11285705https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11285705North CarolinaJacksonCounty111857Legislativereferred to committee; rejected203North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North CarolinaJohn 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."owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slaveBequest (enslaved)