Petition #11082901

• Wayne County, Mississippi. filing started December 28, 1829.
• Court: Petition
• Salutation: To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Mississippi in General Assembly convened

Abstract

Rebecca Jones, a widow and the guardian of her five daughters, Vina, Darling, Polly, Emily, and Catherine, asks permission to take the minors' property to Alabama. The property consists of a few head of cattle and a female slave.

Result: Bill drawn.

• Number of petition pages: 3
• Related documents: A Bill to be entitled An Act to Authorize the Guardian of the Minor Heirs of John Jones to Remove the Personal Property to Alabama, n.d.
• Pages of related documents: 1

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Citation information

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

• Legislative Papers, Petitions and Memorials 1829
• Record group: 47

Subjects

• Westward migration
• Enslaver (minors)