11382702https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11382702South Carolina21111827Petitionrejected103South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia, South CarolinaJohn McFaddin, executor of the estate of Thomas Cubbage, requests the manumission of Amelia. McFaddin states that his testator "did bequeath to his aged & faithful servant Amelia not only her freedom but also sundry goods & chattels particularly for her kind & unwearied care & attention to him during a distressing & protracted illness which terminated in his death." The petitioner therefore prays that an act be passed "manumitting the said negro Woman Amelia & invest her with the goods & chattels bequeathed her."owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slaveBequest (enslaved)Seniors (enslaved)