Eighty-eight residents of Washington County represent that seventy-seven-year-old Elias Jones, a free man of color, is a "peaceable Industrious and Honest" man known for his honesty and integrity. They therefore "pray your honorable body to pass a law Enabling him to prove his accounts as Other Citizens of this State by his Own Oath."
Result: Reported "unreasonable".
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Repository: Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
