11483211https://dlas.uncg.edu/petitions/petition/11483211TennesseeSmithCounty2981832Petition0213Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, TennesseeThirty-one citizens of Smith County "pray the legislature that they pass an act for the benefit of those persons John & Linsey and permit them to be free in this state as they have [been] faithful servants and have bourn a good character." John and Linsey purchased their freedom from James M. Lucky.owner(s)/citizens manumit/free slavePurchase of freedomState residency issues (FPOC)