<petition><petition_analysis_number>11482501</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11482501</petition_url><state>Tennessee</state><county>Jefferson</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_day>3</file_day><file_month>9</file_month><file_year>1825</file_year><filing_court>Petition</filing_court><result>referred to Committee of Propositions and Grievances: "unreasonable"</result><enslaved_count>0</enslaved_count><fpoc_count>1</fpoc_count><total_people_count>11</total_people_count><repository>Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee</repository><abstract>Twenty-four citizens ask that Allen Williams, a free person of color of "good moral Character," be "entitled to the benefit of his own oath in proving his accounts; and be entitled to vote at Election for his company and field officers and such other privileges as in your wisdom may seem prudent."  Williams, "by profession a Blacksmith," has "sustained some serious losses in the line of his profession."</abstract><subjects><subject>Occupation (FPOC)</subject></subjects></petition>