11085904https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11085904MississippiHindsCounty1859Archives0111Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, MississippiForty-four citizens of Hinds County write in behalf of Joseph Nelson, a good house carpenter who is "sober & respectful in his deportment." They request that he be exempted from the pending bill designed to drive free persons of color from the state.Occupation (FPOC)State residency issues (FPOC)