One hundred forty-one "Sundry Inhabitance of Wayne County" report that, in 1804, Willis Bryan "was Charged with takeing a Certain Small negro the property of john king ... and Carying the sd. small negro out of the sd. County and selling it, which proceeding Caused the sd. Bryan to absent himself from the state." They aver that "previous to this accident" Bryan "supported an Honest Character otherwise than he was Very Subject to Intoxication by the Excessive use of spirits." Revealing that "the Negro aforsd has since been Recovered and Returned by his family to its proper owner," the petitioners pray that "an act of pardon" be passed permitting the said Bryan "to Return to the bosom of his Distressed family in Safety."
Result: Rejected.
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Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina
