<petition><petition_analysis_number>11483103</petition_analysis_number><petition_url>https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11483103</petition_url><state>Tennessee</state><county>Washington</county><location_type>County</location_type><file_year>1831</file_year><filing_court>Petition</filing_court><result>reported "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>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."</abstract><subjects><subject>Seniors (FPOC)</subject></subjects></petition>