Convened
Abstract
Willing to put up a good-behavior bond, Thomas Collen asks the legislature to pass acts of emancipation for Mary Willis and her three children--Richard age about six, Daphne, age about three, and William, age about six months. Mary, the daughter of a free woman of color named Daphne, had "long been recognized as a free woman and exercised the privileges of one."
- Number of petition pages: 4
- Related documents: Statement of Elias Barnes, et al., ca. 1828
- Pages of related documents: 0
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Citation information
Repository: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi
- Legislative Papers, Petitions and Memorials 1828
- Record group: 47
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