Petition #11285705

• Jackson County, North Carolina. filing started January 1, 1857.
• Court: Legislative
• Salutation: To the General Assembly of the State of North Carolina

Abstract

John Gibbs petitions "your honorable body to pass an act emancipating his slaves Lucy a molatto woman and her daughter Roxanna to take effect after the death of your petitioner and his wife." Gibbs "guarantees to leave them a sufficient legacy to keep them from want or from ever becoming a burden to the public."

Result: Referred to committee; rejected.

• Number of petition pages: 2
• Related documents: Report of the Committee on Propositions and Grievances, 21 January 1857
• Pages of related documents: 1

3 people are documented within petition 11285705

• 2 Enslaved
• 1 Petitioner

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Citation information

Repository: North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina

• General Assembly, Session Records, Senate Committee Reports, November 1856-- February 1857

Subjects

• owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slave
• Bequest (enslaved)