<petition><petition_analysis_number>11280102</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11280102</petition_url><state>North Carolina</state><county>Randolph</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>8</file_day><file_month>12</file_month><file_year>1801</file_year><filing_court>Legislative</filing_court><result>Senate, House: read, referred</result><enslaved_count>2</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>0</fpoc_count><total_people_count>14</total_people_count><repository>North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina</repository><abstract>Eighteen residents of Randolph County report that the late John Bagnel "left two Mulato [female] Children whose mother is also dead &amp; left no will in writing altho possessed of some personal property."  The petitioners aver that they are "fully satisfied that he own'd sd. children to be his &amp; wish'd them to injoy the little property he was possessed of."  They therefore pray that a law be passed "as may Entitle them to freedom &amp; to inherite what little property may be found."  They further "desire their Names to be Established Sarah Bagnell &amp; Hannah Bagnell."</abstract><subjects><subject>Bequest (enslaved)</subject><subject>Interracial relationships</subject></subjects></petition>