11280906https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11280906North CarolinaRandolphCounty27111809LegislativeHouse, Senate: read, referred103North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North CarolinaWilliam Bell, an executor of the late Richard Sayrs, declares that his testator's will "directed that a Molattoe boy of the name of George, then under age should be emancipated & set free." Bell reports that the said George "has lived in the family of your petitioner for a number of years & has been taught to read & Wright & has also learned the Black Smith trade." Attesting that George is "of good Moral Charactor and honoust principles," the petitioner prays "your Honourable body to pass a Law to emancipate the Said boy George by the name of George Sayrs."owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slaveEducation and literacy (enslaved)Skills (enslaved)